Extra Money
The guys are pretty much broke but not in desperate straights. We just are very frugal with the cash that we have and are always looking for ways to get more money. So we were hanging out at the softball game last night and talking about ways we might raise some extra cash for Christmas.
Alex has a girl now. Her idea is to open a kiosk at the mall and sell gift items for the Christmas selling season. I don’t know what kind of gift items will sell around here. But she’s very insistent that we can make some good money if we all go in together and take turns manning the cash register for the 3 months.
Even though I’m working the night shift at the hospital I might have an extra day here and there to help out. But to be honest I think this is more for Alex and his girl to handle. I can handle some of the background effort, like finding wholesalers and arranging for credit card processing and things like that.
I firmly believe that if you are selling a retail product that you must accept credit cards in today’s world. Most people don’t carry much cash any more - they use either credit cards or debit cards to pay for things at the store. In fact, the only cash I spend is at the fast food places. Most places I go take my credit cards without blinking an eye, and if they didn’t take plastic then I probably wouldn’t be shopping there.