So, a couple of weeks back, our school had this annual exhibition, and this year it was called F.A.B- Fun And Business.
Its was an integrated project for Grades 9 and 11.
So, I decided to make Neo-flickies, seen in Step Up-3, but I got a bigger magnet and sold them as glow-in-dark fridge magnets, and stuck little circles of paper and decorated them.
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| Neo flickies- without the decorations and stuff |
I made about 40 of them, and sold each for Rs.20 each. They had LEDs on them, which glowed for about 2 weeks.
So, on the day of FAB, I got a table with this guy from 11th. For now, lets call him- Black Sabbath. He was olive skinned, lean, about taller than me (Im 5' 7")
He was selling these natural air fresheners. There were about 15 of them. In the first half hour itself he sold 4 of them. Which, was a great thing cuz they were highly over-priced. He so deftly talked his way into people's minds and conned convinced them into buying those. He had really great skills!
So, I tried to ask him how he sold almost 20% of his stock (The nerd I am!) in just half of an hour...And he just shrugged it off with a smirk.
By the end of that hour, I was awestruck, and decided to talk him into spilling his secrets. Turned out he was a metal-head too!
He helped me create my "sales speech"! And I even sold one AC/DC flickie to his brother.
And he was a pot full of sarcastic remarks. But, he was fun to be with!
And after he sold out all the air fresheners, he started selling some of those empty packaged spray bottles. Over-priced, yet AGAIN. And BAM! Sold out, in a couple of hours!
By the end of the day, all my flickies had been sold. And I was being told, many-a-parents liked the idea, very much. I earned a total of Rs.960!Yeah, I know thats an odd figure. cuz the last ones I sold were over-priced too.Thanks to BlackSabbath..*Evil laugh* I made a profit of whole Rs.260! I know its not much. But still. I was overjoyed! Thaat, was my first, hard earned money.
My dad was so happy and proud of me, that he gifted me the first G-shock he bought with his own salary, when he was 19!
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| The G-shock |
So, it turned out to be a great, Great day!
And in the evening, I got a call from my friend, saying that once I left, some more parents had come, asking for my flickies and that my coordinator had to sell her own flickie to them.
That was it! My happiness, knew no bounds! I was exhilarated!
See, what hard work and hard earned money does to people. It encourages and motivates people like hell!
In this case- Moii ;)
Later.
Ciao =) x