Should AJ Open Crazy AJ's?
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@thanksajdotcom said:
Ok, so if we started in Nicaragua, enough to live reasonably comfortably, open the store (all the fees associated with that) and to get a small inventory to start with....ideas?
Even within Nica, lots of variables. I don't know the whole country that well yet, I'll be investigating regions soon. Here in Granada you have a lot of tourists and providing support for them might make a lot of sense. You would need one of the more expensive shops around the main square, but there is literally no computer support there, only places to recharge your phone minutes.
I've heard that up in Matagalpa that you can rent a very nice house for $500/mo. Here in Granada my house is $1,200 so the numbers vary a lot. Matagalpha is cooler and a larger city, but no tourists.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
Ok, so if we started in Nicaragua, enough to live reasonably comfortably, open the store (all the fees associated with that) and to get a small inventory to start with....ideas?
Even within Nica, lots of variables. I don't know the whole country that well yet, I'll be investigating regions soon. Here in Granada you have a lot of tourists and providing support for them might make a lot of sense. You would need one of the more expensive shops around the main square, but there is literally no computer support there, only places to recharge your phone minutes.
I've heard that up in Matagalpa that you can rent a very nice house for $500/mo. Here in Granada my house is $1,200 so the numbers vary a lot. Matagalpha is cooler and a larger city, but no tourists.
Ok, I work very well in hard numbers. This would probably be at least a few years out anyways.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
Ok, you said it's the trade area of the world. However, isn't it basically a transfer point? How much can you actually get in the country?
More than you can possibly imagine. The Colon Freeport is epic. It's not just the transfer point, it is the world's warehouse. There is an entire city of warehouse there! It's impossible to describe. A secret city that has tens of thousands of people doing nothing but warehousing and selling everything you can imagine, in bulk. The ships offload and hold there.
Literally more products that can be purchased in the US are available in a single place in Colon.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
Ok, you said it's the trade area of the world. However, isn't it basically a transfer point? How much can you actually get in the country?
More than you can possibly imagine. The Colon Freeport is epic. It's not just the transfer point, it is the world's warehouse. There is an entire city of warehouse there! It's impossible to describe. A secret city that has tens of thousands of people doing nothing but warehousing and selling everything you can imagine, in bulk. The ships offload and hold there.
Literally more products that can be purchased in the US are available in a single place in Colon.
But warehoused items are owned by someone. So are these items being stolen and resold? That's what I'm confused about. Someone paid to ship it there, and I assume pays to store it there. So is it just overstock?
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@Dashrender said:
yeah I was thinking hiring someone to do that would be a starter. Inventory on the glass would be the worst part though. easy to have a few thousand tied up in inventory.
I doubt it. Start with limited models and just a few screens. The big money is in the labour. Don't need to sell lots of things, just the basics to start. First store could be absolutely tiny and focus only on fixing computers, installs, cleaning, etc.
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Doing it in Nica would require working as an Internet cafe that also does repair and whatever you can find that people need (gaming, classes, one on one tutoring, sell coffee, beer, rum, etc.) I'm not kidding the Internet cafes sell alcohol here.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Doing it in Nica would require working as an Internet cafe that also does repair and whatever you can find that people need (gaming, classes, one on one tutoring, sell coffee, beer, rum, etc.) I'm not kidding the Internet cafes sell alcohol here.
I like it!
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@scottalanmiller said:
Doing it in Nica would require working as an Internet cafe that also does repair and whatever you can find that people need (gaming, classes, one on one tutoring, sell coffee, beer, rum, etc.) I'm not kidding the Internet cafes sell alcohol here.
Do they have private cubbies like they do in Japan?
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Nothing in Nica would be like Japan. This is one of the poorest countries in the world. Private space, air conditioning... those things are premiums.
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Internet cafes are only just starting to see little LCD screens here!
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How many internet cafe's are there?
How difficult would it be to setup a 10 PC internet cafe, do you think?
What does internet access cost there?
From the sounds of it, a bunch of used Dell's in the $100-200 range would be perfect for that place. So the PC's wouldn't cost to much..
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@Dashrender said:
How many internet cafe's are there?
Tons here in Granada. It's popular and needed. That's why an Internet cafe as a base business with the repair, training and more to make it stand out is the idea.
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@Dashrender said:
From the sounds of it, a bunch of used Dell's in the $100-200 range would be perfect for that place. So the PC's wouldn't cost to much..
No, super low power devices that are fanless are ideal. You want to minimize power draw as much as possible.
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@Dashrender said:
What does internet access cost there?
That I don't know, it is included with our rent here. Can't be much, though.
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@Dashrender said:
How difficult would it be to setup a 10 PC internet cafe, do you think?
Not hard at all.
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It would be a very relaxing job. Site around at a computer all day, chatting on ML and writing articles waiting for people to come in and use the cafe.
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@scottalanmiller said:
It would be a very relaxing job. Site around at a computer all day, chatting on ML and writing articles waiting for people to come in and use the cafe.
If you were going to stay there for any length of time.. you should do it!
hell, even if you don't plan to stay you should still do it, then sell the business to a local..
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I don't see people leaving Central America too often. People who like it enough to come here seem to stay here. It's just a nice lifestyle.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I don't see people leaving Central America too often. People who like it enough to come here seem to stay here. It's just a nice lifestyle.
I was talking about you.
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the way to go would for sure be chromebox.
