Re: Would you like to sell paintball equipment?

It's the tea tax, I tells ya.
You Brits useta pull that *** over here with us, and we threw your
crap right into the harbor ;)

Big Habeeb (a.k.a. Mitch)
Coming soon to a town near you!

p.s. Tony Blair is alright, but I always thought Winston Churchill
looked a little like a poof ;)


Nobby wrote:
As a resident in the UK, I try to shop out of the UK and in the US market,
Why you ask. The main reason is the prices are a lot cheaper even with the
postage, and their postal service is *** hot on delivery, unlike our postal
services that slow and dozy.

If you look in the right places or ask the right people you can save £'s,
for example:-

An AutoCocker Karnivor can be purchased for $699.99 = around £350

On the Uk sites it fetches around £999.99 = around $2000.

Even if I paid $100 postage or had President Bush deliver it by Airforce one
I'd still pay loads less than our country can offer.

To conclude my meaning I think that your prices will only reflect to the
easy to find something in the UK kind of person that doesn't want that
myther of importing from abroad. I hope this doesn't offend you but
ignorance can cost people a lot money through the easy option of shopping.

--
Nobby

Never let the bastards grind you down...
Think positive and get even!!!


"Graeme" <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sorry for the repost. After reading the initial comments to my
first posting (which weren't all that positive) I wanted to
rewrite it somewhat.

See below for the abridged version:

At the outset I'd ask that you to have a quick look at my existing
website i.e. www.abetterworld.co.uk now www.shop4lessuk.com (FYI
there has been a name change recently hence the low PR).

As you can see I already sell quite a wide range of products e.g.
knives/sharpeners, lighting systems, security and safety products
etc.

Now I'd like to expand and start "additional Web-based businesses"
in these somewhat related fields e.g:

Paintball equipment (obviously)

Air guns and equipment

Martial Arts/Self Defence

Fishing

Hunting

Archery/Crossbows

Consequently, I'm seeking to partner up with knowledgeable
enthusiast's.

So the question in essence is "would you like to start a business
selling/marketing Paintball equipment (and maybe even services as
well)"?

If yes then you'll need to conduct a "feasibility study". A
somewhat Corporate and grandiose term but (in this context) I
simply mean as follows:

You need to source a supplier for the products that you want to
sell. Then compare the trade prices against "what the competition
are charging".

Subsequently the $64K question will be "can we supply the goods at
a competitive price and still make a reasonable profit"?

If the answer is yes then (I'd submit) the proposed business is
ipso facto "feasible". The obvious question though is how to
actually start/conduct the business in the first place? Especially
as my budget for doing so could best be described as "shoestring".

Well to my mind (concerning the supply of the goods) there are 3
possibilities.


1) Keep the goods in stock ready for immediate dispatch (this
option is too expensive btw).

2) Find supplier whose willing to dropship the goods directly to
the customer..

3) Buy to order (which incidentally is what I do at the moment).

So it'd have to be either 2 or 3 (these being low cost options).

Now at this point you may well be thinking "so why do I need you?
I could just start my own business".

My answer in short would be "of course and naturally you're
welcome to try and do just that".

However, (I'd also point out that) such a thing is "easier said
than done" i.e. starting your own e-commerce website (regardless
of the spin) does require considerable time knowledge/technical
ability and of course some expense.

That is if you want to try creating your own website, customer
database, order processing system etc etc "all by yourself".

Alternatively (if you have considerable funds available) you could
always find a "professional" to do all of this work for you. That
said if you've no "specialist knowledge" then such an approach
will be fraught with risk e.g. you'll be entirely at the mercy of
your Web developer and undoubtedly, a damn steep learning curve.

I'd also just point out that I myself don't possess any
"specialist knowledge" whatsoever. Thus, I too have had to seek
out "professionals" and have done so with varying degrees of
success (hindsight is a wonderful thing).

However at long last I've now found (at least for my purposes) the
ideal web developer (after six months we're now more like online
friends). He's young I.e. early 20's, from Bulgaria with a
background in hacking/cracking/electronics/programming etc, very
bright/educated hardworking and keen to learn.

This guy is a considerable asset. Young, ambitious, honest, cheap,
hard-working, reliable, enterprising, intelligent (in short)
invaluable.
--
Best Regards

Graeme Nicholson
www.shop4lessuk.com








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