The reporter's summation was that the proprietor was a visionary blazing paths for what businesses would be like in the future under a more "socialist" class structure.
I was shaking my head so hard, for a moment I thought I had fractured my 3rd and 4th vertebrae...but after a few moments, realized how RIGHT it was for this business to perform this "experiment", which was destined to fail.
Et, Voila!
http://www.nwcn.com/business/stories/NW ... 3b3d8.html
'Pay what you want' store forced to close
By TONYA MOSLEY / KING 5 News
Note about business plans: Retail is tough. Undefined target (multiple products) requires addl. overhead. Given the first two conditions, location is more critical than words can express. ASSUMING THAT LOCATING IN A WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE QUEEN ANNE HILL WILL DRAW IN AFFLUENT CLIENTS IS ONLY APPLICABLE IF THE PRODUCT IS TRENDY ENOUGH TO DRAW THE AFFLUENT CLIENTELE. Doing the first three without utilization of a price point (...or price), is a leap of faith, not a business plan.SEATTLE – A shop that lets you pay what want is becoming another casualty of the sagging economy.
Come Thanksgiving, the OpShOp on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill will close its doors.
"I ask people when they pay to pay with their head or their heart,” said OpShOp owner Jane Horowitz...
...“I can't pay my rent,” said Horowitz. She is two months late on the rent and has a week to move out.
The landlord, Robert Burkheimer, says his hands are tied. He has to pay his mortgage and he’s already struggling to find tenants to fill up a once thriving retail strip.
Nice idea that undoubtedly appeals to eco-lovers, extremist progressive politico's, as well as heavy drug users and homeless.
From each, according to their ability. To each, according to their needs.
...Doesn't work, folks.
