"J T" wrote in message
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Mon, May 7, 2007, 11:26pm (EDT-1)
(sweet sawdust) doth sayeth:
snip He picked up a $2 item snip

OK, what I'm wondering is what are you selling at $2, $6, and $8?
And what century was this? You're actually making a profit? I'm
wondering because if I priced anything at $2, I wouldn't even be making
materials cost, let alone anything for labor; and only about $2 for
labor at $8.

Toys. At this show it was 1850. The $2 dollar item was a Gee-Haw whammey
doodle stick. Its a stick with notches and a propeller that you rub with
another stick to make the propeller spin and when you say the magic word the
propeller reverses. I made them by the hundreds and they cost about a buck
each to make including labor and materals. The $6 dollar item is a spinning
disk ( button on a string) also make a few hundred at a time and cost about
a buck and a half to make. Good selling low end items for kids who only
have a few dollars to spend and with a lot of wiggle room when I need it.
The $8 dollar item is the acrobat which costs about $4 to make. These are
my low end items which I use to make booth fees and gas money at shows. For
more info go to sweetsawdust.com and look at toys.



JOAT
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