RE: Sign in My Front Yard

RamblingWreck · Sep 28, 2003, 07:05 PM

I put a sign in my front yard, " Free Snow, Help Yourself" . I propped a snow shovel against it. So far no takers, but I am ever so hopeful that will change.

Rambling Wreck

ShirleyT · Feb 20, 2003, 12:39 AM

RamblingWreckSo how much would you charge for shipping and handling? [

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birol · Feb 20, 2003, 07:49 AM

RamblingWreckWhy do people not use flamethrowers to melt the snow ? Wide angle, it would melt tons of snow.

If the shovel disappears don t cry [

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whippetwrun · Feb 20, 2003, 01:39 PM

RamblingWreckIf you find a taker send him/her down our way. ALthough if we get the rain this weekend we ll be looking for someone who wants runoff water free![

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Dayton Dave · Feb 20, 2003, 01:45 PM

RamblingWreckYa Know....

People need to see a value in something before it becomes interesting to them. In my line of thinking, if you charge for the snow you will get more takers. Maybe a buck or two per shovel full. And if you offer to shove it for them, why there is value there too.

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RamblingWreck · Feb 20, 2003, 02:57 PM

Dayton Dave

QuoteORIGINAL: Dayton Dave

Ya Know....

People need to see a value in something before it becomes interesting to them. In my line of thinking, if you charge for the snow you will get more takers. Maybe a buck or two per shovel full. And if you offer to shove it for them, why there is value there too.

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Might run the risk of starting a price war with Dave across the street. He has pretty much the same product. Do you think I might get more takers if I embelish the sign? What about 50% Off or Will Beat Any Price?[

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Rambling Wreck

cooncreekers · Feb 20, 2003, 05:56 PM

RamblingWreck

QuoteAnd if you offer to shove it for them

ok dave, you know me, i`m a smart@#$ [

] how could i pass THAT up ?[8D]

Starryart · Feb 20, 2003, 10:45 PM

RamblingWreckWhat about offering some on E-bay? They say you can sell anything there!

angelsmom10 · Feb 21, 2003, 08:16 AM

Starryart

QuoteORIGINAL: Starryart

What about offering some on E-bay? They say you can sell anything there!

No they can t -- we re trying to sell our time-share and no one is looking at it.

Anyone want a time share in the Orlando area???

NightOwl · Feb 22, 2003, 12:10 PM

RamblingWreckThis is a great thread! I hope EVERYONE reads it--all this creativity might help winter pass a little more quickly.[

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Hey, Wreck--have you considered making a snowman to put next to the sign and advertising him as an " Orginal, Entirely Organic Sculpture" or even better, " A Unique Work of Ephemeral Art" ? See, if you did THAT, you could then offer the snow as a " do-it-yourself-snowman-kit" . Throw in a carrot and a few pieces of coal with each kit and you d have a nice little cottage industry going[

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Ab Diver · Feb 22, 2003, 01:01 PM

NightOwl

QuoteORIGINAL: NightOwl

Hey, Wreck--have you considered making a snowman to put next to the sign and advertising him as an " Orginal, Entirely Organic Sculpture" or even better, " A Unique Work of Ephemeral Art" ? See, if you did THAT, you could then offer the snow as a " do-it-yourself-snowman-kit" . Throw in a carrot and a few pieces of coal with each kit and you d have a nice little cottage industry going[]

Yeah, then you could box it and ship it to your customers. Just don t forget to label the box with the *Three Scariest Words* in the English language: " Some Assembly Required!"

This thread is hilarious! I d post that old classic: " The Diary of a Snow Shoveler" , but it s too long. Do a search and it should come up. It fits right in with the theme of this thread.

RamblingWreck · Feb 23, 2003, 12:40 PM

NightOwl

QuoteORIGINAL: NightOwl

Hey, Wreck--have you considered making a snowman to put next to the sign and advertising him as an " Orginal, Entirely Organic Sculpture" or even better, " A Unique Work of Ephemeral Art" ? []

I have given your suggestion a great deal of thought. I think you are on to something. There are a great number of snowmen in the neighborhood. In order to move my product quickly, I need to be different, create a market niche. How about some other type of snow sculpture? I remember seeing a pengiun in somebody s yard. The sculpturer had sprayed black food dye on it to give it that daper black & white tux look.

Any suggestions on what to sculpt?

Rambling Wreck

NightOwl · Feb 23, 2003, 01:26 PM

RamblingWreckWreck, museums offer a lot of neat and VERY interesting statues you might copy (a la ice carnival sculpture). Just two which come quickly to mind are " The Venus De Milo" and Miichaelangel s " David" . They would certainly attract a lot of attention--especially if done in living color. [8D][

] (MUCH MORE THAN PENGUINS I guaroneteee! )

(Be careful, though--if your city fathers arent pretty open-minded, such art could also get you free room and board at the local jail.) [

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(And then there are also the complications offered by " the goosepimple factor." [

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ThunderRock · Feb 23, 2003, 02:08 PM

RamblingWreckI like ALL of these ideas, too. Maybe I ll start a " quiet riot" in my neighborhood, seeing as we got got 8" of snow last night [: (]

Come ooooooonnnnnnnn spring.....................................................

Firefyter-Emt · Feb 23, 2003, 11:03 PM

RamblingWreck

QuoteNo they can t -- we re trying to sell our time-share and no one is looking at it.
Anyone want a time share in the Orlando area???

Sorry, they can, and have... someone beat you to it on e-bay... :-)

http://cgi.aol.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2912747283&category=1469

And this one has some time left on it.. a " sample set of 5!!"
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2160950682&category=208

PS.. read the disclaimer ** no gurantees snow wont melt during shipping, but you will still have whats left of it.

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