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Title: magic formula to a successful business
Post by: darren clarke on August 20, 2010, 12:38:30 am
this isnt having a go at any one, but there seems to be a lot of newbies lately on here and out whilst i am work starting up, asking for advice and then not following it

there is a magic fornula to have a successful business

1 knock doors and get custy
2 get paid and come back 4 weeks later
3 repeat 1 and 2 till you have enough custys
4 dont go and blow 6 grand on a ionics system if you dont have any custys, start of with a diy system and then upgrade

this business has been done this way for years,  find some one who is successful and copy them, 
Title: Re: magic formula to a sucessful business
Post by: mci services on August 20, 2010, 12:41:13 am
 ;D

thats about it ;) summed up easiest business in  the world
Title: Re: magic formula to a successful business
Post by: MNWC on August 20, 2010, 07:29:10 am
correct

some people are just not like that
Title: Re: magic formula to a successful business
Post by: leights on August 20, 2010, 07:41:12 am
if i was tol blow 6 k on a machine again it would be with brodex, awsome machines best warranty, no come backs.

my formula= knock doors leads to hefty bank ballance leads to brodex getting rich leads to my company getting bigger leads to staff knocking doors leads to even bigger bank ballance leads to awsome xmas partys on me, leading to starting all over again on each day finaly leads to my family being very happy which brings me very neatly on to leading my way to mexico next week for 3 weeks whilst staff clean.... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: magic formula to a successful business
Post by: Sam Davies on August 20, 2010, 07:52:37 am
Happy days
Title: Re: magic formula to a successful business
Post by: jsm on August 20, 2010, 08:17:10 am
Top tip - dont buy a vaxhall vivaro like Gave of CCC did - its been of the road for 9 weeks - bag of poope lol
Title: Re: magic formula to a successful business
Post by: leights on August 20, 2010, 02:40:57 pm
really im might be buying a 10 plate in nov, y whats wrong with them
Title: Re: magic formula to a successful business
Post by: darren clarke on August 20, 2010, 02:56:41 pm
A lot of people have probs with vivaro, isnt the clutch crap on them
Title: Re: magic formula to a successful business
Post by: Count Phil on August 20, 2010, 03:15:18 pm
Read online user reviews on the vivaro. then avoid like the plague. Toyota all the way. Read the online reviews.
Title: Re: magic formula to a successful business
Post by: ronnie paton on August 20, 2010, 06:40:17 pm
i have a vivaro 52plate and 56 plate traffi no problems with either
Title: Re: magic formula to a successful business
Post by: Steve_c on August 20, 2010, 09:04:02 pm
if i was tol blow 6 k on a machine again it would be with brodex, awsome machines best warranty, no come backs.

my formula= knock doors leads to hefty bank ballance leads to brodex getting rich leads to my company getting bigger leads to staff knocking doors leads to even bigger bank ballance leads to awsome xmas partys on me, leading to starting all over again on each day finaly leads to my family being very happy which brings me very neatly on to leading my way to mexico next week for 3 weeks whilst staff clean.... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

I thought you were in the process of buying a 1000 lts pro 7 thermopure.
Title: Re: magic formula to a successful business
Post by: LWC on August 20, 2010, 09:22:15 pm
You cant clean windows without a ionics system! Are you guys crazy? You guys know nothing
Title: Re: magic formula to a successful business
Post by: Spruce on August 21, 2010, 10:42:09 am
i have a vivaro 52plate and 56 plate traffi no problems with either

Hi Ronnie,
I haven't got a Vivaro myself but know 3 customers who have them and they haven't experienced any of the issues some of the guy's on here have reported. Whilst that doesn't bring any consolation to those who have experienced problems, the problem is that we never get to see the whole picture. In other words, how many vehicles have a certain problem compared to those that don't.

As many of you know I worked for Bosch Power Tools in South Africa for many years in the After Sales Service division. We had a Service workshop in Johannesburg and had one technician repairing angle grinders virtually full time. One day I was wandering around the workshop and this technician said to me that he felt Bosch Angle Grinders where rubbish (he used a different expression) and if he were to buy an angle grinder it would never be a Bosch. When I asked him why he felt that way his answer was from the number of machines he repaired all day.
In South Africa it was widely recognised that Bosch had the best value for money grinder on the market. Metabo was better, but was much more expensive, so this came as an eye-opener for me. This techinician only saw a piece of the jigsaw which affected his motivation. It was only when we put a list of new product sales on the notice board every month and compared them to the number of repairs with a percentage against sales that their perception changed.

By the way, one of those 3 customers of mine had his turbo 'blowup'. He couldn't switch the engine off as the engine was running on its own oil. He stuck the van in 6th gear and stalled the engine on the brakes. New turbo fitted and everything was fine again. Haven't heard anyone complaining of a blown turbo on this site as far as I can remember.

Spruce
 
Title: Re: magic formula to a successful business
Post by: LWC on August 21, 2010, 12:14:53 pm
I had a 52 plate Vivaro, no problems here.
Title: Re: magic formula to a successful business
Post by: Darren O on August 21, 2010, 01:04:53 pm
Ive got a Nissan Primaster and iam coming to the end of my 4 year lease i had to replace the clutch at 28,000 miles dont no if i was just unlucky but apart from that and some dodgy electrics its been a good van iam even thinking of buying it from the leasing company i can get it for £4750+vat and its only done 34,000 mile either that or buy a transit.
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Post by: giovanni on August 21, 2010, 01:17:26 pm
i have a 55 plate vivaro no probs , i think its brill at momen , touch wood.
Title: Re: magic formula to a successful business
Post by: Paul Coleman on August 21, 2010, 01:28:53 pm
I have an 03 plate Trafic.
I have had a few things go wrong sooner than they should have (most notably gearbox at 39,000 under warranty and steering pump around 54,000) but overall it hasn't been too awful.  Maybe I would feel differently if I had had to pay for the gearbox.