Recent content by w0gga

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    e bay fees

    E-bay fee's are stupidly high, i would set up your own website and only sell a few products on e-bay for the potential customers and direct traffic to your website for future sales cutting the e-bay fees all together. This will take time but worth it in the long run.
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    partnership contract

    Thanks this was a perfect reply and gave me a lot to think about... thank you
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    partnership contract

    Hi all, how do I go about drawing a partnership contract up? What are the steps I need to take. Thanks ......
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    patio advice

    As standard should lay on a 50 mil bed of hardcore and 50mil of sharp. if drainage is that bad i would put shingle stone in between layers allowing any water to move freely. also is it a soak away and is that working as intended ? whats the soil like?
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    claiming tax back

    Thank you :)
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    claiming tax back

    Hi all, does anyone have a list of things i can claim tax back on. " example " i can save my fuel receipts and give to my accountant and claim tax back! Thanks
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    Are you advertising in Thompson Local??? Advice needed

    last year i gave it ago and all i got from it was cold calls , people trying to sell me things. they listed me online showing my address and i got junk mail. Never again.... :mad:
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    Half upfront

    I always have a contract in place and make sure the customer and myself sign and agree to whatever the terms maybe. If i take a % " in this case we'll say 50% " and then i walk away or don't fulfil what the contract states then i'm liable so i always feel the customer is more trusting having a...
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    Half upfront

    i actually disagree , this is done more often then you think and is common within the trade.
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    Half upfront

    Sorry should of made myself clear, i've picked up some big "pricing" jobs and i know a lot of people in the trade ask for half up front and half on completion of the job. I was asking for better ways to word this in my pricing. I'm a landscaper .... Thanks
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    Half upfront

    Thanks for your reply, I think the % will sound better ... Thanks
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    Half upfront

    Hi peeps, its got to the point where i've picked up some big jobs, the problem is i need to ask for half upfront and half on completion. Whats the best way to word this when making your quote ? I don't want to scare them of :| Thanks
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    part time job while funding a start up

    With you now, thankyou
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    part time job while funding a start up

    Understand we pay tax on profifts but if we don't take a wage from the profits and leave the money in the bank this would have no effect on the part time job tax payment meaning my tax payments would only be that from my employers and stay the same? If we take a wage this would then effect my...
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    part time job while funding a start up

    Thanks, for the first year no personal wage will be taken from the business so this shouldn't be a problem then? Only if we pay a wage to our selfs