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Thank you everyone for all your advice and wisdom. I am going to take it to heart and stay in the restaurant business. The business is not underperforming, it just has a lot of potential and I want to tap into that. The floor traffic is doing alright, I would like to expand on my to-go services though. The area I am in has a lot of busy people with too little time and I know they would appreciate the convenience of delivery and an alternative, healthy, choice to fast food. On one side of the restaurant their are a lot of hotels and businesses such as Microsoft, on the other side we have residential living. My customer base is great it seems like once they taste the food they always return, so retainment is not an issue. It seems to me both car sales and running a restaurant are very similar; find prospects, sell, retain, repeat with the inclusion of repeat and referrals. By the way, how is the economy affecting everyone in car sales. Business at the restaurant has been slower lately, but I believe that is due more to the weather, snow, rather than the economy. Jonanong
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Replying to: jonanong (Jan 08, 2009 1:46 am) I took a sales course once and the most important thing in business is "SALES." Think 2 great artists, Talouse Lautrec, fantastic paintings that are worth millions of dollars today - died penniess. Salvadore Dali, great painter, probably not any better, multi millionaire because he could get publicity and knew how to sell/market himself. Good luck jonanong, it sounds like you have made a good decision. If you have good food and good value, do some marketing, it's better to build up the restaurant. And if you aren't struggling at the age of 21 you have lots of potential. |
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Jan 07, 2009 8:00 pm) You mean BMW's sway back and forth and have a clickly clack sound? SW If they come with a conductor and a porter, I want one of those.Richard LOL guys! |
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Jan 07, 2009 7:10 pm) No, I am saying that a car that is reasonbly priced, lasts a long time and is cheap to repair makes a good taxi cab or police car or workhorse....it doesn't give me much driving pleasure. It might not be as technologically up to date as well. Taxis and police cars and rental cars usually come from the cheapest source, not necessarily what most people would want to buy for themselves. By the way, I am not putting these cars down...they are ok for the markets they are used in. I kind of like those big cars from the 80s and 90s, I do think you should look for every safety device you can afford...especially if it comes as standard equipment, Maybe manufacturers who put all the airbags and SC and ABS on their cars want their customers to survive an accident so they can come back and buy another car one day. 
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Replying to: richard64 (Jan 07, 2009 7:40 pm) Only $1,300 difference??? I was thinking it was around 3 or $4,000. I'd go ahead and get it if I were me Richard. You don't want to be lumped into the same category as jmonroe and his dining room set fiasco do you? This forum has room for only so many misers... me, snake, jmonore, probably another 2 or 3 closet misers ... so get a going! 
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Replying to: richard64 (Jan 07, 2009 8:14 pm) Black is a horrible color! It shows every scratch and swirl mark. It's hot in the summer. I just don't understand, but that's me. |
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If black is what you want, get black. If they are so popular with Limo and Funeral companies, offer your services to a couple of them nearby until you make $1300. Then it's an even wash! All kidding aside, I have worked for several limousine companies over the past 12 years, and only one ever used GM's. (It was a very small business with only 6 cars). Almost all limo companies use Town Cars or Devilles - some high end companies will carry Benz E Class also. Just food for thought - I don't know how "in demand" those are for limo and funeral companies (also, many funeral homes do not own their own cars - they rent services of a limo company including hearses). |
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Replying to: percussionist (Jan 08, 2009 6:16 am) If they are so popular with Limo and Funeral companies, offer your services to a couple of them nearby until you make $1300. Too bad they don't have those $500 paint jobs around - or do they? My brother in law painted his pick up with a roller. |
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Replying to: percussionist (Jan 08, 2009 6:16 am) I am guessing that a limo or taxi service would be more interested in a clean late model used one, since they are going to mile them up and drive them into the ground anyway. If the car is out on the road making money, they will burn through the new car warranty too quickly to get much benefit from buying new. (hmm, IIRC the warranty is different for "service" vehicles?) The funeral homes around here have Lincolns and Cadillacs; I do not recall any GMs.
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