Should AJ Open Crazy AJ's?
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@Dashrender said:
300 buses or 300 pictures?
That should have been 300 pictures of Panama or 300 pictures of buses in Panama?
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Came across this shop whilst on holiday in Shropshire earlier this week and thought of this thread:
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That's now how I was picturing Crazy AJ's
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@scottalanmiller said:
That's now how I was picturing Crazy AJ's
Not me.. I expect a huge flashing sign with his face on it....
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I still think that central Panama is an ideal place for this, although being farther north in Nicaragua I see a need here too. In Panama the needs are much more around "fixing" and "selling" computers. Up here it is much more around Internet cafes. He could run a business providing Internet, training and maybe hosting video game parties or something. Not nearly as much money to be made, but the cost of living is SO much lower.
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@scottalanmiller yup, buy some surplus pallets of computers and fix em up on the cheap to sell to the locals.
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@MattSpeller Import issues?
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@dafyre said:
@MattSpeller Import issues?
This was the main concern I had.. where was he going to get inventory from?
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@dafyre said:
@MattSpeller Import issues?
In Panama? You can literally get anything there. Literally, more than in the US for sure. It's the world's trading country. Anything you could ever want is available in Panama.
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if anyone know Portabello Row from Bedknobs and Brooksticks, that song is about Panama.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@dafyre said:
@MattSpeller Import issues?
In Panama? You can literally get anything there. Literally, more than in the US for sure. It's the world's trading country. Anything you could ever want is available in Panama.
I'll have to take your word for it...
If PC's can be had so easily there, then why isn't there already a shop setup to handle this for people?
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@dafyre said:
@MattSpeller Import issues?
In Panama? You can literally get anything there. Literally, more than in the US for sure. It's the world's trading country. Anything you could ever want is available in Panama.
I'll have to take your word for it...
If PC's can be had so easily there, then why isn't there already a shop setup to handle this for people?
No one who knows how to work on them.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@dafyre said:
@MattSpeller Import issues?
In Panama? You can literally get anything there. Literally, more than in the US for sure. It's the world's trading country. Anything you could ever want is available in Panama.
I'll have to take your word for it...
If PC's can be had so easily there, then why isn't there already a shop setup to handle this for people?
No one who knows how to work on them.
So you're saying I've got an in and a chance to corner the market?
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More or less. @Bob-Beatty and @pchiodo and I were discussing this while we were there, what a need there was for this stuff as we drove around and could not find any resources for this kind of stuff. There is a need and a gap.
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Like I've said somewhere, maybe not in this thread, you would need to handle end user computing device repair, sell peripherals and stuff (mice, keyboards, web cams, the basics) and the big one.... work on Android and iPhones.
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@scottalanmiller said:
More or less. @Bob-Beatty and @pchiodo and I were discussing this while we were there, what a need there was for this stuff as we drove around and could not find any resources for this kind of stuff. There is a need and a gap.
So, hypothetically, if I wanted to have enough capital to get my life setup there (as in live there) and actually open one of these places, what are we talking in terms of numbers?
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@thanksajdotcom said:
So, hypothetically, if I wanted to have enough capital to get my life setup there (as in live there) and actually open one of these places, what are we talking in terms of numbers?
Well to start... Nicaragua VERY little, Panama MUCH more.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Like I've said somewhere, maybe not in this thread, you would need to handle end user computing device repair, sell peripherals and stuff (mice, keyboards, web cams, the basics) and the big one.... work on Android and iPhones.
Yeah, the screen replacements on Android and iPhones is not something I've done. I also hate tiny work like that...my hands aren't so good at that...
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
So, hypothetically, if I wanted to have enough capital to get my life setup there (as in live there) and actually open one of these places, what are we talking in terms of numbers?
Well to start... Nicaragua VERY little, Panama MUCH more.
Ok, so if we started in Nicaragua, enough to live reasonably comfortably, open the store (all the fees associated with that) and to get a small inventory to start with....ideas?
