Buy One Get One Free! Thats A Joke!
I Had A Guy Tell Me One Time He Got A Great Deal At A Tent That Was Buy One Get One Free! And He Asked Why We Didn't Do That. I Asked Him About What He Had Paid For A Couple Of Items At The Buy One Get One Free Tent. He Told Me, I Took Him Over To The Same Products That He Had Purchased And I Was Able To Show Him That We Had The Same Stuff. We Were At Regular Price, Which Happened To Be A Little Less Than What He Had For The Same Items. Usually At A 50% Off Or A Buy One Get One Free Tent Your Going To Pay Just As Much Or More As A Tent That Don't Offer Discounts. Every Tent Or Stand Works Off The Same Mark Up. So Don't Get Caught In The So Called Big Discount On Fireworks. No One Is Going To Give You Nothing!
Alot Of The Costs In Fireworks Is From Shipping And Alot Of Labor. Most Are Shipped From China In Semi Containers Aboard Ships. The Fireworks Are Then Loaded At The Port On To Semi Trailers. The Trailers Are Then Delivered To The Wholesaler. They Are Not On Pallets So Each Trailer Is Hand Unloaded On To Pallets. Alot Of Times They Are Just Stacked In Warehouses Without Pallets. Then The Wholesaler Sells The Fireworks To A Fireworks Stand Operator. They Then Rent A Tent And Set Up The Stand. In The State Of Missouri They Can Start Selling June 20 And Sell Thru July 10 Most Close On July 5.
Keep An Eye On This Post As I Will Be Giving More Info On Fireworks And How Not To Have A Bad Fireworks Show For Your Family.
Time To Start Taking Notes!
Old Dw’s Picks For This July 4th.
Fire Crackers – I Personally Like The Black Cat 7/8 Lady Fingers. I Think The 40/40 Bundle Is The Best Value. Granted A Lot Of People Like The Normal 1 ½ Inch Fire Crackers. But With Kids And Us Old Farts A Lot Of Noise Can Be A Little Much If You Start Early Like I Do. With The 40/40 Bundle You Get 1600 Fire Crackers And Don’t Let The Small Size Fool You. They Are Just About As Loud As The Normal Sized Fire Crackers. You Can Save Money By Buying These Compared To The Larger Normal Fire Crackers. And If You Want To Shoot Singles It Keeps The Kids Busy Pulling Them Apart. And You Can Shoot A Pack Of 40 Without Causing Too Much Noise, Damage And Trash Removal.
Water Fire Crackers – Can’t Do The 4th Without Them! Black Cat Has What Is Called Little Dynamite. With A Water Proof Fuse And A Normal Inch And A Half Fire Cracker. What Kid Doesn’t Enjoy Setting Off A Fire Cracker In A Mud Puddle Or A Pool Of Water? Comes In A 100 Pack Box. A Couple Of Boxes Any Kid And A Mud Hole Will Have A Couple Of Hours Of Fun. No You Can’t Use Them For Crappie Fishing Bugman!
Bottle Rockets – Moon Travel Or Air Travel For The Cheaper Bottle Rocket Fans. I Personally Like The Triple Whistle Bottle Rockets Myself. They Drive The Neighbors Nuts And You Can Make A Lot Of Noise With Them. You Get A Triple Whistle With A Report At The End.
Sparklers – I Personally Like The Morning Glories. The Cost Is A Little More But I Think You Get Enough More With Them To Justify The Additional Cost. But If You Have Little Kids The Cheaper Sparklers Will Do The Trick, They Won’t Know The Difference. Just Make Sure For Safety That You Get Bamboo Instead Of Steel.
Smoke And Smoke Balls – I Like What Is Called Rip Tide Smoke Tubes. It’s A Pull String Smoke Tube So You Don’t Have To Light It Just Pull The String. Normally Comes In A 3 Pack And Each Will Last Almost 3 Minutes. Sure Runs The Bugs Out Of The Area! Only Comes In One Color Grey. Only One Kind Of Smoke Balls To Get And That Is The Clay Ones. A Few Years Ago They Came Out With A Kind Of Paper Smoke Ball And They Don’t Last As Long.
Ground Bloom Flowers – Great Colors And Cheap. They Spin On The Ground Really Fast And Change Colors.
Crackling Crawfish A Shotgun Product – This Thing Is About The Size Of A Half Of Roll Of Quarters! It Throws Out Crackle Sparks Until There Is Nothing Left To Clean Up And It Lasts Over 2 Minutes. It Doesn’t Shoot Very High But It Really Is A Great Item.
Rockets – Wooden Stick Rockets I Should Say. Grin And Bear It Rocket It’s A Golden Bear Product. This Rocket Does A Smiley Face With Multi Color Face. Lol Kind Of Like Showing The Neighbors What You Think. X-treme Scream Rocket A Pyro Predator Product Has My Vote To Wake The Dead! Love It! A Loud Screamer With 3 Different Screams And Ends In Crackling!
Old Dw’s Top Pick For Kids And Large Kids (those Age 40 And Above) – Zig Zag Zooms – Comes In A 6 Pack And The Most Fun You Can Have For About A Buck. These Little Things Will Surprise You. They Are About The Diameter Of A Common #2 Pencil And About A Half Inch Long. They Spin, They Zag, They Zig And Then They Zoom Into The Air With A Buzzer Tail. Some How The Boss Got Some Of These A Couple Of Years Ago. We Didn’t Know What They Did So I Opened A Pack And Tried One, Then Two, Then Three, Until The Whole Pack Was Gone! Now We Can’t Keep Them On The Shelves. And We Have Kids About The Age Of 30 Coming In Getting A Box Of 40 – 6 Packs! Guilty As Charged Age 49 Here!
Crop Circles – Winda Product. They Are Kind Of Like The Old Lady Bugs. Comes In A 3 Pack. Screaming Spinning And Rises Into The Air. Wife And I Both Rated Them A 10 On A 10 Scale At A Buyers Show!
Parachutes – There Are Lot Of Different Ones Out There On The Market Today. There Are Single, Double, Day And Night Time. But The Wife And I Went To A Buyers Show A Couple Of Years Ago. And We Ran Across This Cake Parachute That Out Does Anything We Have Ever Seen Or Been Able To Find. Victory Celebration 37, It Is Rated For Night Use Because It Has Glowing Colored Balls Attached To The 37 Shot, Yes 37 Shot Parachutes. But We Also Like It During The Day Light, Because The Glowing Colored Balls Also Put Off A Colored Smoke That Like Having A Smoke Ball Drop From The Sky. Now Normally You Will See A Lot Of Parachutes That Fall Without Opening With Normal Parachutes. With This Product We Have Found This Isn’t The Case. Normally We See About A 99% Open Rate. Everyone Knows How Kids Love To Chase Parachutes. You Just Have To Tell Them To Be Careful Because They Are Coming Down Hot. But You Put 4, 5 Or More Kids Together And Light One Of These And You Will Have A Great Show Watching The Kids Chase After Them! This Is Another Item That We Can’t Keep On The Shelves.
Hen Laying Eggs – I Have Already Gone Into Detail About This Great Little Ground Item For Kids. Paper Chicken That When You Light It, It Shoots Out Colored Balls.
Black Snakes – Every Parent Hates Them Because Of The Mess They Leave. Kids Love Them. I Like The 6 Packs If You Can Find Them, There Is 2 Packs Each Of Different Effects. Ok I Will Admit It I Like The Glow Worms!
Party Poppers For The Little Ones! Pull String And There Is Also One That Looks Like A Little Gun With A Trigger. Granted They Are A Mess With The Confetti String But The Little Guys Love Them.
Snappers Are Another Product For The Little Guys They Can Throw Them On The Concrete Or Step On Them On The Concrete And They Pop. Note For Large Kids, Work Great Under Most Bosses Chairs At The Office Too! Granted After They Go Off Is Not The Time To Ask For A Raise. You Can Also Put Them Under The Bosses Plastic Mat That His Chair Sets On. Works Great! Also Can Be Thrown Behind Boss As He Walking Out Of Your Office.
Booby Traps – Pulling String Fireworks – Great For Kids Age 7 And Above Until They Learn How To Tie The String Onto Door Handles Of Bathroom Doors. And Grandma Won’t Enjoy Them Either When She Opens A Door. Work Great For Bosses Desk Drawers, Might Have To Use A Push Pin On A Wooden Desk Or Double Them Up On A Steel Desk So You Can Find A Place To Tie Them Too. Please See Above About Not Asking For A Raise After They Go Off. Also Works Good On Inside Door Handles Of Wifes, Bosses Or Friends Car Or Pickup! We Don't Carry Them Because Of What Bosses Son Did To Boss When He Son Was A Kid! But You Can Find Them If You Look A Little.
More Latter Keep Checking Back For Updates. I Will Have Everything Posted Before June 20 The First Official Day Of The 2009 Consumer Fireworks Selling Season In The State Of Missouri.
Dan
Old Dw’s Picks For This July 4th Post 2 Of 3
I Have Already Covered Fire Crackers, Water Fire Crackers, Bottle Rockets, Sparklers, Smoke Tubes And Smoke Balls, Ground Bloom Flowers, Crackling Crawfish, Rockets And A Bunch Of Other Novelties And Items. Sorry About The Long Posts But I Am Doing This In Ms Word First Then Copy Then Paste. So I Can Get It Done Faster.
Fountains – I Have A Few Great Picks For This Year. Hugs And Kisses Either In 500 Gram Or 200 Gram Size, This Fountain Is Kind Of A “z Cake” Type With Lemon Drops, Color Crossettes And Crackling Pearls! Really A Neat Fountain. Midnight Magic I Gave It A 9 Rating At A Buyers Show! It Has Red, Green, Blue And Gold Colors With Big Droplets. Another 9 Rating Went To Jigglin Jivin Jelly Beans Which Is A Multi Tube Fountain With Brilliant Sprays Of Multi Color Blobs That Look Like Jelly Beans. Each Change Shows Another Beautiful Color Of Blues, Purples, Reds, Greens, Oranges (yes I Said Orange And I Have Seen It With My Own Eyes!) And Violets. Annihilator Gained Another 9 Rating From Me. Chrysanthemums In Colors From White To Gold, Silver-green, Blue-gold, Followed By Silver, Red, Blue And Green. Some Of The Best Fountains That I Have Ever Had The Pleasure Of Watching At Buyers Shows This Year.
Roman Candles – Old Dw’s Top Pick Is Not Really A Normal Roman Candle, It’s Called Cyber Shooter! It’s About A 3 Inch Tube About 4’ Long With A Plastic Spike On The End Of It. Do It Big If You Can Do It! Others I Like Are Boomtown, Black Cat Gatlin Pack And Black Cat Magnum Repeater.
Artillery – Reloadables - Black Box Is What Most People Want Who Just Want To Throw Something Cheap Up In The Air. They Are Normally On Sale As A Loss Leader To Get You In The Door. But As Most People Who Know Me, One Thing They Say About Me Is If Dw’s Going To Do It He Is Going To Do It Right Or He Won’t Do It! I Like The Round Ball Primo Artillery If I Am Going To Do The Cheaper Type Stuff. And Area 51 Is Another Good Medium Priced Artillery That Has Some Great Effects. But Like I Say If You’re Going To Do It, Do It Right! Anytime You Can Find Reloadables That Are In A Canister Instead Of A Round Ball You Are Going To Find A Better Quality Shell With Normally Multi Breaks! Yes You’re Going To Pay More But You And The Family Will Enjoy Them More. There Is A Couple That Fit Into This Best Of The Bear, Sorcerer, Happiness Messenger And Others. But I Have 2 Words For You “black Mamba” 2 Fiber Glass Tubes, 20 Assorted Canisters In Each Box. Yes You’re Going To Pay More But You Will Get Hard Breaks And Some Great Colors With Alsome Effects! There Is Colored Pictures On Each Box That Show The Effects Of Each Shell. And You Are Not Going To Have A Cardboard Tube To Shoot Out Of Like You Do With Black Box. Ever Had A Cardboard Tube Catch On Fire About The Time You Have Only Shot Half A Box? And You Didn’t Have Another Tube To Shoot Out Of, I Have!
500 Gram 3” Tube 9 Shot Racks – Now Most Of These Are Going To Be Out Of Reach Of Your Budgets Unless You Pool Your Money With Other Family Members And Go For A Big Show! Kick Ass Cajun Would Be My Top Pick Followed By, Meltdown, King Back And Fire Dragon. Most Of These Racks Are In The Price Range Of $75.00 And Up!
500 Gram Cakes – Solid Gold Always A 10 Rating In My Book, 16 Shots, Huge Bursting Gold Willos And Brocades With A Quickened Finale! This Cake Kicks Butt! Willow Cannon Is A New One For Me, Huge Golden Willow Blasts With A Cannon Salute At The End. Desert Opponent Is Always Another Top Pick For Me. This Is A 44 Shot Z-shaped Cake Which Has Alternating Brocades And Mines To Crackling Flowers With The Last 2 Rows As A Finale. Black Ops Has 50 Shots Starting With Red And Blue Stars With Reports Getting Faster And Faster Ending With A Finale Of Multi Colored Bursts With A Loud Crackle. Detonator Has 12 Large 2 Inch Shells Flying More Than 100 Feet In To The Air With Bright Silver Comets, Shells Break Open And Fill The Sky With Colors Of Red, Green, Yellow And Silver. Return Of Et, Yep He Is Back, Full Good Breaks Of Brocade Crown Followed By Very Strong Bright Green Dahlia With Red Strobe And Time Rain.
Missiles – Only Two Choices For Me! Growlin Gator Is A 12” Missile With Whistling & Crackle. Cloud Cruiser Is A 10” Plastic Missile That Soars High And Ends In Fire Crackers.
Saturn Missile Batteries – You Either Hate Them Or You Love Them. The Kids Love Them. There Is Only One Choice For Me. A Million Fireflies, 300 Shots, Lots Of Color Sparks Fly From Each Missiles Tail With The Normal Whistle. The Way I See It If You’re Going To Make Noise You Might As Well Have Some Color Too. But You Can Always Get A 25, 50 Or A 100 Shot Saturn Missile Battery For The Kids. I Think We Even Have A 450 Shot Sized Saturn Missile Battery In Stock.
Noise And Lots Of It! – So You Want To Wake The Dead And Drive The Neighbors Out Of Town! You Just Want To Drive Granddad Or Grandma To An Early Grave. Or You Really Want To Drive The Old Bat Mother In-law Or Father In-law Nuts! Old Dw’s Pick For This Would Be Celebration Crackers, One Fuse With 2492 Shots! We Do Have A Celebration Cracker In A Larger Size If You Have The Nerve, One Fuse With 16,294 Shots! Please Don’t Call Me When The Cops Show Up! I Have Enough Problems Already. I Like My Neighbors And I Don’t Have The Nerve So Far But I Have Got A 2492 In The Garage That I Am Going To Do One Day!
200 & 300 Gram Cakes – Matrix Pyro, 16 Shots, Colored Shells With Colored Tails That Break Into Great Colors! Golden Peacock Is A Little 16 Shot Cake That Has Green Pearls That Shoot Into The Sky And Break Into Gold Glitter With Green Rings! It’s A Great Little Small Cheap Cake. Cajun Delight, 96 Shot Little Z Shaped Cake That Shoots Colored Balls. A Great Little Show Opener! With A Little Help You Can Set 2 Of These Up About 50 Feet Apart In Front Of Your Show. Light Them Both At The Same Time, Yes You Will Need 2 People To Do This. This Will Give You A Chris Cross Pattern Which Will Make Your Family Think You Have Been To Pyro School. We Do A Lot Of That In The Professional Shows For Openings, Mid Shows Or The Finale.
Important Notes – I Have Listed Several Z Shaped Cakes Above. Make Sure You Read The Directions Or Ask When You Buy Them Which Way They Are To Be Faced Towards Your Crowd! If They Don’t Know When You Ask At Your Local Stand Then You’re At The Wrong Stand! You Don’t Ever Want To Be Shooting Towards Your Crowd! Granted We All Have That Mother In Law That We Would Like To Shoot Something At. Also Locate The Fuse And Remember When You Light A Z Shaped Cake Not To Stand At The Sides Of The Cake Because You Might Get Shot At. Always Stand Either In Front Or Back Of A Z Shaped Cake.
Fall Out Zone – Take A Little Time To Think Before You Set Up Your Show. Look Which Way The Wind Is Blowing. If Nothing Else Light A Smoke Ball And Watch Which Way The Smoke Goes. Be Sure That There Is Not Any Power Lines, Houses, Buildings, Grassy Fields, Hay Fields With Large Round Bales In Your Fall Out Zone. Remember Last Thing You Want Is To Catch Your House Or The Neighbors House On Fire. Or Upset That Farmer Across The Road When You Burn Some Of His Big Bales Of Hay, Who Always Carries A Scoped 243, A Scoped 30-06, And Either A 357 Or A 9 Mm On The Dash Of His Pickup. Lol It Might Be Me And I Won’t Call 911, Or The Fire Department First Before I Come Up And Say Hello!
Part 3 Of 3 Will Be Posted In A Couple Of Days!
Please Post Questions Or Comments!
Dan
Ho Ho Ho Only 17 Days Left!
Only 17 Days Left Until Every Fireworks Stand Opens In Missouri! Got My List Checking It Twice I Am Going To Blow Something Up Starting June 20!
Last Post Will Be Posted In A Couple Of Days.
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Someone Asked What I Kind Of Stuff Wife And I Work With
Ok So You Want To See The Size Of Firecrackers The Wife And I Play With. Most Of The Shows We Do Are Electric Fire But We Still Do Some Hand Fire. A Electric Fire Is When We Take Little Blasting Cap Wired Things Aka Known In The Business As E-matches And Stick Them Into The Fuse. This Is Then Wired Into A Rail With Lots Of Different Clues Aka Plug Ins. This Rail Has A 100' Cable Attached To It And That Cable Goes To A Pegboard Type Of Thing That We Use To Set Off Each Firework With A 12 Volt Battery. I Personally Enjoy The Hand Fire The Best Just Me A 6 Second Fuse And A Flair. But By Law We Can't Hand Light Anything Over 6 Inches In Dia.
You Know Your Having Fun When You In The Middle Of A Bunch Of Loaded Fireworks Racks With A Flair. And The Fire Is Falling Out Of The Sky All Around You.
Old Dw’s Picks For This July 4th Post 3 Of 3
Labels – Don’t Get Caught Up In Labels At Your Local Tent. Just Because The Box Label Is Pretty Don’t Mean The Product Is Any Good! I Can Put Cow Pies In A Fancy Bag Or Box And When You Open It Up It Is Still Going To Smell Like Cow Pies! Some Of The Best Stuff I Have Ever Seen Was In A Plain Jane Box!
Questions – Just Because Your 30 To 40 Years Old And Have Kids Don’t Be Afraid To Ask Questions At Your Local Stand Or Tent. You Won’t Look Stupid In Front Of The Wife And Kids Or Anyone Else. But You Sure Will When Your Show Don’t Go Off As Planned. Its Your Money, You Worked Hard For It And You Deserve The Right To Know What Your Paying For! If The Stand Worker Can’t Answer Your Questions, Or You Get This Old Standard Answer “it Shoots Flaming Balls.” Run Out The Door! I Don’t Know All The Answers, I Still Learn Something New About Fireworks Every Day! But We Take The Time To Study About The Products We Are Selling! Heck If You Ask One Of Us, We Will Take The Extra Time To Either Tell You Which Order To Shoot Your Cakes In. Or We Will Take A Sharpie And Mark Each Cake With A Number Of What Order To Shoot Them In To Get The Most Out Of Your Show! If Your Local In The Springfield, Mo Area Just Pm Me! Just Tell Me What Your Budget Is For Your Show And We Will Put Together A Show For You As A Custom Order. We Do It Each Year For A Lot Of Our Customers Who Only Want The Best. We Will Mark Each Cake With The Shoot Order And How Far Apart To Shoot Them If It’s A Big Show And We Are Having You Shoot Double Cakes At The Same Time. Yes We Have Customers Who Do This Every Year And They Have Budgets From $100.00 To Over $1500.00. I Would Say The Average Is About Custom Show Is About $250.00 Most Of Them Going To Families Who Pool There Money Together. We Also Have Churches Who Request Custom Shows Be Put Together For Youth Groups. And We Have Neighbor Hood Groups Who Pool Their Money Together And Call And Ask For A Custom Order. And Yes I Have Gone Out And Even Shot Class C Shows For Customers! The Company Has Even Done Class B And C Shows For Weddings, Birthday Parties, And Retirement Parties! One Of The Best Shows I Ever Got To Shoot Was For A Group Of Returning Troops At The Armory In Aurora, Mo! I Was Very Proud To Be Able To Shoot That Show For Them! We Did A Little Class C And Some Class B Stuff.
Shop Early – I Hear This Well We Wait Until Right Before July 4th To Try To Get Discounts. Most Places Don’t Discount Oh Yeah There Is All This Stuff On The Radio About Buy One Get One Free Here Or There. This Is Just A Bunch Of Cow Potty! Everyone Pays Just About The Same Amount For The Product. The Chain Tents As I Call Them Advertise A Lot To Get You In The Door, Oh You Might Save A Little On Bottle Rockets Or Firecrackers But The Cakes Cost You $5.00 To $10.00 Or More A Piece And You May Be Not Purchasing The Quality Of Product! They Have To Pay For All That Advertising Some How! We Are Not Selling Fireworks Just For Our Health, We Need To Make Money. And While You’re Waiting To Right Before The 4th To Purchase Your Fireworks Your Neighbor Has The Good Stuff Already Purchased And In His Garage. Most Of The Prime Stuff Is Purchased Early. Selling Season Starts In Missouri June 20th. We Will Have A Lot Of Customers Coming In That Day! Granted We Try To Figure What We Are Going To Need And What We Sold Last Year We Will Try To Keep The Higher End Product On The Shelves. But If It Is The 1st, 2nd Or 3rd And We Are Running Out Of Product It’s A Good Chance Our Wholesaler Has Been Out For A Couple Of Days Of That Hot New Item! And We Are Not Going To Try To Have A Bunch Of Inventory Left Over That The Boss Is Going To Have To Pay Taxes On!
Punks – No Not The Kids Down The Street! Hey While Your At Your Local Stands, Be Sure And Pickup Some Of Those Larger Type Punks For The Kids To Use On Some Of That Larger Stuff That They Can Shoot Off With Your Help! You Might Have To Purchase Them But Normally If You Ask Nice And Say They Are For The Kids You Might Get A Couple For Free!
Take The Kids! – You Take Them Fishing Don’t You? Yep Old Dw Still Remembers Those Trips To Riverside, Mo When I Lived In Kc, To The Fireworks Stores! Wow So Much Gun Powder And Not Enough Time To Shoot All Of It Off! My Poor Dad And Mom Never Would Let Me Get Anything Besides Sparkers, Smoke Balls, Bottle Rockets And Fire Crackers! They Were Always Afraid That I Would Burn Something Down Or Get Hurt! When I Got My Missouri Professional Shooters License Over 3 Years Ago, Mom Said Quit Playing With That Stuff You’re Going To Get Hurt And Be Careful With That Stuff. Funny Mom Said The Same Thing About The Boat After She Found Out We Purchased One. I Told Mom That If I Got Hurt I Was At Least Doing Something I Loved To Do! She Almost Passed Out When She Heard I Was Working With 12 Inch Commercial Firework Stuff. Wife And I Took Up A Couple Of Limits About 30 Crappie To Mom And Dads For Them To Fry Up! I Got A Call The Next Evening From Mom They Enjoyed The Crappie. But She Asked Me If I Was Sure That They Were All Crappie? Normally The Fish You Bring Us Are Not As Big As Those Fish Are You Sure There Wasn’t Any Bass In Them? I Told Her It Was All Because Of The Boat That I Was Catching Larger Fish. My Folks Have Never Been To One Of The Shows That My Crew And I Have Shot. Last Year I Got To Shoot A Show In Front Of My Aunt In Bolivar, Mo And She Loved It All Her Lady Friends Were Sitting With Her! Going To Shoot The City Of Bolivar, Mo Fireworks Show Again This Year!
Ratings – How Does Old Dw Rate Different Fireworks? There Are Several Things I Look At When I Am Judging Or Rating Fireworks. Color, Is The Color A True Color, Is The Blue A True Looking Blue Or Is The Red Color A True Looking Red And Not Washed Out Looking More Like Pink Than Red. If The Color Is Washed Out More In Likely It Is A Cheaper Product. The Lift Is There A Good Pop When It Comes Out Of The Tube Or How High Does It Go Into The Air, Is There A Tail To It Or Is There Color In The Tail. The Break, After The Firework Goes Up Into The Sky And Opens Up. How Hard Is The Break, Is It A Good Pop Or Snap. And When It Breaks Does It Open Up Good And Hold Its Shape Or Does It Just Fall Out All Over The Place. The Cheaper Stuff Don’t Open Up As Good And Hold Its Shape. The Time It Lasts! No One Is Going To Want Something That Don’t Last Very Long. Packaging Or Labels, I Don’t Look At It! If It Has Quality It Will Sell. Price I Never Consider It Unless It’s Down To Two Products That Are The Same And Have The Same Quality! Quality Will Always Sell! People Don’t Want Junk When The Buy Fireworks! We All Remember That Cake, Cone, Fountain Or Other Item That Didn’t Last Very Long And The Colors Didn’t Look Good.
Last Thing On Old Dw’s List – Be Safe And Have Fun! I Don’t Want To See Anyone Getting Hurt Out There! There Are Too Many Fish To Catch!
And Thanks To All Of You That Have Taken The Time To Read This Thread, Post Comments, And Also Pm Me Comments And Messages! I Have Tried To Cover Every Type Of Common Consumer Fireworks On The Market Today. Every Year Visit A Lot Of Other Fireworks Tents And Stores During The Season And Out Of The Season To See What They Are Doing And For My Own Research, So I See What They Are Doing And The Stuff They Are Selling. I Go To Buyers Shows, Study Dvd’s And Websites For Information Year Around. The More Knowledge I Gain The Better I Am At Helping Our Customers. I Am Not Into This To Make Money Off This Post. This Is Just My Way In Returning My Knowledge Of Fireworks To The Community Of Crappie.com That Has Helped Me With Greater Knowledge Of Crappie Fishing! And I Hope You Have Learned Something From This Post!
I Figure I Am Too Ugly And Not Fat Enough To Be A Santa And Wife Would Divorce Me If I Let My Beard Get Any Longer. I Love Working With Kids, So I Guess I Am Just Going To Be A Fireworks Guy When I Grow Up! Every Time I See A Kid Come Into The Store And Their Eyes Get Big! It Brings Back Memories Of How Much I Enjoyed Fireworks As A Kid! Even Today At Age 49 I Can Still Have Fun Shooting Off Just Normal Smoke Balls, Sparklers, Lady Fingers, Roman Candles And Bottle Rockets. Smoke Balls And Water Fire Crackers Are Really Neat In The Snow!
Remember To Buy Early For The Best Selection! Pm Me With Any Questions You Might Have!
Thanks,
Dan
Update - Black Mamba Artillery
Well I Guess We Are Going To See Some Shortages Of Some Of The Products. Wholesaler As Informed Us As Of Yesterday That We Will Not Be Able To Get Any More Black Mamba Artillery This Year. They Are Totally Out Of Them. I Think This Year Was The First Year That Black Mamba Was In The Buyers Show. And I Did Hear Alot Of Great Comments From Tent Owners And Alot Of Tent Owners Were Going To Order It For Their Tents. Lol This Will Be The First Year That Most Of These Other Tents Have Ever Had Black Mamba. We Have Had Them In Stock For Over 5 Years.
Most Of These Tent Or Stand Owners Are Just Part Time Fireworks People. When They Go To A Wholesaler To Stock Their Tents They Just Ask For An Assortment Of Stuff. The Good Tent Or Stand Owners Study Fireworks All Year Long. I Know We Will Be Starting The 2010 Season On June 20, 2009. We Take Notes Just As Soon As We Start Selling Tomorrow What People Liked The Best. Hey You Do It With Your Tackle Box Everytime You Fish! Same Thing The Stuff That Works Great On A Fishing Trip You Always Remember It. The Stuff That Didn't Work Good You Remember It.
I Am Not Bragging Here Folks But You Have To Keep Up With The New Products Coming Out! And You Have To Continue Check The Old Products To Make Sure That They Still Measure Up To Your Standards.
We Are Already Putting Together Several Large Orders That Will Be Picked Up Tomorrow. Got Several $500.00 Plus Orders All Ready Boxed. And Some Of It Is Families And We Already Have Several Churches Who Are Putting Together Orders.
So Like I Keep Saying Shop Early To Get The Best Selection Of The Good Stuff.
Looks Like I Am Going To Miss Opening Day Tomorrow As I Going To Go Down To Taney County And Help A Friend With An Estate Auction. Yep Old Dw Is Going To Go Play Auctioneer! But Pw58 Will Be Up At The Stand Selling Fireworks. But I Will Be In There Sunday!
I Will Try To Post More Updates During The Selling Season Which Starts In The Morning! Hot Dang! Lite That Fuse! Ahh The Smell Of A Good Smoke Ball! And The Smell Of All That Gun Powder! Almost As Good As A Good Cigar! Old Dw's Christmas In July Is Just 24 Hours Away!!!
New Product! Hot Hot Hot!
Ok I Am 49 Years Old! Soon To Be 50! Yuck! We Got A New Product In And I Just Was Able To Test It Yesterday!!
Thunder Snaps High Performance Fuse-less Firecrackers - Yes I Said Thunder Snaps! These Are Not For The Kids! It Is Clearly Marked On The Box Not For Children! They Come 20 Per Box And Should Run Less Than A $1.00 Per Box. Ok Dw Why Is A 49 Year Old Talking About Snaps? Those Dumb Little Things You Throw On The Ground And They Go Pop! Well These Little Snaps Go Off Like A Lady Finger Firecracker! You Throw Them On Concrete And You Will See Fire! Wow! And They Are Loud!!! I Brought A Box Home To Show Pw58 Last Night And She Even Couldn't Believe How Loud They Were! I Have Seen Cheaper Brand 1.5 Inch Normal Firecrackers Not Be As Loud As These Little Things! Heck It Worth A Dollar Just To Have A Box To Throw One Behind The Wife At About 3 Am As We Are Loading Up To Go Fishing!
Members And Friends Just Send Flowers To My Local Funeral Home! When Pw58 Reads This I Am Dead!
