ext_162534 ([identity profile] leeoakfire.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] maevele 2010-03-03 03:04 pm (UTC)

I didn't know that you homeschooled -- good for you!

I am going to post here a shamelessly selfish self-promotion:

My business caters to home schoolers. Part of my business plan is to create some outreach to homeschoolers once I have my mall store set up (that won't be for a few months as we are waiting on a new roof). When I sold antiquarian children's books at antique shows homeschoolers were a major part of my customer base. I not only sold them what they were looking for, I helped them find wonderful things they didn't know existed, and I did it all with an eye towards keeping the price down for them (such as carrying other 1950s readers than the Dick and Jane -- which they were looking for because they wanted books from that era, and that is all they knew about. Dick and Jane books were selling in the $60 - $150 range; other school books from that era were selling for under $10. I could have sold them one Dick and Jane, instead I sold them many books for the same price; I helped their dollars stretch.)

The name which will be on the door of my store is "Paper Emporium and Teacher's Supplies". The teacher's supplies are all old -- out-of-print titles and out-of-production toys. Also, much other paper, some of it over 100 years old. So, for history classes the customer can purchase contemporaneous documents. Or, for other classes the customer will be able to purchase historical stuff which fits in with that subject. Or, if a customer just wants to save some bucks and find some neat things there will be items as low as $1, all of which would be useful in the classroom.

I will mention that the teachers I have been selling to from my yard sales are ALWAYS impressed with the quality of the stock, the reasonable prices, and the organization within which it is displayed (it helps people find what they want when it is well organized).

So, when you are up in the Dells again perhaps you might want to check out my new store! It will be in the back room of Antique Mall #1 (that is the name of the store; Antique Mall #2 -- also the real name -- is the one by the expressway). Antique Mall #1 is on Oak Street in the downtown Dells, and my store will be in the very far back of the mall where there is a separate room (and I will have the entire room).

Hope this shameless self-promotion was okay! I love working with homeschoolers! Good luck with your experiences home-schooling -- I agree with your reasons!

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