Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help!
  Advanced
Register  |  Log in  
   Ask    
 Answer  
  Help  

Ask QuestionsprogressAnswer QuestionsprogressBuild ReputationprogressBecome an Expert
 
Free Answers in 3 Easy Steps

Register Now
3 Steps

At Ask Me Help Desk you can ask questions in any topic and have them answered for free by our experts. To ask questions or participate in answering them you must register for a free account. By registering you will be able to:
  • Get free answers from experts in any of our 300+ topics.
  • Accept money for answers that you provide.
  • Communicate privately with other members (PM).
  • See fewer ads.

Home > Business & Careers > Business Plans   »   thrift store 4 profit

 
Question Tools Search this Question Display Modes
Question
 
 
#1  
Old Dec 22, 2007, 08:30 PM
aduvall
New Member
aduvall is offline
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2
aduvall See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.
thrift store 4 profit

i want to start a thrift store 4 profit is that possible? will people be willing to donate and not get tax receipt. what is the lega stuff


Reply With Quote
 
     

Answers
 
 
Old Dec 22, 2007, 08:40 PM   #2  
Fr_Chuck
Christianity Expert
Fr_Chuck is offline
 
Fr_Chuck's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Atlanta GA
Posts: 23,472
Fr_Chuck has disabled reputation
people may GIVE you things, but they will not be able to deduct the gift off of thier taxes. So I doubt you will get near as much.
  Reply With Quote
 
     
 
 
Old Dec 22, 2007, 09:08 PM   #3  
bushg
Ultra Member
bushg is offline
 
bushg's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 3,280
bushg See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.bushg See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.bushg See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.bushg See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.bushg See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.bushg See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.
An idea would be to offer to clean out garages, basements or at least to pick it up from the porch or driveway. You could also join freecycle programs where they give items away, it is best to be honest with them about what you do with the stuff, normally they like to give to people for personal use...if no one wants it they will give it to others for yard sales... etc. Some may not care who it goes to.
Also I see people at yard sales at the end of the day that offers a small amount for the entire amount left over, some peopel are just glad to get rid of what they consider junk.
We have people in our neighborhood evry week thta comes by in trucks and pick through the garbage on garbabge day. I have set out doors, sewing machines etc...and minutes later they will be picked up. I welcome garbage pickers as they save the landfills and make the poor garbage guys job easier.
I say give it a shot and see what happens.
  Reply With Quote
 
     
 
 
Old Jan 22, 2008, 07:52 PM   #4  
HoustonTom
New Member
HoustonTom is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3
HoustonTom See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.
If you are truly serious about getting into a "for profit" thrift store operation, please feel free to contact me directly. I consult those that would like to get into this exact business. The business model (if done correctly) can be extremely profitable.

Let me know....thanks...

[Personal email address removed for privacy.]

-Tom
  Reply With Quote
 
     
 
 
Old Jan 22, 2008, 09:20 PM   #5  
Clough
Arts & Small/Home Business Expert
Clough is offline
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Rock Island, IL
Posts: 9,728
Clough See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.Clough See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.Clough See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.Clough See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.Clough See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.Clough See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.
Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonTom
If you are truly serious about getting into a "for profit" thrift store operation, please feel free to contact me directly. I consult those that would like to get into this exact business. The business model (if done correctly) can be extremely profitable.

Let me know....thanks...

-Tom

We always appreciate and are glad to have people participating in answering questions on this site who are willing to give freely of their time and also keep answers on the threads so that others might benefit by the answers that have been given. Those reasons are just a couple of things that make this such a great site for people to use!
  Reply With Quote
 
     


Question Tools Search this Question
Search this Question:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

 
Similar Sponsors

Similar Questions
Question Asker Topic Answers Last Post
non-profit thrift store desperate americorpsvista Small Business 11 Jan 22, 2008 09:25 PM
Starting a Thrift Store for a Non-profit jh157405 Small Business 0 Jul 30, 2007 11:27 AM
Thrift Store RBenton Small Business 2 Mar 3, 2007 08:48 AM
thrift store JAMEL Small Business 3 Jan 20, 2007 06:03 AM
Thrift store psunflower2 Home-Based Business 0 Jan 3, 2006 02:17 PM




Copyright ©2003 - 2007, Ask Me Help Desk.
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 03:02 AM.

Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.0.0 RC6 © 2006, Crawlability, Inc.