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I did the local Saturday Market today, and made NOTHING. I had a few sales, but just barely enough to break even. (Okay, I would have had a tiny profit, but I bought lunch and a slice of cheesecake. Half the reason I even do the market is I love the food there, don't judge me.) Anyway. I sold ONE lousy pair of ears on a headband. JUST ONE. No costume tails at all. Not even the cheap kiddie tails.
Look, people, I SELL COSTUME STUFF, and it is the WEEK BEFORE HALLOWEEN. What is wrong with you all? Seriously, what? I can sell six or seven times this much on a random day in July, but I can't can't sell any COSTUMES during October? Because last week blew and the week before that wasn't great either!
That's not actually sucky, though, just annoying. The actual suck is something I am getting heartily sick of.
If you think my stuff is fun, but can't afford it, that's fine. Try on a pair of ears. Pet the woolly slugs. Hold up a tail to your butt and see how you look. ONCE. Or maybe twice. But FOR FRICK'S SAKE you do not need to handle, fondle, caress, try on, and play with every single item at my booth if you're not going to buy any of it! You're adding wear to this stuff and some of it is actually WEARING OUT before I can sell it! GAH!
I am not here for your entertainment! I am here to MAKE MONEY. So if you're going to spend half an hour blocking my traffic and playing with every goddam thing I've brought, BUY SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!
Look, people, I SELL COSTUME STUFF, and it is the WEEK BEFORE HALLOWEEN. What is wrong with you all? Seriously, what? I can sell six or seven times this much on a random day in July, but I can't can't sell any COSTUMES during October? Because last week blew and the week before that wasn't great either!
That's not actually sucky, though, just annoying. The actual suck is something I am getting heartily sick of.
If you think my stuff is fun, but can't afford it, that's fine. Try on a pair of ears. Pet the woolly slugs. Hold up a tail to your butt and see how you look. ONCE. Or maybe twice. But FOR FRICK'S SAKE you do not need to handle, fondle, caress, try on, and play with every single item at my booth if you're not going to buy any of it! You're adding wear to this stuff and some of it is actually WEARING OUT before I can sell it! GAH!
I am not here for your entertainment! I am here to MAKE MONEY. So if you're going to spend half an hour blocking my traffic and playing with every goddam thing I've brought, BUY SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like your market is full of either people who buy their Halloween way in advance, or the "grab a costume at the red bullseye" bunch. they don't recognize quality when they see it.
And tables are not terribly expensive there, either. Wasn't my prices, very few people even picked anything up to look at a price. People on either side were first-timers too, and they did horrible as well. And they had nice stuff too. I swear, the only people who seemed to be doing any good were the ones selling stuff that looked like it'd been rusting in a barn for several years. 
I make them from scraps and sell them for $1-2 so that kids can have something affordable, since most of the stuff at my booth is $15 and up, and kids don't usually have that much money.
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