Sales are way down

I may have to shorten my store hours. After exactly ZERO typewriter sales over the past three months, and with the cost of energy so high, I'm losing money hand over fist.

The last actual typewriter sale I made was in January, and it was one of my older models (from 2004). The woman admitted that she only needed it as a prop for a play, and that it wasn't going to be put to use very much. She said this after I'd explained all of the nice features of the IBM Selectric XE, which took me a while. What a waste of my time.

Anyway, it was a sale, and it counts toward the bottom line. Oddly, about a week later, she tried to return it, saying she didn't need it anymore because the play was over. I told her about my "No Refunds" policy, and as angry as she was, she still didn't get her money back.

During normal times, I might have allowed her to return it, but I really needed that sale, since it was one of only three transactions all that month. I'm glad I stuck to my policy, because we are REALLY hurting right now.

For those who are wondering where my older posts went, the answer is: I don't know. I messed something up when our power was off for a couple of days in March, and I somehow obliterated all of the previous entries dating back to last June. I don't think there were any comments in any of the "comments" sections, though, so the only things that were lost were my posts.