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Page Ninety-Eight
Chris in the land of Suburbian South Carolina
Why i need to start this kind of business
Wed Jan 23 10:30:51 2002
Reasons
1. 39 years of age
2. I have a 3-year-old son.
3. I will be losing my job of 6 years as Engineering documentation Technician (i.e. AutoCAD drafting/design technical illustration/internet research) after April.
4. Have been laid off from corporate jobs 4 other times in my life since 1985.
5. I SICK and TIRED of making other people wealthy!
6. I want and need to be paid for MY hard work and as much as I can do....when I want to do it!
7. I want to be in charge of ME and only answer to ME!
8. I want the flexibility of scheduling my work around my life not my life around a job!
9. I've been cleaning cat litter boxes since I was 12 and it's really easy and doesn't take but a few minutes for me *lol*
10. I'm sick and tired of the word "Recession"
11. yeah i got more reasons but you guys are probably laughing so hard as it is right now {{{grin}}}
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PoopScoopKing
one of your reasons
Thu Jan 24 04:39:44 2002
152.163.207.194
Starting a scoop business does not make you immune to recession.
PSK
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chris
Re: one of your reasons
Thu Jan 24 10:11:13 2002
172.149.207.50
it might where i live. We have so many existing and so many new subdivisions being built in summerville South Carolina. They are selling houses to well off older retires hat have multiple retirement incomes from all over the country....you would not believe the amount of people moving here from north states and all the money they have........and all the new vet clinics that are poping up!
dogs!
cats!
old rich people!
all that poop!
and i live righ in the middle of it!!!
*lol*
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Pete
Re: Why i need to start this kind of business
Wed Jan 23 18:23:35 2002
66.32.40.114
Sounds like you may meet the requirements, although to quote Bob Dylan
"Yer gonna hafta SERVE sombody"
This
"7. I want to be in charge of ME and only answer to ME!"
may be a problem.
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chris
Re: Why i need to start this kind of business
Thu Jan 24 10:14:55 2002
172.149.207.50
no i do understand about the customer and yes the customer always comes first.....i was mainly talking about slaving in "corporate" America.
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floysP.E.T.S.,
LIMA OH. HELP!
Wed Jan 23 11:40:01 2002
DOES ANYBODY KNOW OF A SERVICE THAT GOES INTO LIMA PLEASE HELP
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Pat - Tidy Pets Unlimited
RE: LIMA, OHIO
Wed Jan 23 20:54:03 2002
64.12.103.157
Floyd,
Try Jerry at Pooch's Poop Removal in Springfield, OH. He might service that area. He is in the directory under OHIO.
Pat
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Pete
Re: LIMA OH. HELP!
Wed Jan 23 18:19:56 2002
66.32.40.114
As far as I can tell, there are no professional scoopers in Lima.
BTW, Red. That's Lima like the bean, not Lima "Leema" in Peru.
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Red
Is LIMA in a State?
Wed Jan 23 12:50:34 2002
12.237.4.12
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Doggie Maid--Shari
Customers!
Wed Jan 23 18:47:14 2002
205.188.198.154
Another sign-up today. People are calling their vets to locate a scooper...so glad I have made contact with the vets. I need to continue leaving my cards at more of them. Up to 13 clients!! Love it! Shari
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Catherine
I don't get it ..
Wed Jan 23 19:01:51 2002
207.107.254.248
Seems I live in a town where people LIKE to pickup their dog's pooh. I am getting more and more customers just wanting me to take it away (bucket pickup). There's still money to be made doing only the bucket pickup I realize but I am not as 'needed' by them so more likely to be dropped when/if their budget gets pinched. Hmmmm ... wondering why this is happening? Anybody got any thoughts on this?
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NIMBY
Re: I don't get it ..
Thu Jan 24 15:47:36 2002
152.163.204.48
Catherine, I really don't think that it is that your customers LIKE to pick it up, or that it is expendable from the budget... Many people like to know that the yard is clean all the time...unless you can do the yard daily, a cannister is the best option for them. Also..though I have not lost customers due to budget I think that a customer paying a$60.00 bill a month vs. a $20.00 bill a month the $60.00 would get cut first...so you very well may have a longer term client with the cannister service. I don't think that the "picking it up" part of scooping is the gross part, but the "what do I do with it now?" is. That of course is a personal opinion But so often on first time clean-ups I find a mass of poo right next to the old pet-store scooper..obviously they don't know what to do with it from there. If that is the service the area wants, PUSH IT! You can do 4 times as many (if not more) cannisters in a day than you can scooping...think of the big bucks you'll be making! (I am jealous) Laura
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Catherine
Thanks
Thu Jan 24 19:58:58 2002
207.107.254.248
Thanks for the comments/pep talk! I was getting concerned about the balance of things, thinking the buckets(canisters) were less secure but Laura, you make a good point. The smaller monthly bill may lead to longer term clients. I looked again at my client profiles and see that many said they walk their dogs daily, so therefore the mess is not always in their yard and the bucket would indeed work better for them. I do have several customers as well that have cats, so the bucket is great for them. (There's something I'm not some of you do). So in review, I see that 'getting rid of it' seems to be the main focus around here. It's a fast in and out and onto the next. Okay .. so I will promo it all and let it turn out the way it turns out. Goodlines Pete - Thanks for ideas.
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Red
Ditto... except the "4x's as many" - MAYBE 2x's. - eom
Thu Jan 24 18:58:59 2002
12.237.4.12
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NIMBY
It seems I am always overestimating what I can do! EOM
Thu Jan 24 21:12:25 2002
152.163.204.57
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Matthew
bag pick-ups are good, too!
Thu Jan 24 09:55:24 2002
172.171.93.6
It does seem unusual that there would be a lot of bag-pickup-only customers compared to the number of full-service customers. Maybe the difference in your full-service price and bag-pickup price is very large, or maybe your local trash department or health department have been making a point about people putting dog waste in their regular trash? Perhaps your marketing or publicity seems to suggest the bag-pickup idea more than the regular service? Do you think any of these situations is true in your case?
Still, bag-pickup service could be even more profitable for you on a per-hour basis, compared to cleaning yards. I would love to have a whole lot of bag-pickup customers. You can do a heck of a lot more bag pickups in a day!
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Pete
Re: I don't get it ..
Thu Jan 24 07:41:05 2002
216.196.46.232
In the winter, my ads say "Scooping poop is a cold and nasty job".
I also use "You have better things to do than scoop poop." and "Eventually, you reach apoint in life where you don't scoop poop."
Now is the time to develope the market, and that means changing attitudes.
How 'bout "At this price, can you AFFORD to do it yourself?"
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PoopScoopKing.com
Great points Pete EOM
Fri Jan 25 06:24:01 2002
152.163.206.196
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Anonymous
Re: I don't get it ..
Thu Jan 24 18:59:23 2002
67.211.47.174
good one pete..eom
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Anonymous
Re: I don't get it ..
Wed Jan 23 19:21:29 2002
209.179.240.197
dont ofer bucket p\u
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