Trying to provide good service

For my town's recent Festival weekend, I thought that since about 15,000 people pass my house in three days, I could make some extra money while providing some custom products that most people wouldn't have access to normally. Sign companies most often market themselves to business and so this weekend, I provided an opportunity to the general public to without going out of their way, order and buy novelty and custom name signs and lettering for labeling things around their house; mugs, towel racks, coat hooks, books, street address signs, (both novelty and real address) Christmas box labeling, keepsakes boxes labeling by year and mailbox names and numbers. I spent weeks of evenings preparing samples for what I thought people would like to buy and it turns out I was wrong. People walking by on the sidewalk on the other side of street would not cross this not so busy road to even satisfy their curiousity. I sold about 6 things.
I still can't believe that i could be so wrong, maybe just my expecting to sell them to people on the way to the fairgrounds don't want to stop to spend, maybe expecting them to cross the meager two lanes, I don't know. I can't imagine what else. Anyway, live and learn, I won't be setting up a booth again. Maybe if I was to set up in some sort of show or exhibition, or even at the fairgrounds I may have done better, but these venues charge so much for space I would have to sell a very large amount to cover my overhead. work half or more of the best part of the first of three days to put money in someone else's pocket = don't think so.

At least now I know WHY sign companies don't market to the public.

But, if you do want a sign and are here on my site, You can email me ( by leaving a comment) and i will return your call to serve you. My comments are not published to view without my reviewing them first, and if I see you've left your return e-dress or phone number, I will not publish it, Just contact you. I don't do the mailing list sales or anything like that.