oooooh eck

[tintin]

Know exactly what you mean about the hobbyists on eblag mate.
My mate packed in his jag breaking/spares business for exactly the same reasons!
Good film tho', was on the box again the other night!

Alan

[Apache]

Same deal yeah, but we weren't manufacturing. We were just buying in chinese goods at £10 / pair and flogging them on at anything between £30 and £110 a pair - depending on how mad the buyer was!

I think our best profits were a pair of pink knee boots bought for £5 as an end of line item, and sold for over £70, and a pair of black platform thigh boots bought for a shade under £20 (thats expensive for wholesale!) and sold for £110!

We turned over £1000 in one day once, which worked out at over £400 profit. Oh if only every day could have been like that...

The bottom has fallen out of it now, mainly due to 'hobby ebay sellers' who buy a couple of items and sell for a few quid above the wholesale, just for the fun of it. The businesses, who are paying tax / staff / storage etc cant compete so jack it in. It's the wholesalers fault really as they reduced the MOQ in order to sell bits and bobs to that type of seller, rather than keeping reasonable high MOQ so only proper businesses could buy.

We saw it happen. When we started out, our wholesalers wouldn't look at you unless you were gonna buy at least 12 pairs per style, but when we packed in, they'd sell you one pair, even without a trade account. They shot themselves in the foot really, as they're suffering now too.

[tintin]

Definitely!

We turned over £60k a year simply flogging kinky thigh boots to ... ahem... women with big feet.

Something I wouldn't mind getting back into.

(Flogging kinky boots - not necessarily women with big feet...)

Would that be like the film with the same name?? (northampton firm ends up at show in milan!!!!)


Alan

[Apache]

hey gra do you think the leather fetish thing could take off

Definitely!

We turned over £60k a year simply flogging kinky thigh boots to ... ahem... women with big feet.

Something I wouldn't mind getting back into.

(Flogging kinky boots - not necessarily women with big feet...)

[LURCH]

Sorry to hear that Mark, but do not offer to work for the Yeti, YOU WILL REGRET IT, i promise.....................

[surfenstein]

Good luck mate, Linda got the heave-ho on wednesday. Its a sign of the times.

Finger crossed they realise they need a joker to keep people happy..

mr"N" is that really you or a figment of my imagination. hope the house is coming allong nicely dude,sorry to hear about linda mate,i did hear through the grapevine something to that effect,must get mu butt on face book.wish linda all the best from me shirl and lets hope she finds something soon,unless she becomes project manager on the house build, get her a job quick man or else you'll have no peace.

[TonyN]

Good luck mate, Linda got the heave-ho on wednesday. Its a sign of the times.

Finger crossed they realise they need a joker to keep people happy..

[RodLeach]

Best of british to you mate!!


Seem to land on your feet most of the time so have faith!!

[animal]

good luck mate ,
but if you do get the chop, can you grab me one of them filler neck cap thingys before you go, i think the one on stein is fecked, i took the extra gasket off but it still leaks, and i cant find a replacement anywhere

[biosurf]

Hope all goes well 'stein

[darkdezigns]

Marine diesel engines

ahhh ok,well hope it all goes ok mark

[BioHazard]

Marine diesel engines

[darkdezigns]

[QUOTE=fatfires;520531]

sorry just couldnt resist

yep i know soon as i clicked submit,i thought ere we go lol

[fatfires]

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i meant as in where,wot type of work

sorry just couldnt resist

[darkdezigns]

[QUOTE=fatfires;520520]

ive been new projects manager here for as long as i can remember.

Errrr.

i meant as in where,wot type of work