Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

misskool

lostinrates wrote: »

Yesterday when I was out I saw a fabulous hall table. A hall table is not an essential like heating, or sewage....or even an important like veg garden. But I love it. I'm wondering whether I can justify going back for it......its second hand so one chance only.....and sort of 1930s feeling.

I'd buy it so you feel happy every time you look at it.

I have a rather delicate head today but have a number of things to do

JonnyBravo

lostinrates wrote: »

Yesterday when I was out I saw a fabulous hall table. A hall table is not an essential like heating, or sewage....or even an important like veg garden. But I love it. I'm wondering whether I can justify going back for it......its second hand so one chance only.....and sort of 1930s feeling.

Sounds like youll regret it if you don't.

lostinrates

JonnyBravo wrote: »

Sounds like youll regret it if you don't.

OK, I will. But ...life will still go on. but yeah. I like it.

No time to go back today. But might try tomorrow. If not I'll go next week. if its gone its gone. If its not its meant to be. I don't think its too expensive either (£150). There was lots of cool old stuff there.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Yesterday when I was out I saw a fabulous hall table. A hall table is not an essential like heating, or sewage....or even an important like veg garden. But I love it. I'm wondering whether I can justify going back for it......its second hand so one chance only.....and sort of 1930s feeling.

No. You'll see others.

Buy some chocolate instead.

PasturesNew

Just exploring ideas and concepts ... and stumbled across an idea. It's something that can be readily bought for just 9p and when you cut it in half each half sells for £4. Now .... I can see the genius in that. Trouble is, the kit to do the cutting could be £400 and seems to require quite a bit of space and it generates muck, so would involve envrionmental waste disposal policies and ... er ... stuff. But I know it exists ... and one day ... one day ....

wageslave

PasturesNew wrote: »

Just exploring ideas and concepts ... and stumbled across an idea. It's something that can be readily bought for just 9p and when you cut it in half each half sells for £4. Now .... I can see the genius in that. Trouble is, the kit to do the cutting could be £400 and seems to require quite a bit of space and it generates muck, so would involve envrionmental waste disposal policies and ... er ... stuff. But I know it exists ... and one day ... one day ....

Where are you living now?

Can you rent the cutting gear?

Think laterally woman........

vivatifosi

wageslave wrote: »

Think laterally woman........

Pastures doesn't do lateral. That's our job;).

Pastures, I agree with ws. Can you rent it/hire it/borrow it? Will a company like this do? http://www.hss.com/

ETA: Pastures, if you can rent/hire whatever, maybe that'll give you the chance to do a few at a lower cost and work out whether there is an actual market once all of the issues are factored in.

wageslave

I don't see how trialing something in a small way would set the DOE on you. Unless, of course, you stood waving a flag screaming look at me.

How much space would you require?

How easily is the stuff sourced?

How certain the market?

Details, PN, details.......

tomterm8

Sounds a little like magicians palming powder. Some bright sparks used to buy 20p worth of chemicals from the pharmacy, repackage them in a pretty bottle, and sell them in magic shops for a £5. Or magicians wax. Some guys used to buy dental wax for a quid a package, and sell it off as magicians was at a £10 a go.

PasturesNew

wageslave wrote: »

Where are you living now?

Can you rent the cutting gear?

Think laterally woman........

In the tiny junk room.... so I can't do anything here, can't do anything until I rent somewhere. But it wouldn't fit in a bedsit/wouldn't be allowed, so would need to rent somewhere bigger, which'd cost more.

But it's on the list.