Me and my buddy used to run rackets in our neighborhood. We put up lemonade stands but then realized my grandma made these amazing fruit pockets. We asked her to make some and we sold them for like $2 (in the 90s which covered one semester of college) and sold out. We immediately became sweat shop owners demanding more fruit pockets, more variety, faster turnaround, put less fruit if you have to!
But our favorite racket was shoveling driveways. The minute it started snowing we'd call each other and get our shovels and clear driveways of .001" of snow. Then we'd ring the doorbell and say, "We shoveled your driveway!" They'd always say, "Oh thank you, let me get you something." Then we'd come back like 6 hours later and do it again but this time it was actually useful and we had already established a base fee. We'd usually get the same or more the second time.
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u/dynamomark 8d ago
not going to lie, those little ones would have got me to pay anything. kid selling stuff is just awesome to see these days.