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Petrus1983 said:
Just back from Goodwood - great collection of metal as ever - but it really is the older stuff that interests me. The little Lotus Elans were epic out there - ever a purchase consideration or too far out?? As someone who can play with such things how important would eligibility to events be?
Eligibility is fine for me as I’ve got a fair few classics that I can race, which is exactly why I bought my 250 Lusso competizione and why I’m getting my DB5 changed to race spec. 2manycars said:
Thank you, I’m glad you’re appreciating my collection.
It’s not cheeky at all. There’s no real big secret to the way I’ve amassed such a collection. I’m the owner of a very big private Electricity and Gas brokerage company, plus I own roughly a hundred properties in the North West, a few restaurants and bars, a PDQ finance company and I used to have a chain of barbershops.
The best advice I can give is that if you’re looking for advice to get rich then you’ll never get rich. It has to be in your blood, in every thought, every action.
I was hungry for it from leaving school a year earlier than I should have, I woke up every morning and throughout the day would write at least 5-10 ideas of how to make money. And most importantly, I NEVER felt defeated whenever I fell flat on my face. There’s no such thing as a failed attempt, there’s only experience.
I started my first business when I was 11, I used to mind the kids coats and bags at lunchtime at school whilst they went and played football. It was a rough school so you’d always guarantee that someone would have something nicked out of their bag.
I used the music room on the ground floor that overlooked the playground and fields, it had a big outwards opening window.
I used my family allowance my mum used to give me (£15.40 per week) for lunch and bus fare to buy a book of raffle tickets. That’s what I used as tickets for my makeshift cloakroom. 10p per item or 15p for bag with the coat rammed inside it.
I also used to use the family allowance money for materials from Woolworths, I’d buy thick paper/thin cardboard and would make ‘clippercards’ for students for the bus. Does anyone remember these? After a while they changed to Mega Riders/ Day savers so I’d end up buying a scanner and stickyback plastic/laminate. I’d crawl all over the bus floor every Friday and Monday to pick up people disguarded ‘genuine’ mega riders/ Day savers. I’d spend all weekend peeling off the laminate and carefully taking out the original ticket. There I’d scan them so I get the correct logos, after a while i also had every scanned number, day and month. Then I’d print out loads of weekly passes, relaminate the pass with a new ticket inside, sometimes doing weeks in advance and then I’ll sell them for half the price of what the student would have to pay. With the money the students saved I’d get them to use the rest of the money to buy from my tuck shop (northern for sweet shop) and buy my Embassy #1 cigs that I’d get my family to bring back with them whenever we went on a family holiday to Tenerife. That’s when I used to sell a 10 pack for £2!!!!
You’re probably wondering what I did for dinner considering I’d spend my family allowance on material, sweets and cigs to resell. Well there was 2 lines at my school, the dinner line and the snack line. The dinner line was for s
t like curry, fish and chips, pie and chips, proper sit down scrans. The snack line was for hotdogs, burgers and sandwiches.
I always had the confidence with adults as a child, my Dad was a financial advisor and my mum owned garages and jewellery shops so I was always surrounded by fast talking adults. Anyway I borrowed my friends dinner and lunch line pass (you had 2 but could only ever use one on any given day) when he was off sick with the mumps, I had the pass for months. In that time I became super friendly with all the dinner ladies. After a few weeks I just became know as that cheeky lovable boy that always forgets his pass (I always had it on me so whenever I did get called out on it I’d make a show of not having it, holding up the line, making the lunch time organiser get flustered then I’d magically find it at the bottom of my bag after I’d pulled all my books out). The women stopped asking after so long, I’d go and get a couple of hotdogs and a burger from the snack line, I always said I didn’t like chips or fizzy drinks so could I have another burger or hotdog. Then I’d sell those 3 items for £1 each to the kids outside that just wanted to play football all dinner. Then I’d go and get my dinner and sit and eat my dinner counting my money.
Sorry it’s a long reply but that’ll hopefully give you an insight into a couple of years of my childhood hustle.
Love it! It’s not cheeky at all. There’s no real big secret to the way I’ve amassed such a collection. I’m the owner of a very big private Electricity and Gas brokerage company, plus I own roughly a hundred properties in the North West, a few restaurants and bars, a PDQ finance company and I used to have a chain of barbershops.
The best advice I can give is that if you’re looking for advice to get rich then you’ll never get rich. It has to be in your blood, in every thought, every action.
I was hungry for it from leaving school a year earlier than I should have, I woke up every morning and throughout the day would write at least 5-10 ideas of how to make money. And most importantly, I NEVER felt defeated whenever I fell flat on my face. There’s no such thing as a failed attempt, there’s only experience.
I started my first business when I was 11, I used to mind the kids coats and bags at lunchtime at school whilst they went and played football. It was a rough school so you’d always guarantee that someone would have something nicked out of their bag.
I used the music room on the ground floor that overlooked the playground and fields, it had a big outwards opening window.
I used my family allowance my mum used to give me (£15.40 per week) for lunch and bus fare to buy a book of raffle tickets. That’s what I used as tickets for my makeshift cloakroom. 10p per item or 15p for bag with the coat rammed inside it.
I also used to use the family allowance money for materials from Woolworths, I’d buy thick paper/thin cardboard and would make ‘clippercards’ for students for the bus. Does anyone remember these? After a while they changed to Mega Riders/ Day savers so I’d end up buying a scanner and stickyback plastic/laminate. I’d crawl all over the bus floor every Friday and Monday to pick up people disguarded ‘genuine’ mega riders/ Day savers. I’d spend all weekend peeling off the laminate and carefully taking out the original ticket. There I’d scan them so I get the correct logos, after a while i also had every scanned number, day and month. Then I’d print out loads of weekly passes, relaminate the pass with a new ticket inside, sometimes doing weeks in advance and then I’ll sell them for half the price of what the student would have to pay. With the money the students saved I’d get them to use the rest of the money to buy from my tuck shop (northern for sweet shop) and buy my Embassy #1 cigs that I’d get my family to bring back with them whenever we went on a family holiday to Tenerife. That’s when I used to sell a 10 pack for £2!!!!
You’re probably wondering what I did for dinner considering I’d spend my family allowance on material, sweets and cigs to resell. Well there was 2 lines at my school, the dinner line and the snack line. The dinner line was for s
t like curry, fish and chips, pie and chips, proper sit down scrans. The snack line was for hotdogs, burgers and sandwiches. I always had the confidence with adults as a child, my Dad was a financial advisor and my mum owned garages and jewellery shops so I was always surrounded by fast talking adults. Anyway I borrowed my friends dinner and lunch line pass (you had 2 but could only ever use one on any given day) when he was off sick with the mumps, I had the pass for months. In that time I became super friendly with all the dinner ladies. After a few weeks I just became know as that cheeky lovable boy that always forgets his pass (I always had it on me so whenever I did get called out on it I’d make a show of not having it, holding up the line, making the lunch time organiser get flustered then I’d magically find it at the bottom of my bag after I’d pulled all my books out). The women stopped asking after so long, I’d go and get a couple of hotdogs and a burger from the snack line, I always said I didn’t like chips or fizzy drinks so could I have another burger or hotdog. Then I’d sell those 3 items for £1 each to the kids outside that just wanted to play football all dinner. Then I’d go and get my dinner and sit and eat my dinner counting my money.
Sorry it’s a long reply but that’ll hopefully give you an insight into a couple of years of my childhood hustle.
richatnort said:
Pete, have you collected everything you've bought now?
Anything else you've almost pushed the button on? Anything your Ferrari mate is trying to get you to buy?
I’ve not collected my 812, 488 pista or 250 Lusso yet. My Senna is under wraps until June, Singer is 2021, F8 Tributo will be back end of the year, beginning of next year. Anything else you've almost pushed the button on? Anything your Ferrari mate is trying to get you to buy?
I’m not buying anything else at the moment as I’ve just bought a new house for the expanding family and that’s not been bloody cheap!!!
As soon as that’s out of the way then my first port of call is DK Engineering to see what goodies they’ve got.
I never thought to run a cloakroom at school, that's a good idea. Saying that, we did have lockers so there probably wouldn't have been a market for it.
I had a nice single cigarettes, dvd and porno mag rental business when I was in secondary school, earned me a small fortune in relative terms!
I had a nice single cigarettes, dvd and porno mag rental business when I was in secondary school, earned me a small fortune in relative terms!
2manycars said:
richatnort said:
Pete, have you collected everything you've bought now?
Anything else you've almost pushed the button on? Anything your Ferrari mate is trying to get you to buy?
I’ve not collected my 812, 488 pista or 250 Lusso yet. My Senna is under wraps until June, Singer is 2021, F8 Tributo will be back end of the year, beginning of next year. Anything else you've almost pushed the button on? Anything your Ferrari mate is trying to get you to buy?
I’m not buying anything else at the moment as I’ve just bought a new house for the expanding family and that’s not been bloody cheap!!!
As soon as that’s out of the way then my first port of call is DK Engineering to see what goodies they’ve got.
2manycars said:
Petrus1983 said:
Just back from Goodwood - great collection of metal as ever - but it really is the older stuff that interests me. The little Lotus Elans were epic out there - ever a purchase consideration or too far out?? As someone who can play with such things how important would eligibility to events be?
Eligibility is fine for me as I’ve got a fair few classics that I can race, which is exactly why I bought my 250 Lusso competizione and why I’m getting my DB5 changed to race spec. On a side note - the McC Senna looks far, far better in the flesh than any pictures I’ve seen of it. It was parked up next to Arytons 1990 F1 car yesterday.
Petrus1983 said:
On a side note - the McC Senna looks far, far better in the flesh than any pictures I’ve seen of it.
It definitely does, I saw a Senna honing around the Scottish highlands last year pre customer delivery and it looked amazing on the movePretty sure it was the exact one you've pictured above
Bright Halo said:
Pete
Have you thought about having a one off commissioned, something akin to the P3/4 that Ferrari did some years ago and I think Nick Mason had a one off commissioned as well.
It would be great as you could express exactly what you really wanted out of a modern supercar.
No not really gave it much thought, Eric Clapton does a fair few of them. I love his 458 take on the 512BBi, one of the best looking modern Ferrari’s in my eyes. Have you thought about having a one off commissioned, something akin to the P3/4 that Ferrari did some years ago and I think Nick Mason had a one off commissioned as well.
It would be great as you could express exactly what you really wanted out of a modern supercar.
andymc said:
could I ask how long it took to be a valued Ferrari client?
It’s not about the time you’ve been a customer, it’s what kind of models are you buying? You really need to be buying both V8 and V12 models, pretty much every new one. I really don’t like the Portofino but I know I need to buy one, so looks like I’ll have to buy one. Petrus1983 said:
Ah - brilliant. Racing is where it’s at for me these days, mainly as I feel road cars have become too fast. Hopefully the new little feet don’t distract you from the track too much!
On a side note - the McC Senna looks far, far better in the flesh than any pictures I’ve seen of it. It was parked up next to Arytons 1990 F1 car yesterday.
It’s such an ugly car, I literally want to shave my eyeballs everytime I see one, that’s not me being bias either as I have one of the best looking Sennas out there and even that still makes me want to use Chillis and Onions as a face wash. On a side note - the McC Senna looks far, far better in the flesh than any pictures I’ve seen of it. It was parked up next to Arytons 1990 F1 car yesterday.
WCZ said:
100 properties in the nw is a nice portfolio !
do you own anything in manchester city center?
I've been thinking of getting something in the new deansgate square supertall
A couple of apartments in the city centre that I rent out for people who are going to big gigs at M.E.N arena (no not AirBnB. do you own anything in manchester city center?
I've been thinking of getting something in the new deansgate square supertall
Everything else are just houses.
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