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Frugal versus Cheap: A Resaler’s Guide

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on February 16, 2010| 1 Comment »

Can you put into words the difference between being cheap and being frugal?

As a consignment or resale shopkeeper, you run across situations all the time where I would define being frugal as protecting your hard-earned money by looking for ways to get the highest value from everything you buy. -MoneyUnder30.com
you have to choose between frugality and cheapness.

David Weliver of MoneyUnder30.com is the source for this sidebar quote on what frugal is…

And what is cheap?

Being cheap is blowing your hard-earned money on something that won’t do what you want it to, like a low-quality chair that will fall apart. Being cheap also means NOT spending money even when it is to your advantage to do so. It’s all about intentions, expectations and investment.

Being frugal in our resale (more…)

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What if you had to save your shop?

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , on February 1, 2010| 4 Comments »

superhero comic wikipediaNot that you want to have to be a superhero one day,

but really, read, then file this for possible reference (preferably somewhere where fire, flood, or tornado won’t get it!)

FEMA: Emergency Management Guide for Business & Industry.

Make your retail space safer to avoid problems in day-to-day operations.

And Safety in Robbery Situations.

Superhero graphic from wikipedia

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$50 TGtbT.com Gift Certificate goes to…

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on January 25, 2010| 3 Comments »

And the winner of the TGtbT.com gift certificate is...Thanks, resale & consignment buddies, for all your thoughts about how to broaden you customer appeal!

The magic number, drawn by Randomizer.org this week, is… Number 3. The same number that it drew last week. Hmm. Maybe I’ll have to go back to asking the DuH to pick a number, any number.

And Participant #3 is (more…)

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You aren’t a ditto business, are you?

Posted in I've been meaning to tell you, Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , on January 24, 2010| 1 Comment »

All the glory and none of the work? I don't think so.

There are original businesses and there are ditto businesses. Especially in retail.

And even more especially in resale, where (more…)

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Slow in your consignment shop? Go to the mall.

Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged , , , on January 19, 2010| 1 Comment »

Soul-sucking...but educational.One of the best things about being a resale shopkeeper is that so many lessons about your business are free.

So, if you have (more…)

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