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kwb977

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ok, i am not sure where else to put this.........but i have a 2003 tahoe for sale, i bought it last year to tow my snowmobiles and boat and i never had the time to snowmobile or let alone boat this year. anyways it has only been driven 10,500 miles and for the last 4 monthes sat in my garage. i am buying another car and do not have room for 4 cars in my garage. if anyone is intrested in it let me know, it is a tahoe LS, fully loaded with custom 20 inch rims and other simple modifications, i am asking $33,900 (the rims were $3,000 alone)i would perfer to sell it in california, becasue it is too much trouble to sell it out of state. just let me know. since i paid cash for it and do not owe a dime i am asking well below bluebook, i just want it out of my garage.
 
i may be selling my boat too, i need to think about it,my brother wanted it, anyways it is a 2002 fountain ocean going speed boat, looks like the scarrab in miami vice, only it is painted to match the tahoe and has silver ghost flames,and i am asking around $75,000 i paid $100,000 cash brand new in 2002..........let me know if your intrested
 
OOOOOOOOO HiPerformance goodies. Tell us about the boat. Heck with the interior--talk about the engines. Turbo? Injected? HP? OOOO speed on the water. And here I am with antique wooden ones.
 
it is a fountain 42, with twin 525 mercury EFI's with XR drives, does 85-95 mph on open calm water, i have taken it out on SF bay when it is rough and it will handle about 65 with choppy water.you can go to their website to see it, mine is a wine color with silver tribal ghost flames.
these are the same boats the coast gaurd uses for drug interdiction in florida........
 
I don't want to know about the boat or the tahoe, I want to know what you are doing that I am not to pay cash for them :D
 
KWB,
I'm (just) assuming that picture framing is a hobby?
 
i sell drugs...........JUST KIDDING,no framing for me, it is not a hobby, 1) i work at it full time, but i only do commercial contracts....high volume jobs 25k-50k jobs, or 300 piecs at a time etc. etc. I have found there is little or no money in retail framing, plus i don't have the patience for whiners IE. soccer moms on an allowence trying to look like they have money yada yada yada.. how do i get my business, well i am well connected in the construction business (my family owns a commercial real estate devleopment company), and i get alot of business from thier new clients,i do thier new offices, and or their homes, and so forth, also i have no over head, nobody works for me, i pay no rent on a shop, i do it out of my shop in my house. also my wife is a nurse practioner, i fell into framing and realized i liked it and could make alot of money if it is done right, meaning i have very aggressive pricing and a good business sense, and if i get in over my head i have alot of freinds who like to make some extra cash.....2)i have a trust fund that my grandfather left me when he died........, i hope that answers your questions........i have noticed that alot of the people on the forum love what they do, i am no different then that, i just happen to have a good section of the market that nobody where i live has access too.....
 
"i fell into framing and realized i liked it and could make alot of money if it is done right, meaning i have very aggressive pricing and a good business sense"

K.W.B.,
If you have time, would you mind sharing your prospective occasionally on 'Picture Framing Business Issues'? I'm sure allot of framers would love to hear your take about our industry!
 
actually you probabaly wouldn't..........no offense but i have read alot of posts and it seems alot of people are still in the "dark ages". i have been doing this for four years and i see people on here who have been doing this for ages, asking simple questions that you should already know the answer too, especially if you own your own business, from questions how to fix compressors, to proper mounting ways, and even simple business questions, i feel in the framing business thier are more craftsman then business men, i stay out of the actual money aspect, i have a bookeeper for that. my number one tip, it takes money to make money, i buy the best equipment that i feel i will use, i network other buisness that have "endless" bankrolls, realestate, corporations, doctors, what have you, my clients use my services to make money for thier business, and promotion, like i said i do very little "housewives projects"
i do not fall into gimmics, or coupons, or free this and free that, i try not to worry what the big boxes are doing, because that is not my clientle i am trying to service, i tell people if you want a mat and a mat only, go to micheals, beacause your'll save money, but if you want to do your whole office, come to me, becasue they will charge 70% more then me.
i am straight forward, i do not make my services or products less expensive so the average schmo can hire me.if you want to hire me you will pay what i am asking, and most importantly i don't let the customers run my business, i was in micheals the other day i saw a lady throwing a fit over the fact the picture was not done, and she had a party and so forth, she wanted the project for free and wanted this and wanted that, guess what, she mad such a stink the manager gave her a 300.00 set up for FREE.......that is bad business, not only will she never probably shop thier again, but she will bad mouth you and your employees all day long, and guess what, it cost them 300.00 for bad publicity, they should have offered to make it right, or take the picture out and give her the money back, stupid behavior goes on all day long in business, all you are doing is bending over for them, and loosing money. this is no different then custom home building or construction, and should be treated as such.....that is my opinion.
 
Why is this buried in a thread all the way down in this forum? Sometimes the truth is painful, it takes a real innovator to have the guts to tell it like it is, there are some real golden nuggets of information here, this needs to be in the business forum.......
 
Sorry to Frankenthread, but I have a 10X12 deck I will sell for a quarter mil. I have almost that much in it in deck screws and labor.

Also, I will let Ron's house go for $350,000. $500,000 if he moves out first.
 
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