Is there a business where it's easy to make money?
Discussion
Thankyou4calling said:
I've just had a key cut. It took three minutes maximum and cost £4. Independent shop.
I'd imagine they do well (not in PH terms obviously) but you need a good location.
I paid Timpsons £25 for two. But they are in a prime location inside a Tesco so easy for me to access (I visit the high street once a month and needed the key doing urgently).I'd imagine they do well (not in PH terms obviously) but you need a good location.
Edit: I say "I", claiming the money back as it is for business purposes!
Edited by Hoofy on Thursday 23 June 13:17
Frimley111R said:
Indeed! Unfortunately many young people see McD, KFC, Pizza Hut as not places they want a career despite them being global success stories, offering great benefits and great opportunities to progress. How many people have these companies made redundant??
Buying multiple McD franchises and getting managers in to run them can be added to the list.
CardinalFang said:
Slot Machines? 34,000++ installed in UK & "declared profit" (yeah, right..) of £1.4bn = £800 profit per week, per machine. Downside? Your competitors might live in caravans, have large dags & not welcome you with open arms...
34,000 ?I would have thought the numbers would be more like 1,000,000.
Taking photographs of children (with their parents permission of course)
My 4 year old got a 'fairy photoshoot' voucher for her birthday. We went to it yesterday. Admittedly it was a nice purpose built studio in a blokes back garden who has been doing it for 30 years, but he was charging nearly £1k for 8 printed photo's! The voucher came from SWMBO's sister, who had as hoot with their 3 dogs last year, they paid £1850 for 4 10x8's and a mahoosive wall print, took about an hour. The photo's do look beautiful, but £1850 would but a bloody lovely car, or 5 pretty OK cars...
He saw us turn up in a 54 plate vauxhall meriva, holding our virgin experience day voucher and toned it down to £120 for 5 10x8 prints (and was nice about it), but obviously creams money in where he can! We were 20 minutes between arriving and leaving!
My 4 year old got a 'fairy photoshoot' voucher for her birthday. We went to it yesterday. Admittedly it was a nice purpose built studio in a blokes back garden who has been doing it for 30 years, but he was charging nearly £1k for 8 printed photo's! The voucher came from SWMBO's sister, who had as hoot with their 3 dogs last year, they paid £1850 for 4 10x8's and a mahoosive wall print, took about an hour. The photo's do look beautiful, but £1850 would but a bloody lovely car, or 5 pretty OK cars...
He saw us turn up in a 54 plate vauxhall meriva, holding our virgin experience day voucher and toned it down to £120 for 5 10x8 prints (and was nice about it), but obviously creams money in where he can! We were 20 minutes between arriving and leaving!
beko1987 said:
Taking photographs of children (with their parents permission of course)
My 4 year old got a 'fairy photoshoot' voucher for her birthday. We went to it yesterday. Admittedly it was a nice purpose built studio in a blokes back garden who has been doing it for 30 years, but he was charging nearly £1k for 8 printed photo's! The voucher came from SWMBO's sister, who had as hoot with their 3 dogs last year, they paid £1850 for 4 10x8's and a mahoosive wall print, took about an hour. The photo's do look beautiful, but £1850 would but a bloody lovely car, or 5 pretty OK cars...
He saw us turn up in a 54 plate vauxhall meriva, holding our virgin experience day voucher and toned it down to £120 for 5 10x8 prints (and was nice about it), but obviously creams money in where he can! We were 20 minutes between arriving and leaving!
You may have only been there for 20 minutes, but you're buying 30+ years of experience.My 4 year old got a 'fairy photoshoot' voucher for her birthday. We went to it yesterday. Admittedly it was a nice purpose built studio in a blokes back garden who has been doing it for 30 years, but he was charging nearly £1k for 8 printed photo's! The voucher came from SWMBO's sister, who had as hoot with their 3 dogs last year, they paid £1850 for 4 10x8's and a mahoosive wall print, took about an hour. The photo's do look beautiful, but £1850 would but a bloody lovely car, or 5 pretty OK cars...
He saw us turn up in a 54 plate vauxhall meriva, holding our virgin experience day voucher and toned it down to £120 for 5 10x8 prints (and was nice about it), but obviously creams money in where he can! We were 20 minutes between arriving and leaving!
The Moose said:
beko1987 said:
Taking photographs of children (with their parents permission of course)
My 4 year old got a 'fairy photoshoot' voucher for her birthday. We went to it yesterday. Admittedly it was a nice purpose built studio in a blokes back garden who has been doing it for 30 years, but he was charging nearly £1k for 8 printed photo's! The voucher came from SWMBO's sister, who had as hoot with their 3 dogs last year, they paid £1850 for 4 10x8's and a mahoosive wall print, took about an hour. The photo's do look beautiful, but £1850 would but a bloody lovely car, or 5 pretty OK cars...
He saw us turn up in a 54 plate vauxhall meriva, holding our virgin experience day voucher and toned it down to £120 for 5 10x8 prints (and was nice about it), but obviously creams money in where he can! We were 20 minutes between arriving and leaving!
You may have only been there for 20 minutes, but you're buying 30+ years of experience.My 4 year old got a 'fairy photoshoot' voucher for her birthday. We went to it yesterday. Admittedly it was a nice purpose built studio in a blokes back garden who has been doing it for 30 years, but he was charging nearly £1k for 8 printed photo's! The voucher came from SWMBO's sister, who had as hoot with their 3 dogs last year, they paid £1850 for 4 10x8's and a mahoosive wall print, took about an hour. The photo's do look beautiful, but £1850 would but a bloody lovely car, or 5 pretty OK cars...
He saw us turn up in a 54 plate vauxhall meriva, holding our virgin experience day voucher and toned it down to £120 for 5 10x8 prints (and was nice about it), but obviously creams money in where he can! We were 20 minutes between arriving and leaving!
Wonder how much the tech is?
The Moose said:
beko1987 said:
Taking photographs of children (with their parents permission of course)
My 4 year old got a 'fairy photoshoot' voucher for her birthday. We went to it yesterday. Admittedly it was a nice purpose built studio in a blokes back garden who has been doing it for 30 years, but he was charging nearly £1k for 8 printed photo's! The voucher came from SWMBO's sister, who had as hoot with their 3 dogs last year, they paid £1850 for 4 10x8's and a mahoosive wall print, took about an hour. The photo's do look beautiful, but £1850 would but a bloody lovely car, or 5 pretty OK cars...
He saw us turn up in a 54 plate vauxhall meriva, holding our virgin experience day voucher and toned it down to £120 for 5 10x8 prints (and was nice about it), but obviously creams money in where he can! We were 20 minutes between arriving and leaving!
You may have only been there for 20 minutes, but you're buying 30+ years of experience.My 4 year old got a 'fairy photoshoot' voucher for her birthday. We went to it yesterday. Admittedly it was a nice purpose built studio in a blokes back garden who has been doing it for 30 years, but he was charging nearly £1k for 8 printed photo's! The voucher came from SWMBO's sister, who had as hoot with their 3 dogs last year, they paid £1850 for 4 10x8's and a mahoosive wall print, took about an hour. The photo's do look beautiful, but £1850 would but a bloody lovely car, or 5 pretty OK cars...
He saw us turn up in a 54 plate vauxhall meriva, holding our virgin experience day voucher and toned it down to £120 for 5 10x8 prints (and was nice about it), but obviously creams money in where he can! We were 20 minutes between arriving and leaving!
98elise said:
The Moose said:
beko1987 said:
Taking photographs of children (with their parents permission of course)
My 4 year old got a 'fairy photoshoot' voucher for her birthday. We went to it yesterday. Admittedly it was a nice purpose built studio in a blokes back garden who has been doing it for 30 years, but he was charging nearly £1k for 8 printed photo's! The voucher came from SWMBO's sister, who had as hoot with their 3 dogs last year, they paid £1850 for 4 10x8's and a mahoosive wall print, took about an hour. The photo's do look beautiful, but £1850 would but a bloody lovely car, or 5 pretty OK cars...
He saw us turn up in a 54 plate vauxhall meriva, holding our virgin experience day voucher and toned it down to £120 for 5 10x8 prints (and was nice about it), but obviously creams money in where he can! We were 20 minutes between arriving and leaving!
You may have only been there for 20 minutes, but you're buying 30+ years of experience.My 4 year old got a 'fairy photoshoot' voucher for her birthday. We went to it yesterday. Admittedly it was a nice purpose built studio in a blokes back garden who has been doing it for 30 years, but he was charging nearly £1k for 8 printed photo's! The voucher came from SWMBO's sister, who had as hoot with their 3 dogs last year, they paid £1850 for 4 10x8's and a mahoosive wall print, took about an hour. The photo's do look beautiful, but £1850 would but a bloody lovely car, or 5 pretty OK cars...
He saw us turn up in a 54 plate vauxhall meriva, holding our virgin experience day voucher and toned it down to £120 for 5 10x8 prints (and was nice about it), but obviously creams money in where he can! We were 20 minutes between arriving and leaving!
That old tale:
Picasso is sketching at a park. A woman walks by, recognizes him, and begs for her portrait. Somehow, he agrees. A few minutes later, he hands her the sketch. She is elated, excited about how wonderfully it captures the very essence of her character, what beautiful work it is, and asks how much she owes him. “5000 francs, madam,” says Picasso. The woman is incredulous, outraged, and asks how that’s even possible given it only took him 5 minutes. Picasso looks up and, without missing a beat, says: “No, madam, it took me my whole life.”
Is that 1 year of experience repeated for a lifetime also?
Hoofy said:
The Moose said:
beko1987 said:
Taking photographs of children (with their parents permission of course)
My 4 year old got a 'fairy photoshoot' voucher for her birthday. We went to it yesterday. Admittedly it was a nice purpose built studio in a blokes back garden who has been doing it for 30 years, but he was charging nearly £1k for 8 printed photo's! The voucher came from SWMBO's sister, who had as hoot with their 3 dogs last year, they paid £1850 for 4 10x8's and a mahoosive wall print, took about an hour. The photo's do look beautiful, but £1850 would but a bloody lovely car, or 5 pretty OK cars...
He saw us turn up in a 54 plate vauxhall meriva, holding our virgin experience day voucher and toned it down to £120 for 5 10x8 prints (and was nice about it), but obviously creams money in where he can! We were 20 minutes between arriving and leaving!
You may have only been there for 20 minutes, but you're buying 30+ years of experience.My 4 year old got a 'fairy photoshoot' voucher for her birthday. We went to it yesterday. Admittedly it was a nice purpose built studio in a blokes back garden who has been doing it for 30 years, but he was charging nearly £1k for 8 printed photo's! The voucher came from SWMBO's sister, who had as hoot with their 3 dogs last year, they paid £1850 for 4 10x8's and a mahoosive wall print, took about an hour. The photo's do look beautiful, but £1850 would but a bloody lovely car, or 5 pretty OK cars...
He saw us turn up in a 54 plate vauxhall meriva, holding our virgin experience day voucher and toned it down to £120 for 5 10x8 prints (and was nice about it), but obviously creams money in where he can! We were 20 minutes between arriving and leaving!
Wonder how much the tech is?
I have no doubt that part of the cost is buying the 30 years of experience, and fair play to the guy. But 93% of the work he does will be simple point, shoot, present to the client, touch up quickly, print cheaply and present.
I wasn't knocking the guy, and it looked like he had some expensive kit, but the possibility to print money out of 'mundane' jobs looked high to me! We turned up 5 minutes early and had to wait for him to finish with the previous person, then when we left we met his next client. If he can do say 9 bookings a day, at say £600 average spend, that's £5,400. Obv vat, tax and wages for his daughter (who was doing the meet and greet) would eat out of that, but it wouldn't take much effort on his part to increase that more!
I wasn't knocking the guy, and it looked like he had some expensive kit, but the possibility to print money out of 'mundane' jobs looked high to me! We turned up 5 minutes early and had to wait for him to finish with the previous person, then when we left we met his next client. If he can do say 9 bookings a day, at say £600 average spend, that's £5,400. Obv vat, tax and wages for his daughter (who was doing the meet and greet) would eat out of that, but it wouldn't take much effort on his part to increase that more!
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