meat wagon Wrote:
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> No thank you Wrote:
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> > meat wagon Wrote:
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> > > One day last week a van came down my street
> in
> > > west springfield and a white guy rang the
> > doorbell
> > > asking if I wanted to buy meat. The van was
> > > painted all over in some kind of
> > orange/yellow/red
> > > color scheme with a meat company logo.
> > >
> > > I don't see how they can make any money
> paying
> > 2
> > > or 3 guys to drive around randomly knocking
> on
> > > doors.
> >
> > The vehicle you are describing is from this
> place:
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/capitalmeats/8280700
> > 549/ They are in my neighborhood all the time.
>
> Yep that is the one, driven by a white dude as
> near as I recall. It just seemed very inefficient
> to slowly cruise random streets that way, burning
> up a lot of time and gasoline. I figured there
> would need to be a hefty markup to offset that
> cost. There might have been some part of his
> pitch about another cancelled delivery, but I
> ignored that as it was pretty obvious he was just
> trolling through neighborhoods peddling his meat.
>
> But hey, his business plan must be working since
> they have multiple vans. Guess I'm not a good
> judge of what people will fall for.
People used to swear by Schwans, and there is that South Mountain Creamery that you see their trucks all the time. I guess there is a market for something like this. I was just put off because when I first began seeing them I thought it was a scam. Maybe if they sent out flyers/information or something prior to visiting your neighborhood you would have a better idea of what they are about. But ya, a dude rolling down the street peddling beef from an unknown company...not a great business model.