Things Must Be Picking Up?
09-03-2009, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Twin Wasp
The question is, do you want it tomorrow? If you do, they'll overnight it and bill you. You're off the edge of the map up there but most of the business in the US is east of the Mississippi. You can truck stuff in 2 and a half days for one fifth overnight rates.
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09-03-2009, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Twin Wasp
The question is, do you want it tomorrow? If you do, they'll overnight it and bill you. You're off the edge of the map up there but most of the business in the US is east of the Mississippi. You can truck stuff in 2 and a half days for one fifth overnight rates.
09-03-2009, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by AirbusA320
...If you had a couple of PCs with Interenet connections with free use could bring in some traffic. Another idea is to have an artist hang up their art for 3-4 week period and get a commision on it.
Another coffee shop owner rebranded his business as a 'net-caffee' - he has free wi-fi but also several computers set up with numerous online games on them. People pay anywhere from $5-10 an hour to play the games and everytime I go, people actually wait in line for their turn to play... Last time I was there they had a "tournament" where the patrons of that coffee shop were playing a game against a bunch of other net-caffees all over the US (and even overseas - the Internet makes the world smaller).
Either way, often I'll go just to watch others play and in the meantime lots of muffins, coffee (and beer!) gets consumed...
Good luck with your bidnez!
09-03-2009, 08:07 PM
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Thanks everyone for some good suggestions. I'll call on those bakeries and several others that were suggested to me.
The original business model includes free WiFi, but I probably won't offer it until later. Can't really afford a router right now and more importantly, I don't want people using my WiFi to spam others or surf porn while sitting outside in the parking lot.
Anyway, sorry for contributing to the extreme thread drift in my own thread no less.
I've spent quite a bit of my personal money to get the shop going. However, I know I am not the only one to start a new business. There are many out there willing to risk something in this economy. I've had UPS deliver my new panini grill. I am not singlehandedly taking us out of this recession, but a lot of small business owners together are doing what we believe in. The original thread premise was that things are picking up. I think it's true in one way or another, albeit very slowly when compared to past recoveries. The most intractable problem is unemployment.
The original business model includes free WiFi, but I probably won't offer it until later. Can't really afford a router right now and more importantly, I don't want people using my WiFi to spam others or surf porn while sitting outside in the parking lot.
Anyway, sorry for contributing to the extreme thread drift in my own thread no less.
I've spent quite a bit of my personal money to get the shop going. However, I know I am not the only one to start a new business. There are many out there willing to risk something in this economy. I've had UPS deliver my new panini grill. I am not singlehandedly taking us out of this recession, but a lot of small business owners together are doing what we believe in. The original thread premise was that things are picking up. I think it's true in one way or another, albeit very slowly when compared to past recoveries. The most intractable problem is unemployment.
09-04-2009, 11:31 AM
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Another unsolicited opinion
I would go out of my way to frequent a coffee shop that sold good tasting coffee that didn't make me wait in line behind the ones ordering the 15 minute hifalutin drinks--you know how it goes: "I'd like a large mocha with 1/3 decaf and 2/3 regular. Use skim milk from the front teat of a virgin nanny mountain goat and the organic whipped cream should lean toward San Francisco....". I'm sure those people and their drinks are important to the atmosphere and the bottom line of the shop, but I'll only wait in that line once.
Have a cash only reg coffee line.
WW
Have a cash only reg coffee line.
WW
09-04-2009, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Winged Wheeler
I would go out of my way to frequent a coffee shop that sold good tasting coffee that didn't make me wait in line behind the ones ordering the 15 minute hifalutin drinks--you know how it goes: "I'd like a large mocha with 1/3 decaf and 2/3 regular. Use skim milk from the front teat of a virgin nanny mountain goat and the organic whipped cream should lean toward San Francisco....". I'm sure those people and their drinks are important to the atmosphere and the bottom line of the shop, but I'll only wait in that line once.
Have a cash only reg coffee line.
WW
Have a cash only reg coffee line.
WW
You must not be from L.A.
YouTube - LA Story Ordering Coffee
...this is a classic from the early 90s!!
09-04-2009, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Winged Wheeler
I would go out of my way to frequent a coffee shop that sold good tasting coffee that didn't make me wait in line behind the ones ordering the 15 minute hifalutin drinks--you know how it goes: "I'd like a large mocha with 1/3 decaf and 2/3 regular. Use skim milk from the front teat of a virgin nanny mountain goat and the organic whipped cream should lean toward San Francisco....". I'm sure those people and their drinks are important to the atmosphere and the bottom line of the shop, but I'll only wait in that line once.
Have a cash only reg coffee line.
WW
Have a cash only reg coffee line.
WW
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