JSI Store Hours 4/30/14

Cash Sales: $5.29
Credit Sales: $36.00

Today was really sucky. I have no idea what the deal was. I was posting new ads to ksl and I put things outside. I even drug that wicker dresser out there to try to attract some attention. I did have a couple people stop because of that so I guess I can't complain about that. I just wish it was doing better than it is. I don't know how else we can get the word out that we are here. I am always posting stuff about the store on my timeline on Facebook, so much so that I think people think I'm obsessed. Anyways, hopefully tomorrow will be better. ~Maddi

JSI Store Hours 4/29/14

Cash Sales: $39.27
Credit Sales: $9.49

We put all the books on the shelves today where they go. Not much to report. Today was really slow. ~Maddi

JSI store 4/28/14

Average day. We need dimes in the register, someone bought two metal shelves we had shoes and dolls on, and I started counting the till at about 7:45 because it was so slow, but people came in about 7:55 and bought stuff so there's two sets of receipts in the envelope. ~Erik

Cash sales-34.29

CC sales-5.38

4-26-14 Store

Today went pretty well although it was kinda slow for a bit, It did pick up though. It rained a ton today so i couldn't put anything outside. We sold the Mini Mouse tea set and the two matching white and gold lamps. We also sold the tool box, a bunch of blankets, books, cloths, the leather green chair, the hide a bed, the wood bench, a dresser and a printer that's been here for ever. Over all today went well. =P
We need more dimes for Monday.
Cash: $147.89
Credit: $69.41
~Andi

JSI Stock/Unload 4/26/14

This morning at the store was pretty slow. I'm pretty sure it's because of the yard sale. Which is okay(: Once Andi showed up, we loaded most of the cloths and shoes in her car and she brought it to the yard sale. So now we have room for more cloths! I also sold the two weed eaters(:
When Andi started working her, I emptied the bins from Thursday, and brought in today's stuff. -Christine

Really slow today, probably because of the weather. Turns out the lady that wanted the couch yesterday was my sister, so I'll be back tomorrow for it as well as the chairs, posted to Facebook and KSL, repriced the front and vacuumed the carpet.~Erik

Cash sales-28.30
CC sales-0

JSI load 4/25/14

Today was pretty easy. When I got to the garage, the trailer was already pretty full. I just filled up some bins, and made them fit on there(: I can't post a picture because my phone's a little stupid, but we did fill up the trailer pretty good. I'm sorry I wasn't able to post on the blog last Wednesday, I wasn't able to access the blog in any way. But me and Erik worked there, and we filled up the trailer pretty good then as well. We were able to clear most of the stuff from the middle of the garage and put it on the trailer, so that's good. Again, I'm sorry I didn't post. Next time I'll let someone know that I can't.-Christine

JSI Store Hours 4/24/14

Cash Sales: $58.87
Credit Sales: $26.67

Slow day ish. ~Maddi

JSI Unload 4-24-14

It took a long time to put the things in the bins away just because there was a lot of things in them. Madi helped me get the trailer empty, which was a lot more full than I thought it would be, so that's good. I repriced area 3 and organized it a bit. =)
~AndiD

JSI Store Hours 4/23/14

Cash Sales: $69.17
Credit Sales: $7.99

Not too bad of a sale day. Lots of people have asked about the yard sale and I have handed out tons of little flyers. I am positive it will be a good turn out. ~Maddi

JSI Store Hours 04/22/14

Cash Sales:$73.87
Credit Sales:$22.82

It was a crazy windy day! I ended up bringing the sign up closer to the building because it kept blowing over and it almost landed on someones car. Please do not forget to check Facebook messages through out the day. We should be responding to messages sent during store hours. I did not get to clean up the blanket section. I will ad that to my list tomorrow though.
Daily Events: So I had an interesting encounter today while texting a customer. This woman I was texting wanted an item we had placed on KSL and as of that moment we still had it. I replied and told her it was still available and literally right after I hit send on the phone a customer here in the store brought the item up and bought it. It hadn't been on hold even after I told this woman it was still available. Immediately after I completed the transaction with the current customer I texted the woman back to let her know that I just sold it and I was sorry for the inconvenience. She replied back again saying that it was rude and ridiculous that I sold it "out from under her." I then texted back that I was sorry it turned out the way it did and that I hope she wouldn't hold it against us as we are a small second hand store. I also expressed that I understood where she was coming from but we had not agreed to hold the item so there was nothing I could do when the customer brought the item to buy it. She texted back again and said she was going to give us a bad review and all that mumbo jumbo. I again texted back and said I was sorry for how it all worked out. I left it at that. Point is just to make sure that we are straight forward with people and make sure that we handle the situation with calm reactions. (It was still annoying though.) Anyways, today was a good day partly because of the item I sold. It was the electric Razor Chopper scooter thing. ~Maddi

JSI Unload 4/22/14

It was a pretty easy day today. I unloaded the bins as usual and brought in the other stuff from the trailer with help from Maddi. We put away the Easter stuff, and brought down the summer things. There isn't a lot of summer stuff, but it works until we bring out 4th of July items(: -Christine

JSI store 4/21/14

Really good day today, especially for a Monday. A lady bought the floor lamp we'd had in the front area for a while, but insisted we keep the shade because she hated plaid, so I put it with the shade-less lamps, also sold the toddler's bed. Lots of questions on the motorcycle, and lot's of disappointment because of the lost charger. Lot's of obnoxiously messy people, but I straightened up around them and priced what little I could find in area 1 that needed pricing. Posted to KSL and Facebook,  and folded some towels in area 2. ~Erik

Cash sales- 47.90
CC sales- 50.17

JSI store 4/19/14

Not a bad Saturday, had nearly as many credit sales as cash. Someone bought the glass table we'd been displaying often. The little electric chopper got a lot of looks, and someone was very interested in the bookshelf we have for sale with books on it, he might be back on Monday for it. Posted to Facebook, repriced the entire top row of area 6 as well as half of the middle, and vacuumed the front carpet. ~Erik

cash sales- 66.23
CC sales- 58.88

JSI Store 4-18-14

So today went a little slow... but the good news is that I had time to vacuum and clean up. =) Got all the KSL ads done and posted to face book a couple of times. It did pick up a bit after 6 though. I went next door to the chiropractors to see if they had the white A-frame sign but the door was locked. If they are here tomorrow or in the future then who ever works should go ask real fast and then call Jennifer and let her know.
Cash: $29.37
Credit: $6.89
~AndiD

JSI Load 4-18-14

Today was pretty easy. I was told to empty out the big trailer, so i did. I didn't get to go through all the boxes so there's about 5 of them in the garage to get to. I swept out the big trailer and took all the garbage out of it. There is a small garbage bin, a bin full of garbage, and a few big things that are junk that couldn't fit in the small trailer, so I put them in the garage for now. after that, I picked and cleaned up. (:
-Chris

schedule 4-18-14

I have updated the schedule through May 3rd. Please check your schedules and make a copy for yourselves. -JS

JSI Store 4/17/14

Today was actually pretty busy. There were a good flow of costumers coming in. Me and Andi organized the blankets and bags today. It took a while, but it looks a lot nicer now(: We sold the two lawn chairs and the glass TV stand! So, that's always good. I posted on KSL and Facebook. Overall, it's been a good day. -Christine

Total Cash Sales: $106.81
Total Credit Sales: $33.15

JSI Unload 4-17-14

So today went well but took forever... Chris and I unloaded the trailer and then we were able to organize the blankets and all the shelves over by them. 

~AndiD

JSI Store Hours 04/16/14

Cash Sales: $73.43
Credit Sales: $47.20

So our awesome neighbors (the chiropractors) made some signs that they put at each end of the road so customers will still know that businesses are still open here. They are borrowing out A frame sign so lets make sure we get that back. Some people brought some items from their house. Since the trailer is not here today I will load them onto the trailer tomorrow and they can be taken back to the garage to be priced. Just towards the end of the day, maybe around 6:30 this guy told me he would be coming from Kearns to buy the king bed frame. I waited and waited and waited and they finally came and bought it. ha ~Maddi

JSI Store Hours 4/15/14

Cash Sales: $105.35
Credit Sales: $2.20

When I came into the store today I was shocked at how messy the it was. Christine and I spent the day cleaning just one half of the store! WE COULDN'T EVEN GET IT ALL DONE! I do believe that employees are getting sloppy with their work. That is not okay. We need to treat this store as if it were our own and make sure it is up to par every day! I got after Christine about the store being such a mess and retrained her on how the cleaning and facing SHOULD be going. It is not one persons job alone to make sure that this store is looking like a million bucks. Everyone needs to be on the same page about their jobs and roles in this business. Jennifer has told me to retrain and explain exactly what this job entails and how important it is to make sure that each job is done correctly. If we do the job right the first time we will not need to go back and redo it. I hope that all the employees read the past blogs so they are up to date on what is going on with this store. It is your business too. If the store doesn't have customers we will NOT be getting pay checks for much longer. Start caring about this store and it will start pulling its own weight. I am very very disappointed that our employees would let the store get this dirty... I would never want one of my customers coming into my store and seeing the nasty mess there was today. It is a good thing this store doesn't belong to me or everyone would need to find a new job while I found people I could really depend on and trust to do the job right. What we are asking here is common sense. It isn't rocket science. ~Maddi

JSI Stock/Unload 4/15/14

Pretty good day. I unloaded the bins, then me and Maddi cleaned up a little because it was pretty messy. Once we cleaned up a little, we unloaded the trailer. I priced some of my area, now I'm finished(:

4/14/14

Pretty slow day, discovered a math error on my part, trying to figure that out... but I re-priced area 1 checked the bathroom, put some merchandise outside for display, which turned some heads, changed the front garbage, and posted on KSL and Facebook.~Erik

Cash sales-33.68
CC sales-8.05

Schedule

The schedule is updated through the 26th of April. We are back to the regular schedule. Any time off needed, should be requested two weeks in advance. Graduations are coming up for Erik, Andi and Christine. I know when Andi and Christines is; Erik please let me know when yours is, so I can give you that day off.-JS

JSI store 4/12/14

Started out really slow, but turned out to be a really good day. It probably would have been better if we had displayed some stuff outside, but Christine and I agreed that the clouds were kind of intimidating, and a pretty good dust store came through so maybe it was a good idea not to. sending 220 to the office, along with a 50 cent piece.~Erik

Cash Sales- 223.29
CC Sales---

JSI Store/Unloading 4/12/14

Today was really slow especially for being a Saturday. I guess everyone decided to go to yard sales instead. So I guess it was pretty easy. I posted a little to KSL and Facebook. Once I got  the bins emptied, Jason came and helped me unload the trailer, thanks for that(: -Christine

JSI store 4/11/14

Only caught the last half hour so not much to report, filled in for a sick Christine. "Mims" came in to pay her rent, which is in an envelope next to the daily report envelope.~Erik

Cash sales- 61.74
CC sales- 6.09

JSI Store 3:30-6:30 4/11/14

Well, I'm sick, so I'm having the nice person Erik cover for me the rest of the day. I did put stuff outside, and posted of KSL and Facebook, then I priced my area. It's been pretty slow considering that it's a Friday. But I'm sure tomorrow will be more busy, it always is. -Christine

JSI load 4/11/14

Loaded the trailer pretty full, no big items so it's just bins. Tons of garbage and cardboard too, found a soldering gun and put it on hold, I don't remember pricing it, but if it's on hold I guess it's not my say anyway. Took about 15 minutes to grab a soda and a burger and bring it back. Ran out of trash cans and had the trailer pretty full so I left about a half hour early. ~Erik

JSI Store 4/10/14

Today was pretty easy. I posted on KSL and facebook, and I priced my area. We sold the T.V. dinner tables so that's good. Erik was nice and brought me soup cause I'm sick hah so thanks for that. Overall, it's been a good day especially for being sick.(: -Christine

Total Cash Sales- $58.40
Total Credit Sales- $11.92

JSI 4/10/14 stocking

Got here at three, stocked all the bins, which didn't take long, and unloaded the trailer right as a huge rush of people came in. Cleaned the bathroom, and re-priced 3&4, for some reason there's a lot more business with Christine here behind the counter... there were some areas that seemed messy, so I did a little organizing. Nothing else to do now so I'll head home an hour early.~Erik

JSI store 4/9/14

Really slow day today, only a few people came in, and even less made purchases. I cleaned the windows, checked the bathroom, which looked fine, did some organizing, and priced area 3, as well as placing some items outside. This is the first day I've seen the credit card sales exceeded the cash sales.

cash sales- 11.81
CC sales- 24.99

JSI load 4/9/14

Today I was the only one working in the garage. I got there at 9:00 and left at 4:15. While I was pricing and loading there were no big things to load up, so all that's in the trailer are bins. It was a pretty easy day, went by fast. I filled almost 5 garbage bins full by the end of the day. I would post a picture but my phone is having issues and won't send the email. Hopefully next time my phone will send a picture. (: ~Christine

JSI Store Hours 04/08/14

Cash Sales: $76.29
Credit Sales: $3.99

I had to change the password to Transaction Express today, the new password is in the white binder. Today was one of those roller coaster days where it starts slow then picks up then slows again, speeds up, then slows. That is how it was all day. The store is looking pretty clean, but is on the empty side. It sucks because this locker that we are sorting through right now is pretty much just a junk locker :/ ~Maddi

4/08/14

Got to the store at 3:00 sharp, stocked, unloaded, re-loaded empty bins, repriced areas 1&2, and did a whole-floor sweep, and finished by around 4:10. not a whole lot to stock, and also not much on the trailer, (other than trash,) so I finished reeeally early today.~Erik

Store 3-7-14

Pretty consistent flow of traffic today until about 7-7:30. Sold that last blue water barrel; sold the fire extinguisher, a fan, a power chord weed whacker (all of those were old items that were marked down).
Cash: $22.93
Credit: $9.00
~AndiD

JSI Loading 4/7/14

11 bins total plus a some big items. Honestly this trailer is a junk trailer if you ask me, I filled 5 garbage cans instead of tons of bins :/

Schedule 4-7-14

I have updated the schedule through the 19th of April. Maddi I have you off on Thursday so you can cover the 10-1 and 1-5 shift on Saturday since Andi and Christine have Prom that day.-JS

JSI Store 4-5-14

Today went well. The next person that works might want to get coins before they work or have some change they can trade for $1 or something. We sold that big red rug that was here for $35. Also a lot of shoes and purses sold today. The screen on the monitor turned blue... I tried to fix it but it didn't work. Pretty good day today =)
Cash: $142.02
Credit: $88.01
~AndiD

JSI Store 4-4-14

So today was okay I was able to get all the things on the list done. However the cloths section was awful so I started cleaning it up and its mostly clean I just have to put some cloths away tomorrow when I work.
Cash: $24.52
Credit: $41.35
~Andi

Not a bad day today, put a cooler, bike, fishing poles, and the metal fireplace outside and had some people checking them out. re-priced area 4, did a little organizing, and made an accounting mistake closing the till that freaked me out a little, but I found the mistake and fixed it. Sent 50.00 to the office to reduce cash in register to 300.00 exactly. Not too bad of a day! ~Erik

Cash sales- 96.12
CC sales- 20.79

JSI Unload 4-3-14

Today went pretty well. There wasn't a lot to put away today... just a lot of empty bins. I repriced area 3 and tried to organize a couple of parts in the store. The trailer is empty and ready to go.
~AndiD

JSI Store Hours 4/2/14

Cash Sales: $48.06

Credit Sales: $15.87

Really slow day today. I did get a lot done with the store though =) ~Maddi

JSI Store Hours 4/1/14

Cash Sales: $116.72

Credit Sales: $56.69

Good, busy day. The store is looking pretty clean =) ~Maddi

JSI Unload/Stock 4/01/14

It was a pretty easy today. I stocked the shelves and bins. I swept before I unloaded the trailer because it needed it(: Once I got to unloading the trailer, Maddi and Trevor helped me, so it wasn't too hard. Finally, I organized some books, and priced them as well(: -Christine