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so i had my first day of trading today.......

Neiliboy (Elite) posted this on Monday, 5th December 2005, 16:58

....and it was absolutly rubbish. :(

Was up at 2am....back breaking work lugging boxes around driving all day and quite literally banging on peoples doors.....i`m feeling really disheartened...........

I`m telling myself that you gotta start somewhere and the only way is up right? :/
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Companies that have p**sed me off so much that I will never use them again and I hope you dont either....
Alloy Bodies of Manchester - The Grand Daddy & Benchmark for shockingly poor customer service.
Capital Bank Leasing who are part of BOS & are f**ing useless & struggle to action the smallest request but are fantastically efficient at taking money out of my account
Orange Telecom
....more coming soon no doubt.....

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Alan Titherington (Reviewer) posted this on Monday, 5th December 2005, 17:05

yes mate, it`s bound to be difficult to start off witt, but don`t let it get you down. We`re all behind you! (for what it`s worth)

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MADTheOgster (Elite Donator) posted this on Monday, 5th December 2005, 17:05

chin up mate, the only way is up :)



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The original 42pcenter MD (Elite) posted this on Monday, 5th December 2005, 17:26

It is allways difficult at first. It will get better with time when people get to know you. Good luck and as the others say, chin up.

All the best,

Dr 42%er.


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Batavia (Elite) posted this on Monday, 5th December 2005, 17:27

My Dad started in a similar way, and from scratch. It took some time before he became succesful, so keep at it. Tis the way of the world.
Big things have small beginnings, remember.
G`luck.

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Robert Terwilliger (Elite) posted this on Monday, 5th December 2005, 17:28

You have to start somewhere, and the first few weeks are gonna be slow till you get known...all you need is a few customers to tell their friends and before you know it you will have em queueing round the block...word of mouth is the best advertising you can get, but it might take time, you just need to stick with it. Have you done any advertising at all? flyers or an ad in the local paper?

chin up....it can only get better from here :)




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Neiliboy (Elite) posted this on Monday, 5th December 2005, 17:41

I did 3000 flyers which my wife and i delivered ourselves - we had approx 10 enquires come in of which I`ve converted 3 into customers (well I`ve booked appts for them next week i should say). I`ve had an order from a local school which was worth, quite literally, a couple of quid........the websites getting loads of hits but i need to convert more into customers......I have a sneaky plan for tomorrow - just hope it works :/

I made the grand sum of £5 today.........not good :(

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Companies that have p**sed me off so much that I will never use them again and I hope you dont either....
Alloy Bodies of Manchester - The Grand Daddy & Benchmark for shockingly poor customer service.
Capital Bank Leasing who are part of BOS & are f**ing useless & struggle to action the smallest request but are fantastically efficient at taking money out of my account
Orange Telecom
....more coming soon no doubt.....

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BassmanUK (Competent) posted this on Monday, 5th December 2005, 17:48

what is it exactly that you are doing now?

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Nick Shepherd (Elite) posted this on Monday, 5th December 2005, 17:49

Keep your marketing up and consistant, love your customers to death as im sure you are, and people will soon talk about you to all their friends........

As others have said, its always hard working for ones self, as many of us know, and you can`t base it on the first day, so chin up, keep going, and enjoy it!! :)

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Sue Davies (Elite) posted this on Monday, 5th December 2005, 17:53

Remind us what you are doing, where you are doing it etc
I`m sure you`ll find that there are plenty of locals wanting to do business with you!
If I remember correctly its something to do with food
Well the trend is to tell the supermarkets to stuff their overpriced crap so you are coming in at the right time
All the best to you!

Sue Davies


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