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<blockquote data-quote="Nighthawk" data-source="post: 1847134" data-attributes="member: 3906"><p>It can be a money maker for brick and mortar stores. Which I and many other have considered. </p><p></p><p>First you shut down your brick and mortar store, not being open to the public any more. </p><p>Move it all to your warehouse, or garage depending on how big your business is. </p><p>Fire all employees, except your self. </p><p>If you have not already, create a killer web site where people can order on line.</p><p>Pay the extra to advertize with some of the big magazines, and other web sites. </p><p>Work out with UPS and others a pick up zone at you location. </p><p>Purchase packing material. </p><p>Start working easy hours with the orders that come in and packing and shipping. </p><p></p><p>1. You now do not have to pay the money for rent, elect, water, sewer, personal property tax etc.</p><p>2. You now do not have to deal with people handling, playing with, dry firing, racking back the slide, or even taking apart and new weapon saying this is a good deal and not purchasing.</p><p>3. You do not have to worry about shop lifters.</p><p>4. You do not have to pay employees, fill out forms, and worry about employee theft.</p><p>5. You do not have to deal with the public, other than on line. Or the ones that want to just talk and purchases nothing.</p><p>6. you are open 24 hours, if you are at you computer or not.</p><p>7. Many stores do not even keep an inventory, if you order something, it is drop shipped from the manufactuer or distributor, less out of pocket expense in inventory. The customer may have to wait, but hell who cares, you have their money, and don't have to use yours.</p><p>8. You can sell seconds or blems for a new price, because the customer does not see the product until they get it, and you can make it hard to get a refund, making that customer jump through many hoops, you have their money, let them work to get it back.</p><p></p><p>Yes many stores consider this every day, and many are making the switch. </p><p></p><p>Wouldn’t it be nice to drive down the street and not see any retail shops any more, just fast food, barber shops, and gas stations. We could all stay home, eat, watch TV communicate with others and order off the internet. The streets will look like some of these small towns that have lost all their stores to thrift shops. But that is cool, because you do not have to leave your home anymore to see it.</p><p></p><p>This would also be a good thing for our Gov. Making their job easer, they would be able to track us and know where we are at all times. They do with several of us already, posting how we feel, where we go, what we are going to purchase on face book. </p><p></p><p>What a great idea, if they only knew this is what it would turn out to be when the internet was created, they would have been looking at it as a cash cow.</p><p></p><p>So when you see one brick and motor store after another, going out of business, and you had a part in it, you should jump up and down saying hooray for the home team, another one bits the dust, hell who needs them! </p><p></p><p>MF</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nighthawk, post: 1847134, member: 3906"] It can be a money maker for brick and mortar stores. Which I and many other have considered. First you shut down your brick and mortar store, not being open to the public any more. Move it all to your warehouse, or garage depending on how big your business is. Fire all employees, except your self. If you have not already, create a killer web site where people can order on line. Pay the extra to advertize with some of the big magazines, and other web sites. Work out with UPS and others a pick up zone at you location. Purchase packing material. Start working easy hours with the orders that come in and packing and shipping. 1. You now do not have to pay the money for rent, elect, water, sewer, personal property tax etc. 2. You now do not have to deal with people handling, playing with, dry firing, racking back the slide, or even taking apart and new weapon saying this is a good deal and not purchasing. 3. You do not have to worry about shop lifters. 4. You do not have to pay employees, fill out forms, and worry about employee theft. 5. You do not have to deal with the public, other than on line. Or the ones that want to just talk and purchases nothing. 6. you are open 24 hours, if you are at you computer or not. 7. Many stores do not even keep an inventory, if you order something, it is drop shipped from the manufactuer or distributor, less out of pocket expense in inventory. The customer may have to wait, but hell who cares, you have their money, and don't have to use yours. 8. You can sell seconds or blems for a new price, because the customer does not see the product until they get it, and you can make it hard to get a refund, making that customer jump through many hoops, you have their money, let them work to get it back. Yes many stores consider this every day, and many are making the switch. Wouldn’t it be nice to drive down the street and not see any retail shops any more, just fast food, barber shops, and gas stations. We could all stay home, eat, watch TV communicate with others and order off the internet. The streets will look like some of these small towns that have lost all their stores to thrift shops. But that is cool, because you do not have to leave your home anymore to see it. This would also be a good thing for our Gov. Making their job easer, they would be able to track us and know where we are at all times. They do with several of us already, posting how we feel, where we go, what we are going to purchase on face book. What a great idea, if they only knew this is what it would turn out to be when the internet was created, they would have been looking at it as a cash cow. So when you see one brick and motor store after another, going out of business, and you had a part in it, you should jump up and down saying hooray for the home team, another one bits the dust, hell who needs them! MF [/QUOTE]
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