Money_B_85
Member
- Mar 30, 2017
- 52
DPS LLC. Cliff is a great guy who doesn’t gouge. He’s in La Plata
Can I just gripe for a minute? I just moved here from the free state of Texas, What gives?!?
OK, gripe over.
p.s.
If you know somewhere giving cheaper transfers in AAC then what I paid please let me know!
Yeah! What gives? What in the absolute mortal HELL would make anyone move from a free state to a slave state???
Well, tell you what, myshop does $30 transfers! .......(but we're just over the border in Virginia, so...)
It’s quite obvious that some folks here have never run a business - let alone a firearms business.
It’s quite obvious that some folks here have never run a business - let alone a firearms business.
I’ve seen on this forum elsewhere; business owners qualify their prices for services, with proclamations of their internal business costs.
That doesn’t matter to a prospective customer looking for service or product. To declare your internal costs as a basis for markup is a turnoff for people shopping for a service or product.
Offer your best price and leave the substantiating reasons out of it. I’m not there to pay your bills. I am looking for the best price in a product/service.
I don’t see where that applies to what I stated, but then again, nobody ever accused me of being the sharpest knife in the drawer. But I do get it - I can be a notorious cheapskate myself at times; I’m not above shopping at Walmart or ALDI or dollar stores.I’ve seen on this forum elsewhere; business owners qualify their prices for services, with proclamations of their internal business costs.
That doesn’t matter to a prospective customer looking for service or product. To declare your internal costs as a basis for markup is a turnoff for people shopping for a service or product.
Offer your best price and leave the substantiating reasons out of it. I’m not there to pay your bills. I am looking for the best price in a product/service.
I may be in the minority here, but I don’t believe that “profit” is a dirty word.
I don’t see where that applies to what I stated, but then again, nobody ever accused me of being the sharpest knife in the drawer. But I do get it - I can be a notorious cheapskate myself at times; I’m not above shopping at Walmart or ALDI or dollar stores.
That being said, I’m 57 years old and have been self-employed since I was 24. Over the years, I’ve managed to always live in a decent neighborhood, keep my refrigerator stocked, pay my bills, take vacations, buy new vehicles when needed - or wanted, save for retirement, and put my daughter through college in Chapel Hill. I’ve been able to enjoy my hobbies - guns, motorcycles, and other things - without taking out a second mortgage. At this stage in my life, I have ZERO debt, money spread out in various investments, and I can basically do as I please. If I ever do get around to retiring, I will be very comfortable. And when I finally leave this earth, I will leave a little something behind for my survivors.
I didn’t achieve these goals by battling with my competitors to be “the cheapest guy in town”, or win friends by forsaking profit. Living in trailer parks and surviving on dented cans of soup and day-old bread just never appealed to me. I may be in the minority here, but I don’t believe that “profit” is a dirty word.
All good, amigo.I was not singling you out specifically. Your post had just stirred a thought that I had regarding such.
I’ve seen on this forum elsewhere; business owners qualify their prices for services, with proclamations of their internal business costs.
That doesn’t matter to a prospective customer looking for service or product. To declare your internal costs as a basis for markup is a turnoff for people shopping for a service or product.
Offer your best price and leave the substantiating reasons out of it. I’m not there to pay your bills. I am looking for the best price in a product/service.