Hookah Selling Info

[zeppyrkr]

what do you all need to pursue something of this nature? I work at a (small dumpy) gas station and looking to talk my boss (already talked my manager into it, shes all for it then again shes a crazy drunk!) in to letting me start selling them there, it wouldn't be huge and i wouldn't be moving hookahs in the hundreds but i think it would fun to educate and sell hookahs even if theres little or no profit in it for me? Can you just do this or are there weird legal issues behind the sale of tobacco accessories, we have a tobacco license? but the more i think about it ... people don't want to see those while there paying for gas ... hmmm maybe not showcasing them but then i really wouldn't sell any. any ideas/suggestions, maybe i should just stick to smoking hookah myself ... Edited February 28, 2008 by zeppyrkr

[St. Goodypants]

Gas station probably isn't the best place for it, given their connotation in the US.

[zeppyrkr]

yeah i figured ... i need to just give up on this idea

my other idea is to go to the smoke shop and offer my hookah expertise cause honestly they don't know the difference between a NH and a hookah ... but i guess thats there market and they only care about money, but i bet if you had a good hookah going and allowed people to try it they would fall in love with it but there may be some gay rule about smoking in there shop and they don't want to invest in them because the 3 they have haven't been bought over the past year ... but they only care 3 ugly Sahara smoke crappy hookahs which they put a lovely price tag at like 140 bucks or something, they prolly paid 60 at most lol ... Edited February 28, 2008 by zeppyrkr

[St. Goodypants]

I see a similar thing in the "headshops" here in town. It's geared more towards nht use than it is towards tobacco.

I'd say go for it. Educate people about hookah use.

[zeppyrkr]

yeah i have a felling considering im young and stuff there not going to take me seriously, its a shame i think they could really gain some attention and money, but i think its still worth a shot.

[Bulldog_916]

You might want to talk to the manager of the gas station and figure out space rental, coding, how to get a tobacco license, etc. Education comes when the masses know what you're selling, why you're selling it, and what it's used for. That said, I'd try out a few and see what people say. The misconception might scare your manager though. If you dont sell pipes or anything that a normal head shop would, the uneducated will ASSUME. That's dangerous for your business.