Hey James,
Sorry to hear things are tough for you right now. I've been in business for
myself for the past four years and I can tell you it's no joy ride at
times. Anyway, I have a small bit of advice that might be helpful. When I
was starting my business I still had to pay the bills and meet my
responsibilities, so I took a part time job to cover me. For the first year
I had my own business I worked in a bar at night four or five nights a week
doing sound for bands. As my business picked up I gradually cut back on the
hours at the bar until I got to the point I could leave it all together.
If your prices are good enough on the Leathers and stuff you can try
selling on ebay. I know people who make a living *and* support 3 - 4
employees selling stuff on ebay. You'd have to do a ton of volume to do
that, but I've seen it done.
Hey, if it's meant to happen it will. You may have to be a little ingenous
to get the ball rolling, but it can happen if you put your mind and to it.
Well that's my $.02, hang in there,
Robert Weeks
W o o z y D e s i g n
http://www.woozy.com
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At 9:45 PM -0500 3/30/99, Metallian6@aol.com wrote:
>Hi list,
>I know this is out of context but I am depressed. I've got my Sprite in
>pieces, I'm trying to start a business, and I've got parents down my #@&*
>throat. The Sprite I know will take time to put back together again. Here's
>the thing. I'm 21, married, and have a son. The business I'm trying to start
>is Harley Davidson items, leather, t-shirts that sort a thing right. Well, my
>parents are telling me to 'get a real job, it's going to take 5 or 6 years for
>you to get it going.' I just got the licensing and products catalog and am
>just waiting on tax return to get here to get inventory. However I am able to
>take individual orders and ship to their door. I just got to find a way to get
>customers. I'm on two different search engines on the internet and adding my
>link to other sites, with their permission of course. I don't know I guess I
>just needed to tell somebody. Thanks for listening and I hope I didn't piss
>anyone off.
>
>James
>1962 A-H Sprite
>1979 Trans Am
>Web site links:
> <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/darkside/mycar.html";>1962 Austin-Healey
>Sprite Restoration</A>
> <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/harleyitems/index.html";>The Best
>Harley Davidson Items</A>
>PS. Am I out of line putting my business site in these list e-mails? The
>Harley site is under my other screen name: Harley0777@aol.com
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