Tryin to Make Money

What we have done here is a small simple side business. We took a heap of photos from all around Napier, New Zealand. The town is decked out in the Art Deco theme,in fact it is one of the only places on Earth that has a large collection of Art Deco buldings in perfectly good order. Anway there are heaps of tourists here that come to town specifically to check out the buildings. We figured we could spend a 100 NZD and make some greeting cards to sell to the tourists. We we made 200 of them and on Sunday we set a table up at the local market. There were 3 cruise ships in on Sunday so it was the perfect chance to make a quick buck.

Bright and early we set off to the market and set up our table and proudly displayed our product. We waited and waited and waited some more. Throngs of ugly ugly people passed us by, never to descend on our lonely table to purchase the cheap and beautiful cards we made. For hours I sat and watched as mullet ridden toothless "average joes' walked by with nary a glance. I got sunburnt and humbled but I did sell 5 cards, resulting in a 10 NZD profit on the day.

The problem as it turned out was the lack of the cruisies making there way to the market leaving only the locals to look us over. That said we have managed to wrangle our way into a couple of shops in town, resulting in a complete reecoup of start up capital. Hopefully more of the cards will sell at the shops and we can laugh all the way to the bank, no sorry make that gas pump...

12 days left in Napier before we head towards the South Island.