This week we started to officially sell the water bottles for the $200 project. I think we struggled with the price. The group didn't make it clear what the price was for the water bottles. One person said $10 which is really pushing the profit margin. Another person said $7 which is better but still pushing it. I think the bottles should be sold for $5. We would make a $2 profit and people would be more willing to buy it. Also I believe that we have sold less than 5 water bottles so far. I did suggest a table before and no one liked the idea but when we got no response from the flyers that were placed in homeroom mailboxes. The group started to agree with me on getting a table, so I requested one for Thursday at lunch because we get more foot traffic during this time.
I am starting to truly believe that we won't be able to make a profit. I feel like this idea wasn't well planned out and that there wasn't enough action taken to market them. I think the group automatically thought that people would buy them which isn't always the case.
Don't give up! The more you CAN sell, the more you'll be able to pay back the investor, and this is a crucial goal. You're going to need to get creative at this point--very creative. Don't walk away from this without having tried everything you can think of.
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