last year i was buying watermelons 2 for $5.00 id truck them up north and sell them for $2.50 ea . i lost a ton of money. my buddy told me he has an accountant i should talk with. very smart guy. so i did . this accountant look over all my paper work from last year and said he see the problem. all i need to do is buy a bigger trailer.
Watermelon season
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He is correct the bigger the trailer the more you can haul. I would try selling them for $2.25 that way you can sell more cause you are hauling more!scottied67 and HeWhoMustNotBeNamed Thank this. -
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Yep pretty easy to go broke with those numbers.
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Buying 2 for $5.00 (that's $2.50 a piece)
Trucking them up north (that could be a lot of fuel cost)
Them selling them for $2.50 (or 2 for $5).
But buying a bigger trailer....that'll do the trick roflKB3MMX Thanks this. -
If you tried buying and selling more than two at a time, it might help.
Okay, more seriously- Yeah; get the bigger trailer, pull money out of your 401k if you need to. Don't let these guys dishearten you, it's a good idea, I'm totaly on board. If I lived near you I would join in on this business venture. I could be the watermelon seller/stacker/washer.
OP, cmon, why are you not at-least marking up for fuel? -
The last melon I bought at the grocery store was $3. Usually retailers mark stuff up double. Id say it's hard to make a profit anything more than $2.
If someone wanted to do entrepreneur work like that I know some guys that will load firewood here where I live and truck it to Atlanta 150 miles away and sell it for $85 a rick like hot cakes at the farmer's market. I think they sell it for $100 a rick retail. The guys here will cut it, split it and load it for $30 a rick. That's $2150 gross for 2-3 days work. I could imagine what firewood would bring out west. That's one thing I didn't understand my last trip to Vegas is why many houses have fireplaces. Where do they get their wood? I guess they burn cacti! -
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