# Retailers: would you agree to this wholesale system? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retailers-would-you-agree-to-this-wholesale-system/421087 "2007-09-30T23:54:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retailers-would-you-agree-to-this-wholesale-system/421087/21 "2007-10-03T23:12:06Z")
Maybe I’m not getting something here—from a business standpoint, why bother with the decorated ones at all? It sounds like you’re losing money on them, when you could just as easily be spending that time making 6 to 10 of the other variety—which you’ve said you have no trouble selling. Is your profit on the decorated ones 6 to 10 times as much? If not, why waste your time? If it’s just because you really, really enjoy making them … then make them on the weekends, as a hobby. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retailers-would-you-agree-to-this-wholesale-system/421087/22 "2007-10-03T23:23:58Z")
[QUOTE=toadspittle] If it’s just because you really, really enjoy making them … then make them on the weekends, as a hobby. 😉 [/QUOTE] That. That, and because people _love_ them. I make a higher profit on the plain ones, but I do profit on the decorated ones, and as long as I’m keeping myself paid and enjoying what I’m doing, I’m happy to waste my time 🙂 **iamthewalrus(:3=**, cheers! PS I am completely tickled by your (:3= 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retailers-would-you-agree-to-this-wholesale-system/421087.md?page=1)