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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LostDutchman, post: 763831, member: 16994&quot;]In this buisness selling is the easy part. I can make a phone call and sell my entire shop inventory in a day. </p><p><br /></p><p>Buying is where you make your money. And you have to have the capital available to purchased the &quot;big stuff&quot; when it comes in as you make more money on that stuff. Don&#039;t get me wrong walk in sales are important but I would bet that our sales to the general public are far less then %20 of our total sales. Traveling show dealers make up the vast majority of our sales. Whether they come into the shop or I travel to major shows to see them. They have big pocketbooks and are not afraid to spend money moving the stuff is important. An example of the big stuff. Yesterday I had a mostly BU roll of St. Gaudens $20&#039;s walk in... You have to have $30-50k on hand at most times... or you&#039;ll miss out.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Our shop expenses are dramatic. </p><p><br /></p><p>Advertising, Rent, Utilities, Employee pay, insurance, Subscriptions to publications... these are all necessary and reoccurring bills. I would guess that those expenses cost us alone more then $60k a year with advertising alone at more then $15,000 a year. Not to mention things like show fees if you do them... travel if you do it...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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