Christmas in July and Back to School Specials.

[GordonJ]

Merry Christmas. No more happy holidays, season's greetings or other such stuff.

Well, it is that time, we have those Christmas in July sales. Amazon Prime is having it's "Black Friday Week" beginning July 11. My local store is putting out back to school supplies. Soon far too soon, we'll see Halloween stuff.

It is a good strategy to plan ahead, don't you think?

I'm always amazed at the last minute folks who post something like: Oh, Christmas is in 2 weeks, how do I make some quick money?

Quick money happens via LONG term planning. You know these holidays are going to roll around. You can count on people buying things on a seasonal basis. Today, I'm negotiating for some snow blowers, IF I can get my price, I will do some storage, although it is not my normal routine. I like to buy and flip, keep circulating the money, it grows faster that way.

BUT, every once in awhile a bargain comes along which warrants a little storage and patience.

In the July 4th 5 in 1 report, I go over the method that Skip Rossell developed for getting alerts, in fact, I'm going to be using this very soon for some specific fall items.

I call it the PARADE OF LIFE. And it just seems foolish to me to let it go by without at least setting up a little lemonade stand along the route.

http://www.writerstollbooth.com/jul4sun.pdf

So, Happy INDEPENDENCE DAY, HO, HO, HO.

Gordon

Back to school offers have started now in the UK for as long as I can remember. Easter eggs appear in the shops on Boxing Day.

But this is the first time I've noticed Christmas in July - it's been appearing on TV ads recently (even noticeable at 12x speed) and is even earlier than our usual September start to the festive season.

Bah humbug!

Yes, I have noticed it in July firstly too!