Starting a Small Home Business

The Rags To Riches Story Of A Stock Boy

June 28th, 2007 Filed under: Uncategorized — Small Home Business Author

When I took the Job as a stock boy at the pharmacy I never thought that it would open up an opportunity for me to become wealthy. I never stole a dime from my boss but I was allowed to take home all the free samples that arrived through the mail every morning. At the end of the day I returned home with two shopping bags full of every type of cosmetic, soap, perfume, and over the counter remedy that existed. I also had access to all the samples dropped off by the pharmaceutical salesmen; who were always begging the owner to stock up on their products. Many times I followed them to their car where they loaded me up with so many free samples that I had to make three trips to get them back to the stock room.

I lived in a three family house owned by my parents, in the front of the house there was an empty garage, in it I kept what ever I was able to carry home from the pharmacy. I built shelves to hold assorted products. One corner of the garage had only women products, it was packed with various perfumes and lipsticks, on the other shelves there were everything from aspirins to greeting cards. Sunday was my day off and that was the day I made big money. Word spread among my neighbors that I had brand name products for sale. They came from all over for my samples. At the end of the day my garage was empty, and I made more in that one day then I made in a month working for my boss.

My garage sale business went on for another two years and it was time for me to expand my business. I had accumulated enough money to rent a store on: Main Street. And I had the experience to sell the same items that I worked with in the pharmacy. I left my job and began filling up my store with items from a discount warehouse that specialized in perfumes, soaps, and all sorts of cosmetics. Bingo! It worked, women loved my prices and products, and I was now a successful businessman.

I recently retired at the young age of sixty years, and left behind a chain of twenty two discount stores. They were sold for the bargain price of thirty million dollars. The price was low because I always sold at bargain prices and was not going to stop at the end.