it would make a very good business for someone but ive just grown to hate the place...

thanks hun!
its not just the money, i can manage on that, its just a case of the customers attitides round here is shocking, its a small out of town area, and they are mostly inbred...but they talk to you as though you are something you scraped off your shoe but god forbid you be anything other than exceedingly polite otherwise come sunday coffe morning they decide they will boycott you for being rude!
thanks, i hope someone will....i have kept it going about the same as it was when i bought it so i should fetch the same kinda money....

i would do but the average age is about 80 and they arenot romantic in the least!
so do i!
ta mate just another £62'999.50 to go!
i always knew january was quiet, i fully expected that...im just not enjoying it...

Have you thought of selling something different, that might help.
Sorry hun but at least you gave it a go.

they are very set in their ways here! they dont even like that i have bought the place! haha!

wot will you do instead

Oh dear, and you haven't had it that long have you??? Did you buy it on a lease then? In which case you're probably stuck with the lease for the amount of time stated, be it one year or 5, as it's very difficult to sub-let on a lease, and if you hand in the keys and walk away you'll still have to pay the rent for the remaining lease. I suggest you get that lease out and check it out!

If you bought it with cash, then it's going to be even more difficult to sell it on in the current climate, (property has been static and reducing by up to 25% in some areas!) plus you haven't increased the value of it by way of increasing the net profit by the sounds of it either? Oh dear, I wouldn't like to be in your shoes. I do hope this is easier than I'm thinking!

I think there might be more involved here than you're thinking, unless somebody just said to you when you took it on, "hey, have my shop I don't want it anymore" and you just stepped in free of charge, and then you can just give them the keys back can't you!

I've run businesses for over 30 years and believe me it's very hard at the start, and evenings and week-ends go out the door, but you have to build things up, work hard, give up all your social life and put all your efforts into it, and then you can reap your rewards! For the first year in a business you're lucky to take any wages, let alone £2.93 per hour! Hopefully, at the end of the first year you should be raking it in, and you can see that all your efforts have been worthwhile. Maybe I was just lucky!

If you've got a lease, then dig it out and read it thoroughly!

Get rid and get out darling. Hope you find other income avenues....... x0x

Have you thought about courier work to Ireland?

*legs it*

well, me and oh have wanted to start a family for a while, and he has just started a pet food delivery thing and ebaying stuff like collars, leads treats etc...

we looked at his wage and anything else we get and we can manage on his wage and WFTC if we have a child and i stay home...

this way i can do his ebay orders and deliver pet food for him (it most likely will only be about 4-5 deliveries a week) so this money would be an extra..

I would stay at home till baba is about 3 by which time i would have liked to do loads of grooming training and do a bit of that as well....

Ive always been a homebody and enjoy looking after him and would like to do so a baba...

Now im not mad i know this takes ALOT of work i have looked after babies before...

and i know we would also be tight on cash but in all honesty for my own spends i can manage fiine on £10 a week..

I know it can take ages to get pregnant, so i wouldnt out the shop on the market till i saw the two blue lines!

it just seems the right timing...

my lease is a 12 yr lease but is fine to sell on with the shop i made sure of that!

i have increased the assets of the company..as i was left with Skeleton stock so its cost me loads to get fully stocked again...

its a great shop finance wise with ebay,web and the shop itself hs some very loyal bear customers who spend 2-300 a time

Well if it's so great finance wise, how come you're moaning about the wages you can take??? I don't see it???

IN that case, you'll be showing an excellent turnover and net profit and will sell it quickly then when the time comes - no problemo!

coz ive been ploughing the extra money into stock