So maybe this is how I should run my shoppe.....

I was reading the Daily News last week and there was a full page story about a Nasty Sock store owner that yells at his customers, eats his employee's lunches and doesn't care people think that way about him. Well, why would he care. The Daily News has given him thousands of dollars worth of FREE advertising for being an ass. Now I bet people are gonna go check this store out just to see what all the fuss is about.  Think back to the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld. That store also became famous and successful for being nasty, not just because he had good soup. Why does this world praise the negative? Maybe this is why my store sales are so low, not because of the economy, but because I'm so nice.

My own damn fault

I have this bad habit of when someone comes in and buys something I hand them their change and say thank you. But after today I'm going to count every bill into their hand. Today this 6 foot tall man with a tattoo on his neck claimed I didn't give him the right change when I know what was in my drawer and what I gave him. It's my own fault for not counting the change into his hand as I gave it to him. Live and learn but karma will come back to him. Its just another reason to get my video camera's set up.

Cyber-robbery....

Well, I missed out. Another Cook owned Cookscrafts.com. They were a woodworking place in PA and that was fine. I know Cook is a popular name, so I got cookscrafts.info for Grandma's store. Then yesterday I got an email from a company that bought the .com when the original owner didn't renew it. They want $557 to transfer it to me. WTF!! Thats crazy. So I emailed them and they asked.."What are you willing to pay and I'll bring it to my manager".. Yea, OK ya know what keep it! I went ahead and got the .biz and I'll just stick with what I have. I'll watch and maybe next year the company will let it expire and I can add it to my account. What I need is some low cost local advertising. And when I say low cost, I mean shoestring.