It Isn't Easy Making Green

I've recently asked a source to find a Croc-Like shoe manufacturer in China to customize some shoes for a client.

Without too much lead paint.

The pricing looks to be good, shockingly good, and it makes me wonder what other products might make some sense to import and to build a business on.

I looked at many different products but finally decided on the product I'd like to import.

And the Girl Scout of America had better look out - I'm taking them down. That's right - head to head competition with the Girls Scouts on cookies.

And it's about time. $4.00 for a box of cookies I can get for 37 cents from China - you gotta be kidding me. The GSA have been railroading the US Consumer for far too long. Sure, the veil of innocence projected by the GSA has been a great front to the actual charter of the organization - to corner the US cookie market - but capitalism has a way of kicking your ass if you get a little too arrogant in pricing and quality.

Ok, so here's the plan. I secured the website - www.thegreatgirlscoutscam.net (the .com was taken already by Michael Moore) and plan to launch a competing website that sells Girl Scout-Like Cookies for $2 a box. Delivered.

No bratty girls at your front door.
No table at the grocery store to play on your guilt as you exit.
No over reaching co-worker or Boss extorting you into purchases to keep the work environment healthy and your income intact.

As a matter of fact - feel free to start your own business. Set up a table at the Super Wal-Mart (they understand the market dynamic) and sell your Knock-offs for $3.00 - and feel free to work with the local Hooters to "spice up the sales process".

Hey GSA - business lesson #1 - SEX SELLS!

Sure, we don't have Thin Mints (we have Thin Chins) nor do we have have Tag-a-Longs (we have Tag-a-Wongs), but you're going to save $2 a box -and you know what that means - MORE COOKIES! As we all know, Americans need more cookies.

Another thing - we have decided to actually put more cookies than packaging in our boxes - something the GSA has yet to understand. Honestly - $4 for a box of Somosa's with only 12 cookies inside? Our Shanghai knock-offs have 22 cookies in every box.

The battle lines have been drawn - the Girls Scouts are going down. They've had a good run, but you can't stand in the way of capitalism.

Now, about that Labor Day Telethon scam........

That's all I have to say about that.