> And this is my mother-in-law, there's no getting out > of me being involved.
If you don't want to be involved, you can say "no" and be done with it. One of the things that pains me is how often I see friends get dragged into things they don't want to do just because it's family (or even extended family) that's asking for the favors. You do have a voice and a choice in the matter. Saying there's "no getting out of it" is a cheap cop-out when you don't want to make a hard decision or to avoid some unpleasantry. Don't take it personally, as I don't know your situation with them, but in my experience people with this attitude just need a kick in the arse to realize that, YES, you DO have a say in the matter. Given all that, I second your feelings on the drop-ship businesses. I've looked into several over the years and found that you'll end up competing with 400 other sites selling the same crap with razor-thin margins. The only way to succeed is to get large numbers of orders, and that takes a lot of work in marketing, providing outstanding customer service, and following up on sales with direct marketing to target past customers and make them repeat buyers. Unless they're planning to get in on the ground level of some new products where they have little competition and can make a decent profit per unit, I wouldn't waste my time. Just my $0.02. -Justin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265027 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
