Has anyone else noticed less money out there on the streets?

[pitohui]

32. ok here is a popular scam since the bush 1 recession in the early 1990s

i don't know the term "pop up" but i bet the scam is this -- you rent a storefront (but unknown to the victims of the scam you pay very very little maybe even no deposit down on the storeifront) -- you then tell crafters that they can put their items "on consignment" in your store but, ah, instead of classic consighment (which is bad enough, because you pay them nothing and just steal their stuff and/or any money that comes in) you ALSO collect a fee for their shelf space rental

you the victim rent a tiny space on the shelf for say $40 a month, a bunch of other people do too, storefront owner takes the money and says "oh well nothing sold" and disappears at the end of the month

EVERY one who has sold crafts for any length of time has been taken by this scam and also by the older "i'll sell it on consignment" scam

what is really sad is times are so hard that i've been thinking of doing the scam myself and i was a victim myself! but it's a completely legal crime, there is no law against renting space in your store and then closing the store in a short period of time w. no sales

bottom line, there is no market for cheap, and if you are trying to sell cheap crafts, you are competing with the $1 a day guy in china so you're screwed