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[QUOTE="marcv125, post: 343055, member: 25448"] Well i work at a package store, yes i am 17 and work at a package store, but my aunt owns it so it is legal for me to work there, but anyways i am learning a lot about owning a buisness. First of all be prepared to work a lot of hours. She is down there 60 hours a week. I am only down there for 30 a week and i think this is a lot. 2) dealing with the public. It may be worse in a package store but you have to deal with people in a respectable manner. Yes once in a while you will have an ignorant customer,that will just argue and argue about something and wont stop, but what she taught me is to stay calm and just talk to him/her in a calm manner. 3) now to the buisness part. IMHO she sells her goods at a very low cost. She sells beer at legal minimum which pretty much means she is making nothing on beer. She says she is only making 5 cents on each case. But where she makes all of her money is on wines and more expensive things. If you sell something that is very popular for cheap you will have a lot of customers, which means more people will be in your store to shop around. You need to take away business from your competition so low prices will do this. 4) She gets all of her things from the actual company. I think this is the way to go with anything. Lets say pre-mix. If you buy a lot of pre-mix at a time lets say from Maxima. they will most likely give you invoice price. So then you take the invoice price and make it whatever you want but you wont want to raise it that much. You know what i mean. I would say buy all of your products from the actual company. I think this would be your best bet. 5)Getting started: Well it was actually my uncles store but he recently passed awat so i am really not sure how he started out the buisiness. Sorry. I am going to college to figure this part out. 6)Presentable store: We always make sure the store looks presentable and clean. There is nothing worse IMHO than walking into a dirty store. I hate this. If you want people to keep coming back havea nice store. 7) Make sure you have trust worthy help. If it a family owned buisiness you wont have to worry. But if it is not who knows what they can be doing behind your back. That is mostly why my aunt stays at the store so much. She really doesnt trust the help all that much. 8) Have fun: Owning a buisiness should be a fun experiance. Make money and have fun man!! Hey i am only 17 but am learning a lot fast about owning a business. Someone else might have a lot better info but this is the best i can do . Hope this helps. Marc [/QUOTE]
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