Recent content by Ineyes

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    The good and bad of buying second-hand tools

    So I have recently had this discussion with a work friend of mine. They were talking about all the money that they could save by buying tools on eBay. I told them that batteries have a limited life. This can be as a little as two or honestly, as much as five years to be useful. The day that a...
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    thin margins

    With the information you provided, I would suggest that it might be best to look at possible other alternatives. Remember that especially during opening, there is no guarantee for at least 100 customers weekly. If you were open five days a week, that’s 20 purchases a day – in a new location –...
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    Importing Sample from China

    DHL has honestly been brilliant as far as import from China and Japan are concerned. The only thing that you need to worry about is paying them. Plus if your supplier is smart enough, they will likely send whatever they are sending your way as a gift rather than a business transaction to save money.
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    Advice on starting a company

    There has been loads of good information here already, but you would have to make sure that you are legally able to have yourself another job in addition to the one you clearly do not want to give up. I have personally seen colleagues have to give up their side projects because it was...