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Undertoad · 03-08-2012, 10:23 AM

Classic has already politely declined the position.

(And rightly so if the model doesn't work as well as we thought)

Spexxvet · 03-08-2012, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

I've got it ...

Teh Cellar Bizness ...

classic can sell, UT can do the actual work, and I can make both of you feel better about yourselves and keep you from killing unruly clients. We'd all be putting our best skills to use.

Practice this phrase "Bialystock and Bloom"

jimhelm · 03-08-2012, 11:13 AM

His main store is at Rhawn and Frankford in Holmesburg. He has one in Bensalem, and another near Red Lion rd where sycamore used to live. i can't remember the name of that town.

His store is actually named "Cash for Gold" lol. he's very creative.

Undertoad · 03-08-2012, 12:14 PM

That's awesome. Everybody uses "cash for gold" now. But actually using the name "Cash for Gold" for the business will give him a unique SEO advantage.

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and another near Red Lion rd where sycamore used to live. i can't remember the name of that town.

Warminster? There's a Cash for Gold in Warminster, but I only knew Syc's place in NE Philly.

Well I have a ton of advice for him, as well as what he should be doing with Google, not just with the website possibility. As long as he's willing to deal with a fat guy in jeans and a collared shirt. If he wants a sales guy who can dress up, I'll have to send my business partner.

classicman · 03-08-2012, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Classic has already politely declined the position.

(And rightly so if the model doesn't work as well as we thought)

I actually pitched the idea to several contractors whom I had done business with in the past.

I need to pitch it to the right people. Therein lies the problem for me.
My contacts from my previous position were not the right ones.

FTR - I saved the PDF's and will offer in the future.

jimhelm · 03-08-2012, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

That's awesome. Everybody uses "cash for gold" now. But actually using the name "Cash for Gold" for the business will give him a unique SEO advantage.

Warminster? There's a Cash for Gold in Warminster, but I only knew Syc's place in NE Philly.

Well I have a ton of advice for him, as well as what he should be doing with Google, not just with the website possibility. As long as he's willing to deal with a fat guy in jeans and a collared shirt. If he wants a sales guy who can dress up, I'll have to send my business partner.

he's a fat guy in jeans and a collared shirt too. I spoke to him, and he said his partner had some reason that he DIDN'T want a website. I'll have to keep pestering him a while, i think. stay tuned.

Happy Monkey · 03-08-2012, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

That's awesome. Everybody uses "cash for gold" now. But actually using the name "Cash for Gold" for the business will give him a unique SEO advantage.

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Originally Posted by jimhelm

he's a fat guy in jeans and a collared shirt too. I spoke to him, and he said his partner had some reason that he DIDN'T want a website.

If he doesn't own the trademark, he may not want to attract web searches from those who do.

infinite monkey · 03-08-2012, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jimhelm

When we were young, Shelby worked at a fru fru salon. they had a case of hairbrushes and other accessories. One day, she doubled the prices of all of the brushes... from $25 to $49.99 or something...

they sold very quickly. part of perception of value comes from the retail price. especially if the customer is not an expert in what they are buying.

I don't know if this is urban legend or not, but there's the story about a guy putting, say, an old lawnmower out on his curb, with a sign that it was free. No one took it. He put a price on it and it was stolen right away.

gvidas · 03-09-2012, 10:00 AM

I've been calling a lot of industrial supply places this week, getting quotes on steel angle, sheet metal, and refractory materials. Not your usual customer service field. I'm going to pick up the first round of the orders in a little bit, so we'll see how it all plays out. But, thus far, phone interactions only, there is an inverse correlation between the quality of their website and the quality of their phone service and prices.

This guy seems like the most straightforward place to order high-temp refractory in Metro Detroit: http://www.k-industrial.com/

This guy is either insane, or just extremely cheap for sheet metal fab (He quoted me $35 on something a steel shop in the 'burbs said would be $202, 5 working days -- I had priced the material alone to build it myself at $75): http://www.ldssheetmetal.com/

Probably the two worst websites I've seen in a while.

UT, it's not in your pamphlet as I remember it: what's your policy on $ and # of updates / year, etc, if it were a business wanting to have a regularly-added-to portfolio of work?

Undertoad · 03-09-2012, 10:38 AM

For most of our one-page customers we just say updates are free, unless you go crazy about it.

If they have a specific need, I can build a password-protected administration page where they can, say, update their monthly message or whatnot. I'd probably say $30/hour if they had some sort of custom problem that requires more design work every month.

03-08-2012, 11:13 AM	#63
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	His main store is at Rhawn and Frankford in Holmesburg. He has one in Bensalem, and another near Red Lion rd where sycamore used to live. i can't remember the name of that town. His store is actually named "Cash for Gold" lol. he's very creative. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

03-08-2012, 10:23 AM	#61
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Classic has already politely declined the position. (And rightly so if the model doesn't work as well as we thought)

03-09-2012, 10:00 AM	#69
gvidas Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 286	I've been calling a lot of industrial supply places this week, getting quotes on steel angle, sheet metal, and refractory materials. Not your usual customer service field. I'm going to pick up the first round of the orders in a little bit, so we'll see how it all plays out. But, thus far, phone interactions only, there is an inverse correlation between the quality of their website and the quality of their phone service and prices. This guy seems like the most straightforward place to order high-temp refractory in Metro Detroit: http://www.k-industrial.com/ This guy is either insane, or just extremely cheap for sheet metal fab (He quoted me $35 on something a steel shop in the 'burbs said would be $202, 5 working days -- I had priced the material alone to build it myself at $75): http://www.ldssheetmetal.com/ Probably the two worst websites I've seen in a while. UT, it's not in your pamphlet as I remember it: what's your policy on $ and # of updates / year, etc, if it were a business wanting to have a regularly-added-to portfolio of work?

03-09-2012, 10:38 AM	#70
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	For most of our one-page customers we just say updates are free, unless you go crazy about it. If they have a specific need, I can build a password-protected administration page where they can, say, update their monthly message or whatnot. I'd probably say $30/hour if they had some sort of custom problem that requires more design work every month.

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