You decide to go out and work on your own.....What low cost start up business would you try in your area.....:shrug:
You just lost your job.....
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Do you live within 3 hours of an IKEA?
There's a very smart guy in town here. IKEA is in Charlotte, roughly 2.5 hours away. There are many families like mine who would like to get some stuff but it's not worth the time with young kids, the gas expense, etc, to drive down there. Plus, you need a way to get it back.
Recently we ordered some shelving for the playroom. Shipping would have cost 150$. Gas to drive would have cost 75$ not to mention at least 6-7 hours of prime weekend.
So we found a business that goes and picks it up for you. We added the items to our IKEA cart, emailed the cart list to my email, forwarded it to this company. He goes every 1-2 weeks with a truck once he has enough orders, picks up everything, and then drops it off in storage lockers. Once it's in place he emails the code to get it. No interaction in person whatsoever with him. Cost: 60$. I'm not sure if you've been to Ikea but the boxes are in a huge warehouse with labeled rows, etc. Well, the list you email to him in .pdf shows the row, aisle- exact location. So you walk it, pick up your shit, drop it off in the storage and email the clients.
His costs: gas, a truck, storage.
Pros: Zero interaction with clients. Easy money
Cons: None I can really think of. Depends on your drive.
There's a very smart guy in town here. IKEA is in Charlotte, roughly 2.5 hours away. There are many families like mine who would like to get some stuff but it's not worth the time with young kids, the gas expense, etc, to drive down there. Plus, you need a way to get it back.
Recently we ordered some shelving for the playroom. Shipping would have cost 150$. Gas to drive would have cost 75$ not to mention at least 6-7 hours of prime weekend.
So we found a business that goes and picks it up for you. We added the items to our IKEA cart, emailed the cart list to my email, forwarded it to this company. He goes every 1-2 weeks with a truck once he has enough orders, picks up everything, and then drops it off in storage lockers. Once it's in place he emails the code to get it. No interaction in person whatsoever with him. Cost: 60$. I'm not sure if you've been to Ikea but the boxes are in a huge warehouse with labeled rows, etc. Well, the list you email to him in .pdf shows the row, aisle- exact location. So you walk it, pick up your shit, drop it off in the storage and email the clients.
His costs: gas, a truck, storage.
Pros: Zero interaction with clients. Easy money
Cons: None I can really think of. Depends on your drive.
:lol: it was a joke
I have no idea what I would do, probably just gamble professionally for a year or two :shrug:
Interesting....
But is it only your item in a storage locker?
What's to prevent one guy from going to get his/her stuff and cleaning out the locker including your stuff?
Also sports
Pimpin' ain't easy but it pays the bills. You get an 80 percent take and free samples. Worth looking into. To be fair I'm not up to date on the Maine hooker market though.
I'm currently looking into yard maintainence/ snow shovel/blower during the winter
Delivery from Home Depot with my truck
Delivery from Home Depot with my truck
My suggestions:
Concrete stain company
A sports betting website
A dentist
A nurse
Professional poker player
Be on Roll Tide's staff
A jeweler
Half-assed writer
Bee keeper
Insurance salesman
Engineer (the one with trains)
Inventor
Movie reviewer
Blogger
Open a better version of Dunkin' Donuts
Olive oil importer
Weatherman
Or you could invent a shitty plastic product, make an infomercial about it, get at least one sale from Jack.
Concrete stain company
A sports betting website
A dentist
A nurse
Professional poker player
Be on Roll Tide's staff
A jeweler
Half-assed writer
Bee keeper
Insurance salesman
Engineer (the one with trains)
Inventor
Movie reviewer
Blogger
Open a better version of Dunkin' Donuts
Olive oil importer
Weatherman
Or you could invent a shitty plastic product, make an infomercial about it, get at least one sale from Jack.
We have a guy with a small Hot Dog Stand that cooks Grilled Dog in Peanut Oil & Onion with steamed Rolls.....He fires up the grill around 10 every morning and the smells get up in the air, you have a hard time driving by.....Town of 7,000 and he's sold over 5 Million Dogs in the last 25 years.......Fucker has a line outside all day and closes at 6pm.....:toast:
