quote: People who get married get all these great wedding gifts to fill a house with.
Yeah but if they want people to give them gifts, then they have to a party, invitations, pictures, flowers, food, cake, etc. Unless somebody else is paying for those things, you'd probably be better off financially buying your own gifts. Or you could charge your wedding guests and have a for-profit wedding.
And congrats ketchups!
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Our wedding cost a grand total of $720, not including travel expenses (which my husband's parents mostly paid) but including the dress, rings, cake, other refreshments/serving stuff, invitations, etc., etc.
We definitely got gifts worth more than we spent, although I can't begin to total up the value. All our dishes, silverware, towels, shower curtains, pots and pans, other cooking stuff, two crockpots, iron and ironing board, glasses, table linens, bathroom accessories, sheets and comforter... And on and on, not even including the thousands of dollars in cash and checks and Target gift cards. We have a lot of generous friends and family. Point is, weddings don't have to be that expensive to be great.
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Update: The job is going pretty well. I am learning all kinds of new things. It turns out that Cuto has its own gift registry for weddings, birthdays, and anniversaries! KQ would have loved to know that BEFORE we got married.
I was offered the Assistant Manager position with one condition...I need to sell $25,000 worth of Cutco from now until May. It is not impossible to do, but it will be very hard (unless I can find a lot of soon-to-be-married people that want knives as a gift). The position pays a salary plus commission on sales, that would help with the new Ketchup packet on the way.
So, any thoughts, prayers, good vibes, etc. would be appreciated.
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Thirty-one, living by myself, and working at a Ph.D. program. At this point, I'd feel a little guilty having a 20-something-style wedding with lots of gifts.
On the other hand, I could use them (as anyone who has seen my big empty apartment could testify).
I got married at 33 My wife was x-y years old if you ask her ), and we had a big wedding. Not huge, but a full blown one.
It was my first wedding, so I don't feel guilty about it one bit. Posts: 15082 | Registered: Jul 2001
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if there are any wedding shows in your vicinity, you might be able to show the knives there, maybe have a drawing for a giveaway - but that would get potential brides registering for the knives. We've got a wedding show in my area this coming Sunday, which is why I thought of it.
Another possibility - a small business fair. We have one in our area in September called Fall Fest. Tupperware and Pampered Chef people are there along with artists and crafters selling their work. (And other kinds of small businesses.)
We occasionally have a Taste of Home demo in our area, and I think other companies can display there, too. I think those have been in the early spring in the past.
That's all I can pick out of my tired brain. I hope there's something useful in it for you. Posts: 2034 | Registered: Apr 2004
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hmm, some of my friends used to do the same thing. its a good temporary job. dont let it slip into a permenant one tho. if youa re part of a more affluent social area, then u can really make a killing selling that stuff. if not, sales might be slow. regardless, i really hope it goes well with you, and i hope u do great at it.
BTW: dont ever be nervous. most potential buyers wont mind if u have to pull out your book to look something up during an interview. my friend had to do that a couple times and he said no one really cared and that they liked the fact that he carried his manual with him.
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