Some of the stuff I sell is imported. One of the manufacturing plants I work with can make VERY quality anything out of polypropylene, tarp materials, and the like.

I put together a program to make insanely good winter covers for pools, uv coating for 4 years, reinforced grommets, much better material, and would allow the pool places to sell them for a way higher margin. I did this because I was sick and tired of buying one every year.

I was told by one of the largest pool suppliers in the Midwest, "Why would I do that, then these people wouldn't walk in here with 200 bucks every year." I shit you not. I said, "Oh I don't know, maybe so you can differentiate yourself from your competition by selling them at least one quality item for their pool, which will in turn, raise your reputation for selling dodgy goods, keep people out of your service line, and capture the 30 percent of the consumers that are still discerning about what they buy, all while making more money per piece, and selling them more because you're different."

It was completely lost on him. I bought 200 of them with my money and put them on Amazon and they were gone in one season and I get emails to this day asking me to make more. I made a killing on that deal.