Is he for REAL? 10,000 piece order

I got an inquiry last Friday, from a business, wanting to purchase 10,000 washable dusters from me. He wanted me to work him up a quote, then send him an invoice, which he'd pay by credit card.

Okay, it seemed really "not spamy" in that he didn't ask for any information about me; name, bank, etc. He's not trying to sell me something, yet.

I responded and asked him to qualify a few points so I could get him an accurate quote prepared. To begin with, I don't actually make and sell the dusters on my site; just the mop pads. So I don't even know what I would charge for one of them; much less 10,000. And while they are really easy to make, I can probably only make 20 or so an hour. That would mean it would take me 500 hours to make that many. Not going to happen. So I will either have to find a manufacture to make them for me or I will have to hire a bunch of at-home seamstress to make them up. Both options very time consuming for me.

I also need to know which style he wants. The pattern convers making two different styles: one from micro-cloth only, the other from micro-cloth and yarn.





I asked him how soon he would need them. I also needed to know if he wanted them individually packed for resale or just loosely packaged in a box. I don't know what he wants them for: to resell or to use in a huge chain of hotels? I may have to design a package insert and order bags specifically to fit the dusters.

I'm trying not to freak out to much until I hear back from him. But I could possibly hear from him as soon as Monday.

Alligators are very uncomfortable dealing with business on this scale. Probably why I always work myself out of a business before it hits this spot. As Byjo says, I am my own worse enemy when it comes to succeeding. I sabotage myself EVERY time.

But this alligator is getting old and tired of just getting by. I got this far, I can take it the rest of the way. Bring it on!