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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 1861223, member: 36230"]If I were in your shoes, the last thing I would be worrying about is using my business to skirt paying tax on personal purchases. Beyond this, it seems as if you're again putting the cart before the horse (and jumping in face first), but since you've so slyly announced your (present) business venture, perhaps you can tell us more of how to plan to market this business and sell your supplies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other than forum or similarly free ads, how are you going to get word out and bring enough business in to make this little venture worthwhile? The $7 advertisement budget didn't cut it for "<i>the future of coin collecting</i>" so hopefully you've lowered your expectations and/or have other plans.</p><p><br /></p><p>What reasons are there for someone to purchase from you over one of the larger, established, and reputable suppliers? Let's say I was in need of coin supplies and was not familiar with the Detecto notoriety... how are you going to get my business away from one of the many, many other retailers of such material? Successful retailing is more than getting a business license and finding a "<i>wholesale</i>" supplier; customers are not going to magically appear and start throwing money at you.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know, Tim... Not to be unsupportive, but we've heard very similar stories before and within a short period of time you're off on some other grand plan. At this point, the most important question is what makes this one any different from <i><u>all</u></i> the others?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 1861223, member: 36230"]If I were in your shoes, the last thing I would be worrying about is using my business to skirt paying tax on personal purchases. Beyond this, it seems as if you're again putting the cart before the horse (and jumping in face first), but since you've so slyly announced your (present) business venture, perhaps you can tell us more of how to plan to market this business and sell your supplies. Other than forum or similarly free ads, how are you going to get word out and bring enough business in to make this little venture worthwhile? The $7 advertisement budget didn't cut it for "[I]the future of coin collecting[/I]" so hopefully you've lowered your expectations and/or have other plans. What reasons are there for someone to purchase from you over one of the larger, established, and reputable suppliers? Let's say I was in need of coin supplies and was not familiar with the Detecto notoriety... how are you going to get my business away from one of the many, many other retailers of such material? Successful retailing is more than getting a business license and finding a "[I]wholesale[/I]" supplier; customers are not going to magically appear and start throwing money at you. I don't know, Tim... Not to be unsupportive, but we've heard very similar stories before and within a short period of time you're off on some other grand plan. At this point, the most important question is what makes this one any different from [I][U]all[/U][/I] the others?[/QUOTE]
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