Re: Question for the home roasters

My dad would have been almost exactly the same age if he were still with
us.. I think it's no coincidence that that Depression generation was willing
to do whatever it took to put bread on the table for their family - whatever
was for sale, it sure wasn't their family. And you're right about the making
friends thing - the essence of a good deal is that both the buyer and the
seller will leave happy. How often do we get that feeling in retail today?


"bernie" <bdigman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jack Denver wrote:
I grew up with a small retail business (primarily an egg farm) and my
Dad's philosophy was that EVERYTHING was for sale so long as it yielded a
profit - not just the eggs, but the chickens, the manure, the
outbuildings that were not being used, the trees in the back field, the
vegetables in the family garden, etc. He was not in the "egg" business
or the "brown bean" business but the "making money" business

(large snips)

I got a great laugh out of this, Jack. My dad was, and is, the same way
at the age of 93. He only had a 7th grade education, but that was plenty
to make him an exceptionally gifted businessman. He used to say he'd never
met a man who went broke taking a little profit. Horses, trailers, used
tires, used 55gal barrels, buildings, farmland, water rights, oil leases,
gas leases, used drilling pipe, oil field equipment, etc. He has sold it
all and made a profit. And his customers often became lifelong friends,
although he has sadly outlived virtually all of the people he did business
with 30 and 40 years ago. You are right. We are all in the end in the
business of making money. I once worked in a large not-for-profit hospital
that did a spectacular job of providing care to indigents and self-pay
patients. The CEO took great pains to explain pricing and profit to
everyone including the housekeeping staff. His main message was that
though our mission was not for profit healthcare there would be no mission
without a good margin. Made sense to all of us. Thanks for the little
vignette.
Bernie (no ma'am-the handsome kid ain't for sale today)


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