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    Detachable Light Switch

    I could be totally wrong here but to my mind, bearing in mind light switches aren't exactly the sort of thing you replace every year, the value would be if you could make the switch work wirelessly. I know when I do a presentation having to shout to the back of the room to dim the lights is a...
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    Selling franking/PPI to customers

    Hi, Had a search on here and Google but I can't find any answers. I run a small shop and as a courtesy to customers we weigh letters and parcels on our scales and sell them the stamps to post them, even though we are not a proper post office. The problem is, of course, that margins on...
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    Please review my flyer.

    Personally if I read that flyer my first thought would be, "Urgh, cash for gold, I bet they'll pay me nothing for my house". Why not put a picture of some simpering idiot with the caption "Mrs I sold her three bedroom house to us for £165k", or similar, so people think "Ah, yes, I have a...
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    Restrictions on buying stamps in bulk.

    I'd imagine any business sending out mail in bulk will have a franking machine, where second class letter price is only 31p even after the price rise. So it would be more expensive and time consuming to buy and use stamps at current prices anyway. Kind of makes a mockery of the price rise...
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    How Customers Value Products - A Social Experiment...

    My favourite was an almost empty shelf of hummus in Tescos with a big yellow promo label. 95p each or 2 for £2. What a bargain!
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    I am concerned my member of staff may be stealing from me

    You could always do what 99p stores do - tell employees that every customer must be given a receipt, and put a sign by the tills saying you will pay a £5 reward for any customer who's not given a receipt. That way all the money has to go through the till.
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    Setting up a mobile shop!

    I actually run this as a second business. It makes a fair amount of money, you will never get rich doing it but it builds up good PR. The advice I would give is: - - If you're doing retail buy a welfare bus, rather than a van. This means people can come in and browse (thus spend more)...
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