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dave d



Joined: 03 Jul 2005
Posts: 52
Location: somerset
PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 05 9:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

i,d love to make more of the dove cotes for about 150 pounds but i doubt anyone would want to pay that amount even though they cost 400 in the garden centres wot do you all think

nettie



Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk
PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 05 9:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Go for it Dave - how about making one and taking commissions?

Madman -love the John Major quote!!

Lloyd



Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 05 10:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Ta, Nettie!...Dave, they sell them at that price because they CAN sell them at that price!.....My mate Paul makes chicken coops that would cost �250 in a garden centre to the same quality, and sells for �130. I bought one off him. He makes and sells one a day!

They cost about �30 in materials so you can work out his income from that.

tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45670
Location: Essex
PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 05 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dave d wrote:
i,d love to make more of the dove cotes for about 150 pounds but i doubt anyone would want to pay that amount even though they cost 400 in the garden centres wot do you all think


If you decide to start production remember you can advertise for free here.

Kirstie



Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Posts: 94
Location: Scotland
PostPosted: Fri Jul 15, 05 8:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

There is definatly a market out there for all sorts of wood items, my son makes hutches, coops, kennels etc and a local feed merchant, chain of pet shops buy them off him, he fell into this quite by accident by commenting on some workmanship on a kennel that was in one of the shops, we know the owner so he was discussing it with us, then he asked my son to make him some items and ever since has bought them off him. A very enterprising sixteen year old!

tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45670
Location: Essex
PostPosted: Fri Jul 15, 05 9:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Somebody I know used to make rabbit hutches when he was 14, he's a multimillionaire now, Aston, private plane, the lot. Nice bloke too.

Lloyd



Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 05 11:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

My first flying lesson is tomorrow......

tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45670
Location: Essex
PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 05 9:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Madman wrote:
My first flying lesson is tomorrow......


But you're not a nice bloke

Andy B



Joined: 12 Jan 2005
Posts: 3920
Location: Brum
PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 05 9:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

tahir wrote:
Somebody I know used to make rabbit hutches when he was 14, he's a multimillionaire now, Aston, private plane, the lot. Nice bloke too.


Thats a lot of rabbit hutches, must be one heck of a salesman!

tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45670
Location: Essex
PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 05 9:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Andy B wrote:
Thats a lot of rabbit hutches, must be one heck of a salesman!


That's where you're going wrong Andy, the trick is to move on

Lloyd



Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 05 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Madman wrote:
My first flying lesson is tomorrow......


Five hours to go.......................

tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45670
Location: Essex
PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 05 11:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Madman wrote:
Five hours to go.......................


Have fun

Lloyd



Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 05 10:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

And did I!!!!!!!.....WOOOOOAAAAAHHHH!!!!!.....Bloody brilliant!...wore my waterproof boxers, but it was just fab!...went over my house and wood at 95 mph, dropped to 200 feet over house to shout to wifey, then back up to 1500 ft. Amazing!

tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45670
Location: Essex
PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 05 9:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Came back from Milan with the guy I mentioned in his twin engined something or other, it's amazing the views you get, you fly so much lower.

dave d



Joined: 03 Jul 2005
Posts: 52
Location: somerset
PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 05 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

how do i go about selling on the trading post tried it but did,nt seem to manage it

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