I'd call them gaming and office like you said...or home and gamer or something like that.
to get rid of laziness just start making the flyers then you'll get into it and ideas will come into your head (always happens to me).
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I'd call them gaming and office like you said...or home and gamer or something like that.
to get rid of laziness just start making the flyers then you'll get into it and ideas will come into your head (always happens to me).
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Originally Posted by rossco_2004
Have three ,throw Budget in there too , people are funny ,always looking for a deal! :lol:
im thinking about xpress computers
if you use your real name as your company name you don't need to do a DBA (doing buisness as) thing in the classifides, and you don't need to file with the courts.
food for thought...
From personal experience....
You really don't need a "company name" or a permanent ad yet...keep it low key and operate by word of mouth until you figure out how it's going to work out.
Business cards are a cheap investment, but don't tie yourself into any long-term commitments until you know how it goes.
As I work in a computer store and have access to several wholesale vendor sites, I can tell you that the absolute best place to get your parts is probably Newegg.
They have no minimum order, they carry the newest cool parts and their shipping is very reasonable.
The prices are LOWER than many of my supposed "wholesale" vendors and I use them alot.
If you keep your markup reasonable on parts ( say 15% or so ) and charge a reasonable fee for the labor you'll be fine.
Beware the fatal trap of using pirated MS products...they WILL come after you and if not, your customer will run into problems down the road if they lack a valid license for their OS...we see this on a daily basis.
Good luck.
nothing i will ude for customers will be "pirated" but for my own stuff i wouldnt care
yea i knoe that is like licencing issues against piracy.(i said i was doin a project on it^_^)
u see the problem with canadians is that u have to pay tax when u buy the parts...and then it gets all messed :(
Dude just sell them... U don't have to worry about a licenses or taxes...
ye that tru but lyke iono. the hing is what if they want to write it off on their taxes?
shit man lol
this week was bad
no sales =(
o well i gotta do hw then
aite
peace
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Originally Posted by DDRFREAK1030
No sales this week? Mabye two next week! Be thankfull you have no overhead ,like rent or hydro . :)
lol yea tru.
um i am wondering who else here does this or have wanted to try this?
I do and I suspect that VB does also.
Ive done it in scotland as a sorta neighbourhood thing in scotland (im under 16) but now i gotta job wi a larger company (i still got high school for 2 years tehe lol).
I did a lot of servicing stuff and repair on computers b4 though and you'll be surprised how effective word of mouth is esspecially when ur compition prices are so high and with no overhead and get paid in *cough* cash *cough* where you dont need to worry how much money you have to role in ! theres alot money to be made!!
JoHaN
Haha, or not. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by HeavyMetalParkingLot
lol
business this week was okay i guess
2 comps sold
i only made $300 for myself
still okay tho ^_^
At your age m8 theres a lot worse you could be doing, if my kids only fault was nipping the tax man for a few quid that would make me so proud :D
daym im sad now
i gotta stop this and finish my senior project first.
im sad now cause i gotta put this off until the beginning of 2005 :(
yea, you sound like you got a pretty good thing going. I considered it, but it seems all i ever get are repairs (like the 6 computers sitting here on my floor). I dont charge them cuz they are all friends and such. I am a mechanic, and i do the same for their cars. although i do get beer out of it sometimes.
i did that for a while but then some of my friends me so i stole from them and mess up some shit on their comps
Repairs are good way of making money too but keep in miond howw much time you put into it so you should have charged them. my friend chrged meeh when i didnt know shit bout computers(last year ^_^) i learned fast but still its the idea. i had to do like 23 repairs on wednesday last week also. i made $230 because it took up my whole day(i didnt even do my homework) \
takes u ptoomuch time
I think I advised about that problem in an early post . :)
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Good luck ,great idea. Mabye a word of advice, stick to new computer sales.Don't get trapped in to the service and repair end of the business. Unless it's for warranty purposes. You'll end up spending hours trying to figure out why that Computer won't boot .
Edit: Please don't be put off by my comments ! But you have school work and a social life too! You have to juggle it all. What your doing is great, keeps one out of trouble and you make new friends . Young and old! :D
yup thtats tru
also i get to see some people i hav not talk too since middle school
^_^
im happie
jk
um like i have another sale today but i transfered it to my friend -_-
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Originally Posted by DDRFREAK1030
Good let him pay the tax! JK :lol:
Edit: Mabey check out some advanced computer courses . You'll need to stay on top things ! It would be fun and informitive . Have you applyed for work at the local white box computer store ? They won't pay much , but probably a great weekend job? Learn as you go. :) See how they do it. You sound smart, they would jump at the chance for some part time help.
i work at jak in da box rite now so im coo there cause i get food
imms go to delta(a community college) next year and take some business and computer classes they have there
you have to keep learnind about computers and shit cuse like they vloved from like 4.77mhz to some shit near 4ghz( not there yet but soon )
it keeps chaninging
i remember my friend asked me last week to fix his old 386. im all like why?
hes all cause i dont know
i didnt know how either cause its so different.
aite gotta go(still in school)
peace
heres what i made in the 2 1/2 weeks i did the selling( i stopped til '05 remember-_-)
#-------------Sold for ---i made $'s
Computer1-$800-------- (140)
Computer2-$746 --------- (110)
Computer3-$650 --------- (70)
Computer4-$609 ---------- (90)
Computer5-$780 ---------- (98)
Computer6-$905 ---------- (190)
Computer7-$890 ----------- (97)
Computer8-$807------------- (80)