Sunday, May 20, 2012
Never Say Never (continued)
I'm starting to think I should have numbered and tagged these "never say never" posts. We sold an item years ago - probably over 15 years ago - that we are still asked for today - it was a little plastic car crumb sweeper - good for sweeping up toast crumbs, or eraser dust and the like. It was made in Japan, sold really well, and all of a sudden we couldn't get them anymore. There was a Taiwanese knock-off briefly available but it wasn't as good, and even that disappeared - as knock-offs usually do. I had a request card from a customer who desperately wanted one - but I think I threw her card out a year ago - we'd been holding onto it for - ten years? and it seemed silly to keep it. Until today. At the Stationary Show, where, walking the aisles, I stopped at a Japanese booth - and there they were. The same little cars, original version. Just another reminder that I should never - never - say "never." You just "never" know what's going to come back . .
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