ironplanet uk900 Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Ask your very good friend, if he does mind, then you have to decide how good a friend he is and whether the shop means more than the friendship. Other than that its nobody elses business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobblers Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 aye, what he said or, if you need staff why not offer yer mate a job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest smurf Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 He does mind its just the moral side of things upsetting me, just not sure its the done thingthanks anyway sounds to me like you are not going to have this good friend anymore if you do this,, its worse than selling out to timpsons, then opening up across the road from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 If this person is a good friend this question would not enter your head. Should I open or not I personally value my friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest darrenbooth Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 what,s his wife look like maybe you could take her of his hands as well.don,t be a ----.lifes too short Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windycity Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 NICE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Key Wizard Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Ask yourself this.... If your mate had the same dilemma, would he open in competition with you? Remember the saying, "You have no friends in business" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofatbyfar Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 i am glad you aint my mate,,, why dont you try and close the deal before xmas,, it will make a nice present for him,, is it just me, or are you trying to wind everyone up on the forum by putting such tosh on here,, keep it to yourself, if thats the sort of person you are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Tel, Just reminded me that. There was a fella used to own a sweet stall next to us. He was a right manky sod, scratched the sell by dates off stuff coz his shop was overloaded with stock and he couldn't rotate. He would even take his kettle upstairs to boil it in the toilets rather than use his own electric! He once told me off for being overkind to an old lady by putting a free sole on her shoes. She had been bringing the same shoes to us for years but had fallen on hard times. She couldn't afford a new pair so as a gesture of goodwill, we put them back to new and only charged for the heels. She was overwhelmed but the guy next door didn't see the point and attempted to enforce his opinion with the term 'There's no sentiment in business' Funny thing - he was caught by a cleaner stealing stock off another business to sell on his shop. Quite rightly the market office booted him out. I reminded him of his own saying when he tried to flog us some stock!! Cheeky robbing git. Sorry to hijack the thread, had to tell ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dogbar Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 tofatbyfar, that was a little offensive. I think he was only after some advice on the matter. Wheres your Christmas spirit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k4mrc Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 business is business... BUT - if 'a friend' opened near me, i'd do my upmost to make life as hard for them as i could! friends dont s**te on friends! we all need good friends from time to time, so dont be an ass and lose one, it might cause you more headaches than you ever had, and you wont be able to turn to one 'old friend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windycity Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 "tofatbyfar, that was a little offensive. I think he was only after some advice on the matter. Wheres your Christmas spirit" how the ***k do you need advice on this, as for christmas spirit i'd buy the biggest tree and throw through his locked shop door with as much of christmas spirit as i could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 I have a problem, I have one shop and am thinking of opening another in a fantastic location, BUT I have a good friend whose an independent who has a shop very close by .Should I open or not, Some sound advice would be helpful You've spelt "Dilemma" wrong :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Key Wizard Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 opted not to Chicken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Key Wizard Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 if i hadnt known this other independent would it of been ok to open up a few doors away? You should have quoted:- If I hadn't known this other independent, I would have opened a few doors away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny King Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Hi, Sorry but can I ask as this is annoying me? I have one shop and am thinking of opening another in a fantastic location, BUT I have a good friend whose an independent who has a shop very close by If there is already a shop very near this postion is there room for 2 of you? Or do you feel your friend isn't making the most of his location? If you do decide togo for it, You will lose your friend and other people who know about what you did might not be as friendly as before. Just my thoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny King Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 MMMM not sure, I opened my new shop in town where there was an independant. He is off the high street at the other end of town, My shop is on the high street. Did I feel guilty about this in a word no. He is lazy and was not making the most of what he has, He left it wide open for someone else to come in. So I did As Tel says business is business Depends if you want to sleep at night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Key Wizard Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 He left it wide open for someone else to come in. So I did As Tel says business is business Depends if you want to sleep at night You'd sleep alot better with another turnover coming in. is that acceptable, are there codes that independents have etc, Acceptable YES, Codes NO although I'm not sure what you mean by codes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithm Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Code Red Son, we live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and curse the Marines; you have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives and that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use then as the backbone of a life trying to defend something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you," and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest that you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windycity Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 keith were you in the SAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithm Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Yep, the Stick-A-Sole brigade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algsoul Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Edited Please refer to site rules and abide by them! carry on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Key Wizard Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 EditedPlease refer to site rules and abide by them! carry on! Joe, you haven't edited the posting but deleted it, If it was edited then most of the content would still be there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 If the guy is such a good freind why not operate the shop as a dual venture. That way you still keep your freind and you both get an income. Would stop someone else opening up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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