knabe said:
start out with a journal and write down what you think people are buying for whatever reason, and come up with a better one.
this is market research.
i think it's funny to watch people go to a mall and buy clothes. my favorite. belts. no one buys belts cause they all suck.
you cant buy a harness leather stitched belt with a good integrated brass buckle that isn't the cheap holster belt buckle.
no one ever makes any belts that are good. the belt buckles are always funky.
always makes me wonder what the garment industry graveyard looks like.
look at junk and why it doesn't sell. somebody at sometime had a bad idea.
This is so true. Myself and my spouse have had a really tough 2008 money-wise. We brought in very little income, and have had to MAJORLY cut back and have a small amount of "luxuries". We are young (less than 25...haha), and it has been tough. Everybody our age is out and about, going clothes shopping, going on holidays, purchasing things they "want" and dont need. After much speculation, my spouse and I have come to realize just how much people waste!!! There are so many things that are consumer-driven, and it is hilarous and shocking to see how people fall for it. I would not want to know the amount of money people waste every year....or every week! I have been working in retail for the last 3 months, and have also noticed the odd habits of the general public. There are women who come in and blow tons of money, just because they feel like they need the clothes, but really dont. Then there are others who complain that our marked-down-to-$5-shirts are "cheap". Well yeah.....they are $5, and made in China!
At the end of the day, I am actually grateful that we have had to struggle for a bit. It really sorts out the wants and needs in a persons life. It makes me appreciate what we have, and how hard we have worked to maintain our lives. I have learned a large lesson at a young age!
Getting back to the real post, you can make money by doing what you always dreamed of, using a skill you possess. Exercise horses, like DS, fullfill your artistic talents, become a custom organizer, or scrapbooker, or babysitter, or cow-sitter. Up here, it seems there are loads of cattlemen that want to go on holidays, but never can, because nobody is around to watch the cows or do chores.
