just supposing you were opening a second hand record shop... (1 Viewer)

[kollin]

just supposing you were opening a second hand record shop...

Where would you start?

Obviously you'd need a shed load of stock and a premises but what sort of forms would you be filling out? Red tape and tax and all that shite....

 

[pete]

http://oasis.gov.ie/employment/starting_a_business/starting_up_a_business_in_ireland.html

 

[pete]

http://www.thumped.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=28723

 

[kollin]

Thanks!

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

So,would you be planning on opening a shop? will it be in dublin?

 

[nlgbbbblth]

in my opinion a second hand shop has a better chance of succeeding than a shop selling new stuff.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

I agree,but I imagine it would be difficult to build up a constant supply. That's one of the plus for new records.

 

[RSJ]

A guess would be that it's in galway, seeing as kollin's pretty rooted here. I could be wrong though.

 

[Anthony]

Galway could do with something like that.

 

[c0De_n1NjA]

 

[broken arm]

step 1: acquire an obsessive compulsive disorder

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Galway could do with something like that.

It certainly could.

 

[gugai]

Talk to Paul in Bell, Book & Candle. He would be able to give you an idea of availability of stock I'm sure...

 

[nlgbbbblth]

He's from Belfast.

 

[sweetoblivion]

Galway could do with something like that.

yes, yes it definitely could...it's nigh on impossible up here to get cheap cds. At least when I'm at home in Cork I can head to Plugd (who have some second hand cds but generally have reasonably priced cds) or Vibes and Scribes...actually, Dublin's obviously got the best choice, but Galway's got very little.

 

[kollin]

step 1: acquire an obsessive compulsive disorder

I got me one of those...

 

[classic seanc]

Step 2: ????



Step 3: Profit

 

[nlgbbbblth]

good article on independent record shops in G2 of today's Guardian.

 

[cyclotron]

Are you opening it here ? Go round to Spindizzy, Freebird etc and find out why you should and shouldn't, I reckon there's a few more reasons not to at this stage. Lots of music that people want is ubiquitous online these days. Why more and more people would develop such an expensive habit like collecting vinyl and cd's at this stage is beyond me. It's just a hell of a lot harder to make a profit from these days.

 

[panckko]

how did you get on with this? find out any interesting info?
where would you be sourcing your records?
i'd definately travel for days on end if i could find one really good used record store in ireland

just supposing you were opening a second hand record shop...

Where would you start?

Obviously you'd need a shed load of stock and a premises but what sort of forms would you be filling out? Red tape and tax and all that shite....