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Thinking of opening a computer repair store
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It's really good business if you realy have experience and now ur way around a PC, I'm gonna open one soon here in CR because everything is insanely expensive for repairs and overpriced for parts...a $9 ram in the US is $30 here, a 260GTX that cost me $200 months ago is $700... it's nuts... it's a very profitable market.... 
Razorguns
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We know you're geigh.
Best money is connecting with small businesses that like having their own IT department they can call on for anything. As a teenager I worked at a IT services company that serviced 50 or so small businesses in the city.
They'd pay a monthly fee for support, and in exchange when things go wrong - they can call us, we'd go there fix things, sell them new computrers, software, networks, websites, etc. And of course with teenage computer gods like me going there to fix things, they loved the company and profits rose insanely. Profit increases even more if u get government contracts (always hire ex-military if u find them).
Then I quit and got into animation.
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chewyxrage
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Guess it depends on your area....are there many competitors around? Where are you located? Is the population dense enough near the location to have demand? You can always low ball competitors if you can do it yourself....
you can fly bro!!
calveless wonder
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lmfao @ this.
i was thinkin the same thing.
dude, shouldnt you actually know about computers before opening a store?
You can't delegate EVERYTHING or if you do you need to make sure that you know enough to keep on an eye on things
calveless wonder
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naw too cynical/grouchy by nature
but i think he really believes in this idea.
i think it would be decent if he actually had the knowledge base
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UA_Iron
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I suspect it is not very profitable. There's a lot of techies around with similar visions.
But you could offer half price for pirated software.
But you could offer half price for pirated software.
no simple setting
Jave needed to be reinstalled, and at the time I had the latest version you poop starfish
ponyfitness
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If you want to take care of that side of the business you should probably have someone handling the other technical side, unless your resident tech is going to do it. Otherwise it sounds like a good idea and I say give it a try - why not?
did that for 8 years.. do yourself a favor, own the business, don't partner with someone that has all of the knowledge. Typically the relationship the tech has with the client is very strong so protect yourself.
Also, service service service.. My vertical was banking and yes we were very good at it.. problem being, i burned out 2 techs, too much travel..even at $200 per hour including trip time..
That's the thing, I am a salesman. I am aware I need more computer knowledge but that is what the techs are for. Thats' the other problem with these places IT or tech guys are no sales or retail people. I am.
fvck off haters
calveless wonder
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That's the thing, I am a salesman. I am aware I need more computer knowledge but that is what the techs are for. Thats' the other problem with these places IT or tech guys are no sales or retail people. I am.
fvck off haters
you're truly an idiot to delegate the most central aspect of the business to someone else in which you can't even oversee because you have no idea whats right or wrong
jnevin
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Stop ruining my dream
Well in certain aspects it is kinda true, Alienware trained me from scratch and now I make my own PCs
Well let's see I have run a 31 year family business for 12 years now, and we are one of the top 3 flooring retailers in the boston area (can provide info if you want)
Just lookin to get into something else
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calveless wonder
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i wasn't knocking your flooring business skills
i was knocking the fact you finally figured out how to reboot your computer last week
You should say screw that, and open up a 'Relationship Therapy' business and get mojo business on EF. Since 90% of threads on EF are about relationship drama.
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EH, Smurf can't afford a third or fourth divorce after getting vaselined by the IRS(lost count)
BM would make me end my life, my daughter needs a father to grow up with
My services would be too much and I tell it too much like it is sometimes, women can't handle the truth
(rnch feminine logic)
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