> Hi,

> Actually, my wife did the work of spending
> 45 minutes placing flyers on 35 doors in a
> middle-class neighborhood near us. (She's 59
> and she can run rings around me.)

> I wrote and printed the flyers. I wrote
> little ads about three of the items from the
> wholesaler John McTighe told us about. One
> of them was the 300 piece drill bit kit. The
> other two were hunting knives. I did
> searches on eBay for the items available
> from this wholesaler, and I looked for
> completed sales in which people had actually
> bought something (and I noted the price the
> item went for). The drill bit kit and the
> two knives actually sold at eBay.

> The flyer distribution was about 24 hours
> ago, and so far we haven't gotten any calls.

> We also placed a $7.65 ad in our local
> shopper newspaper, and after the ad runs
> I'll report back about what response we got.

> Adventures In Entrepreneurship!

> - Boyd

Boyd,

I'm curious. Did you purchase the drill bits and hunting knives from the wholesaler and are now trying to sell them? Or are you testing the waters to see if there is a need and then will fill it if you get responses? The reason I ask is I was thinking of doing the same thing but when I checked on the wholesaler they had a minimum order of $100.00 or some such thing. I guess I'm not the do-er I need to be yet.

Thanks for the information and the post.
Ken