New car modification & autospares shop
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thomas_lad
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Happy days, just round the corner from me. hope it takes off for the fella - always good to have a car entusiast round the corner to sell stuff than just an autoparts worker that doesnt give a sh!t about cars
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Rms discount and all that
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Thats that answered then
Good to see something like this coming to Carrick, sick of seeing Chemists and Charity Shops lol
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i am sure, like most of us early to mid 30s on here, who before internet shopping became the norm, we all visited every shop around, made friends, and spent countless hours and days just hanging about the different car accessory shops.
I can remember visiting @Davey@Procar and just hanging about all day, getting the craic, listening to his cheerful tales and his happy demeanour that he always has had from way back in the day, lol (and still does!!!!)
me and @ewok regularly visited Sound in Motion up in Campsie, and I can remember driving to some place outside Culmore in Derry to pick up an RS4 bumper for my B5 model Audi A4, driving to Ali Thompson in Ballymoney to get windows tinted; and wouldn't have thought twice about travelling back in the day.
I really hope this shop works out for your mate @stevensti and there is a whole new breed of modifiers emerge who don't do everything online.
I can remember visiting @Davey@Procar and just hanging about all day, getting the craic, listening to his cheerful tales and his happy demeanour that he always has had from way back in the day, lol (and still does!!!!)
me and @ewok regularly visited Sound in Motion up in Campsie, and I can remember driving to some place outside Culmore in Derry to pick up an RS4 bumper for my B5 model Audi A4, driving to Ali Thompson in Ballymoney to get windows tinted; and wouldn't have thought twice about travelling back in the day.
I really hope this shop works out for your mate @stevensti and there is a whole new breed of modifiers emerge who don't do everything online.
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I think to have a sustainable business he will need to have an online business as well, that offers something different to everyone else. There are huge opportunities if you are selling products that customers want. Unfortunately for shops, a lot of customers check out their stock and then buy it cheaper online.
As I said above, I hope he is successful.
As I said above, I hope he is successful.
Ian A
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All the best to Simon. Fingers crossed it works well for him
shannon1305
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As someone much newer to the game I see this as a great welcome. You can research all day and night to find what you want to order online but dandering into a shop and asking someone who cares is worth it. The piece of mind and second opinion itself would have me in the door. As long as the markup isn't insane and the onsite bodyshop cares about quality I can't see why it won't do well.
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Sure he'd be bankrupt in no time !Rms discount and all that
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I say we're the ones that spend the big money on good parts. The amount of baller cars we have on rms, most don't fit cheap Chinese parts
If the stock is right and the price isn't mad different I say he'll be grand
It doesn't matter if you fit because of quality or snobbery, fitting is fitting
If the stock is right and the price isn't mad different I say he'll be grand
It doesn't matter if you fit because of quality or snobbery, fitting is fitting
G N K
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Good luck to him, online as great as it is I'm still a bit stuck in the past where I like to go see something in person if I can before purchasing.
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If he's a dealer for black reek remaps he will do just fine.
Seriously though good luck to the fella. The bodyshop and servicing centre will be the part that will make or break him, if he works hard on that part and gets a good reputation he will do grand as the shop on its own wouldn't last IMO.
Seriously though good luck to the fella. The bodyshop and servicing centre will be the part that will make or break him, if he works hard on that part and gets a good reputation he will do grand as the shop on its own wouldn't last IMO.
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I'd say its quite like the bike shop that I used to work for, loads of nice shiny stock sitting about but the workshop although accounting for 20% of the turnover made over 50% of the profit. Best of luck to him, ill try to support him when I can.
Used to frequent the Carnoisseur outside Derry run by Frank and Leo quite often, many a Saturday afternoon was wasted just hanging round looking at stock and talking car rubbish with them. Many a pound was (arguably) wasted too on mods!
They seemed to be a dying breed so it's a bit strange to see someone opening a new one, but I wish him the very best with it. Always like to see a new business do well.
They seemed to be a dying breed so it's a bit strange to see someone opening a new one, but I wish him the very best with it. Always like to see a new business do well.
The temptation for most shopkeepers is to cut the tripe out of profit. I've always stayed away from that temptation to kill off my business or make myself poor and busy. There is much better margin in the "esoteric" end of the market and much less competition . . . Good luck to whoever is opening this new venture.
I miss the days when 30 Cd-Radio sales every week made me a decent living....... 20 plus years ago. Those times have changed.
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Is Keith still going i use to deal with him. Shane has took over The Spoiler centre since the passing of Gerry great bunch of lads up there.
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Joking aside , it would be good to go to a shop to order stuff in , nice to let someone else deal with the ins and outs and if they get it wrong you wont be out of pocket. However , that means competing with internet prices which by the time they add on their cut, might not be easy for them.
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