Post #229010 by Bay Park Buzzy on Thu, Apr 27, 2006 12:59 PM

Lake Surfer:
Answers(some are true, some aren't):
Job? Yes. Right now it is super slow. I'm on call, so to speak, and the phone isn't ringing. Once it does start though, it seems to never stop. I might as well take advantage of this time while I have it.
Rush? No rush. I have to do something with my time, might as well be this. There is nothing on tv these days anyway. I also have chronic insomnia. I used to just lay there all night. Now I carve all night. Carving solved my insomnia problem, now I just have to work on my not sleeping problem.
Goal? I just like to make them. If I sell them-cool. If not, I have one of the best Tiki collections I ever seen-and I made them all! I've never tried to sell any of them. Personally, I cannot believe what people charge for these things. I also cannot believe there are people who would actually pay that. One born every minute, they just don't happen by that frequently.
Saturated? I know. I wanted to be a mailman, but I did some research and it seems every neighborhood has at least one. Too much competition so I changed my mind. Then I wanted to be a teacher. There's one of those in every single classroom, surprisingly. I'm a good cook, I wanted to open a restaurant, but there is a McDonalds right down the block...Talking about saturation, don't even get me started on getting into the real estate industry.
Discouraged? Why did you have to bring this up then? You ruined my life! I quit! All I wanted to ever do was have fun and challenge myself, now you have to bring this up. Now I'm so depressed I think I'll sleep all the time instead of carving. And things were going so well for me lately...

Help me TCers before it's too late!
Does anyone out there know of a place I can go and be the only tiki carver around? If you find one, let me know, I'd like to start this again where the environment is more suitable to a monopolistic enterprise rather than competitive one. I would hate to have to move, but I do not think I can deal with competition right now. I might have to make quality pieces that the buyer would actually seek out and be proud to own. That's way too hard though. I just want to slap something out and sell it to some sucker who doesn't have any choice, because I am the only choice available. If my customer doesn't like my offerings, then he/she can move to the big city where saturation of the market results in more choices...