Small business, B&M retail is just about the worst business to be in right now. People talk about restaurants being worse; I disagree. B&M retail you’re competing literally globally. Food, you’re competing with people within 10 miles, often less.
At this point unless you have a real advantage; I wouldn’t recommend to anyone to open a B&M retail store.
Businesses fail often. People say it all the time but very few people listen.
The question you have to genuinely ask yourself is: How hard are you working at your business everyday? Are you putting in 4-6 hours a day to make it work? Or did you put in 4 hours one day and expect stuff to just magically happen? My typical work day is me working consistently 7 hours a day. Some days it’s more. Some days it’s less. Most days I work 7 hours consistently. 7 hours is not a lot for many business owners. Some are grinding 10-12 hours a day between various things.
So if you’re not grinding at your business, consistently putting in 4-6 hours a day, then maybe you have to consider the reason things aren’t working as you expected is simply because you had unrealistic expectations going into things.
There’s nothing wrong with that either. I did that with an adjacent business I tried. It happens. But it doesn’t mean you’re a failure either. Just means you’re unwilling to invest the time necessary to make the business successful. That’s a choice, not a failure.
People are dumb. They’re asking for terms. When they ask for “invoice”. You just respond “We invoice all orders. But we do require payment to proceed with an order. You can either pay via credit card or via bank transfer. We like to have this noted on your file because otherwise we have to ask every time you place an order.”
A lot of people are just dumb OR they’re so used to dealing with vendors they have long relationships with that they forget or are unaware that steps were done when that account was open.
Did all of the Japanese companies get together and agree not to build EVs that are any good? I mean the Leaf is okay for what it is, but beyond that, it’s as if they’re trying to fail.
Nope. Wireless charging is too inefficient for me. On a cell phone or a tablet it’s not the end of the world, but on an EV charging at 6-7kWh, it’s a huge waste of energy.
Tell her to go ahead and sue you.
The Japanese companies don’t want to go EV. Not sure why, but they don’t.
Chinese and Korean Companies are all in. German companies are heading that direction.
US companies are mixed. Obviously we have Tesla, Rivian, and Lucid being all EV, but companies like Ford and GM are struggling with the changeover. I think GM and Ford struggle more because of their company culture and structure than anything else. Both GM and Ford have made some very bullish claims about EVs and their intention to prioritize it. They just don’t seem able to get it all together, but that’s not exactly something new for either company. Both are well known for being a bit of a mess with lots of unnecessary bureaucracy.
Return and rebuy is a normal thing. Unless you have a clause against this, you should honor it.
With that said, you should change your return policy to state customers are not allow to rebuy the same item unless it’s returned in brand new, unopened condition.
The problem with the current situation is both sides decided to walk away from each other instead of towards each other.
So where 15 years ago, sitting down and figuring something out was on the agenda, now the agenda is genocide.
I don’t see this ending well for anyone, but it’s also pretty clear it’s going to end a lot worse for the Palestinians.
Bobby was a good goal scorer though. He may have not been elite, but he was a reliable goal scorer.
I’ve helped a lot of people on various subreddits. Whenever I post something asking for help, I get 1-2 replies typically. Reddit is what it is. Just accept it.
I’ll give my opinion on the matter. All car companies suck. I’ve worked with Hyundai, Kia, Honda, Chevy, and now Tesla. All of them suck.
I am/was trying to pull off a last minute purchase of a Tesla last night and while it wasn’t completely their fault, their statements are baffling. They basically told me they don’t have to follow the states rules because they’re Tesla. Today, they’re kind of walking back on that statement.
I spent 2 hours on the phone with GM financial trying to buy out my lease. They add tax on. There’s no tax on EVs in my state. They couldn’t figure that out. I said “Well, reach out to someone to fix it.” They can’t. They claim to be an insulated department and I have to deal with a dealer (who wants to charge $500 fee to do the buyout) or call corporate who will maybe do something.
They all suck. They all just change the rules and do whatever and offer awful service at some point.
I should probably add, I’m too poor to deal with premium brands so maybe they’re a bit better, but I doubt it.
I’m not going to lie. I have a b&m retail/service store and I hate b&m for these sorts of reasons.
With that said, their target audience potentially is not you. It’s people who are available to visit them during the day. People that need their services and are willing to carve out time to visit them.
We used to be open on Saturdays to make people’s lives a bit easier. Frankly, I don’t miss it one bit. All it did was accommodate my worst customers. My good customers always picked up during the week during business hours. So we stopped and while I’m sure I could squeeze some money out of those days, it’s blood money.
I’m not going to lie. I have a b&m retail/service store and I hate b&m for these sorts of reasons.
With that said, their target audience potentially is not you. It’s people who are available to visit them during the day. People that need their services and are willing to carve out time to visit them.
We used to be open on Saturdays to make people’s lives a bit easier. Frankly, I don’t miss it one bit. All it did was accommodate my worst customers. My good customers always picked up during the week during business hours. So we stopped and while I’m sure I could squeeze some money out of those days, it’s blood money.
Ebikes are huge for developing countries or people can’t afford or are unable to buy a car.
If I didn’t have a 45mi round trip commute, I’d absolutely consider getting one.
For those who are doubting, here is the location.
You can either do it or say “Sorry, we don’t provide itemized invoices.”
Itemized invoices is a way for people to nickle and dime you. They see you’re charging $200 for a part that’s on Amazon for $75 and then try to negotiate a lower price or tell you they’ll order the part and have it waiting for you.
Big picture it’s all about how you want to run your business.
People keep saying this but then they don’t sell.
Consumers want bigger and nicer.
Most manufacturers have 1-2 EVs and 8-10 ICE options.
He’s at the casino washing cash.