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Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #40 on: January 16, 2008, 11:01:58 pm »
Here are a few tight sqeezes

Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #41 on: January 16, 2008, 11:05:03 pm »
And another

Shaun_Ashmore

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Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #42 on: January 16, 2008, 11:06:48 pm »
Compact and bijous I think covers it, you really know how to get the best out of a van.

Shaun

Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #43 on: January 16, 2008, 11:10:03 pm »
The wife said its a pitty  I can't get  the best out of your *^%$

On a lighter note just noticed on your new site Shaun you only have 5 fingers unlike Mike Haliday who has 6 ?????
That extra finger has done wonders for him !!!!!!!!!

Shaun_Ashmore

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Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #44 on: January 16, 2008, 11:12:20 pm »
I have a joke about that but I'll tell you another day!

Good to see you back but for now it's good night from me and good night from him!

Good night

Shaun

Paul_Ashworth

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Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #45 on: January 16, 2008, 11:16:26 pm »
Looks really good a few spellings seem to be wrong on the special offers page tho

offer 1 should there not be a u in scotchguard ??

Offer 2 Have 2 carpets deepest cleaned and get a 3rd carpet cleaned for free.

(Deepest = deep)

Hope you dont thing im being a smart arse for pointing it out ??

carpet guy

Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #46 on: January 16, 2008, 11:51:35 pm »
Paul
Little Joe advocated keeping spelling mistakes in your marketing, 'fraid I never agreed with that, or the amateurish layouts of letters, but he swore it worked better than tidy and precise.

Not so sure

rob

maxcarpets

Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #47 on: January 17, 2008, 07:35:01 am »
No wonder you have such a big hand, look at the size of your wand! Are you related to Gary Lineaker?

M.Acorn

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Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #48 on: January 17, 2008, 12:26:14 pm »
Wow impressed with what you can squeeze in such a small space ! said the bishop to the vicar  :D...
Shaun your site looks great very well laid out..My van is a tip compared to those pics....
What goes around comes around

carpet guy

Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #49 on: January 17, 2008, 12:56:54 pm »
That is pretty astonishing, but I knew it could be done,

rob

Shaun_Ashmore

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Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #50 on: January 21, 2008, 02:18:44 pm »
Dave the website for new engines if you do decide to make your own!

http://www.uni-power.co.uk/

Shaun

Ian Gourlay

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Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #51 on: January 22, 2008, 11:42:23 pm »
Not sure if I would come into Carpet Cleaning

You get the impression it ias low start  up cost  low overheads  but its not.

And you need to supply your own money.

Better to be in something where you use other peoples money

Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #52 on: January 23, 2008, 12:13:01 am »
I started with two credit cards with £5k limit on each and interest free for 12 months so I suppose it was with other peoples money.


Ian Gourlay

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Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #53 on: January 23, 2008, 08:45:35 am »
Inew someone would say that.

When Richard Branson started he sold records

All his shops were rent Free for 4 months, All his stock was on Credit.

His trick was to open a new shop a week.  This then gave him the money needed to pay for the stock in previous shops that he had opened.

If a shop did not pay after three months he would close it and move stock to next one

He also smuggled lots of records in from abroad and avoided purchase tax which was instead of VAT

THat is using other peoples money

Bennie25

Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #54 on: January 23, 2008, 08:57:09 am »
This would have been a good topic but its been hyjacked by a TM debate.

For whats is worth id start with a portable, lets face it your not going to have high volume of work from the start, nor would you want, you have alot of learning to do. also its a good idea to see if you even like the job.

Phillip Mold

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Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #55 on: January 24, 2008, 02:08:25 pm »
I too used an interest free crdit card to finance start up, Thank you Mr Murdoch for the skycard!
Doing the best job in the world as well as I can

Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #56 on: January 24, 2008, 02:24:49 pm »
Bennie what do you mean see if you might like the job,  Lets face it if you did'nt like it the first time around I'm pritty sure no ones going to start a second time.
I would of thought the second time around would get off the ground far quicker than the first time.  ;)

Bennie25

Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #57 on: January 24, 2008, 11:07:30 pm »
yeah your right Dave im getting it wrong,  what i was saying like giving advice to a newbie,

Yes second time would be far quicker alot less wasted money too!

cloverclean

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Re: If you were starting again?
« Reply #58 on: January 25, 2008, 07:35:47 am »
I would go straight to a truckmount ,but you still need a porty
because there is always some where you can never get a truckmount.