Paul001
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I, like several here, buy/rebuild/recondition/strip/part out and then resale. I've done it as a hobby/side line for along time. With the recient number of folks thinking about getting into it a bit, I sat down and ran some numbers.
I stopped about half way through, as I didn't want to see what the actual profit margin was (I already know it's low), as I thought it might make for an interesting thread.
Do a build up, not one of the, been sitting on the shelf waiting till I had a little time honey hole saws...but an honest to goodness picked up off ebay/CL and I'm gonna rebuild it and make a few bucks saws.
I don't expect the write up to be a how to guide filled with tech notes and details plus lots of secret how too's...we've got lots of those threads. Just a basic rebuild, step by step...but on the clock and expensed out. Lets see exactly how long a home brew rebuild takes and exactly how much all the little incidentals actually add up to.
Follow up with a tracking, number of e-mail exchanges, visit scheduled, visits actually made, and finial sell price.
Wrap it up with a spread sheet and see what the numbers really look like.
Now, if you're like me...I'm not sure I want to see those numbers. McD's might make alot more sense onces the pencil hits the paper.
Thoughts?
I stopped about half way through, as I didn't want to see what the actual profit margin was (I already know it's low), as I thought it might make for an interesting thread.
Do a build up, not one of the, been sitting on the shelf waiting till I had a little time honey hole saws...but an honest to goodness picked up off ebay/CL and I'm gonna rebuild it and make a few bucks saws.
I don't expect the write up to be a how to guide filled with tech notes and details plus lots of secret how too's...we've got lots of those threads. Just a basic rebuild, step by step...but on the clock and expensed out. Lets see exactly how long a home brew rebuild takes and exactly how much all the little incidentals actually add up to.
Follow up with a tracking, number of e-mail exchanges, visit scheduled, visits actually made, and finial sell price.
Wrap it up with a spread sheet and see what the numbers really look like.
Now, if you're like me...I'm not sure I want to see those numbers. McD's might make alot more sense onces the pencil hits the paper.
Thoughts?