Tommy DobczykOpportunity Zone Advisor, OZ Wizard · Director of Development | Certified Opportunity Zone Advisor

Country Living Struggle: Finding Poop Tanks & Selling Them! #shorts

12 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this short, the speaker recounts the difficulty of sourcing a septic tank while building a house in a rural area. He notes that traditional local advertising sources like Penny Saver, newspaper classifieds, and Yellow Pages are no longer available, making it hard to locate suppliers. After driving around and asking around, he and his partner Roman are directed to a local manufacturer named Ellis. The speaker attempts to pitch marketing services to Ellis, invoking a "Mike's mentality" of offering to advertise and sell his products, but Ellis initially declines, saying he already has enough customers. The conversation shifts to the speaker offering to act as a sales agent, suggesting the use of more modern platforms like Facebook Marketplace and taking more product photos to attract buyers.

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When I was building that house, I had a hard time getting a septic tank because there's no more Penny Saver where I can go buying stuff. Nobody's throwing newspapers in my driveway so I can go read where to find stuff. I don't have Yellow Pages to go to nothing. So when I go to find a septic tank. If you don't know what a septic tank is, it's a box that your poop goes in when you live in the country, okay? I couldn't find the damn things, so I literally drove around looking for places that could possibly make them, asking people, and they're like, oh, go to this guy. So I went to this guy. His name is. His name is Ellis, and I'm actually with one of my partners right now. Roman and I went to Ellis and we said, hey, you know, can we. You know, can we start advertising for you? I went in into it, kind of like with Mike's mentality. Let's market for you, bro. Let us market for you. He goes, I don't need that. Why not? He says, because I. I'm good. I sell what I need. I don't. I don't need marketing. Like, I couldn't help you. You can't find me, but know I'm not going to pay you to bring me more customers. I said, okay. I says, can I sell for you? He said, yep. I said, okay, cool. More pictures. Facebook Marketplace.