I May Have A Job At The Bullion Shop....

I agree BF, and thanks JSH. It is indeed the Turkey creek in West Knoxville, and even though this location is not real busy, they are popping up all over the south east. A semi new chain called Southern Bullion....

Did not realize you were so close to the south there, good deal....

Seems like it would be hard to keep all these locations up an running, as such a small percentage of the overall public has caught on. And when the economy does flourish again and Pm's slide back out of trend, then you are just left with all us hard core coin/bullion lovers, hoping they are dealing in high enough premium or numismatic items, to even stay afloat, lol....

Perhaps I am forever the gloom an doom guy, always looking for the negative, but I really don't see things getting fundamentally better and I certainly don't see PM's getting swept back under the rug, stashed away an forgotten in the closets, left unguarded as any old item with little apparent value other than sentimental....

And I know JSH from your other posts, you hold more of an optimist opposite view of the economy an future, and that is a GOOD thing an not a bad thing, as we need the glass is half full people, if we ever are gonna turn this country back around again....

Yes, I can see where as the world around looks better, it helps change ones view or out look on a certain situation....

The restaurant where I work is a fine example of what you speak, as every year I am there, our bottom line profit grows each year. We used to get next to zero business in the winter, being on Lake, and more of a warmer month boating atmosphere, being right above a large marina. But, we sell countless amounts of gift cards closing in on Christmas, and we offer FREE coupons for every 100 gift cards bought for the amount of 30 dollars. They are no good for alcohol or taxes, as Uncle Sam wants no part of our giveaway promotion. You can only used the bounce back coupons starting the day after Christmas and they expire on March 31st, so it FORCES people into our bus in our slowest time. I served last night in the bar (I serve an bar-tend both) and I had like 8 tables mostly happy hour tickets an still cleared 75 bucks, and we tip out 4% an do next to zero post work work. Just clean tables an go home, a servers dream! Not bad for a dead of winter serving shift, an we were on a wait for an hour or so. Plus, the UN-seasonably warm fall, we really never had died yet this year, and it will be boating season before you know it here come mid March or so, and the patio's open back up, and our bus doubles if not triples....

It is taking longer to recover from the latest recession but that is to be expected. It was the deepest recession since the 40's with a drop in GDP of 5.1% which was almost double what we saw in the 80's.

It is also a very different world than earlier recessions. Companies have found that they can simply do more with fewer employees, hire temps that only get straight wages, or outsource to fill the gap. Add in our shift to a service economy built on consumer spending and a housing bubble that is still deflating and I expect a slow recovery for the US economy. For the last 20 years our economy has been running on debt. When you take away the ability of the average family to borrow spending will pull back.

Indeed so, Hawk... and we WILL take ALL of that we can get!



Yes, it is, and it is likely to become more so in the future. The next recession ought to be a real ripper.

Great first day, much fun....

Semi slow, but we had about ten or twelve come in, and we bought some scrap gold an silver and a couple of ASE's....

We generated a good amount on junk silver an gold, mostly crap nobody wanted or would ever wear again, so a good deal for both us an them in my estimation. A work ring from the Express with a black oval, melt material, a bent up 14K bracelet, and the lady made out well....

So I learned much, used the rock an acid, learned about many aspects of gold an different karats, solid first day....

The other two employees live way south, and commute an carpool. If they open a store in southern T.N., they both want to eventually transfer back down there, way closer to home, and I am the only other employee, so great opp perhaps beyond part time....

I thought I would be bored, but I had a real fun day, and really like it, what an inside angle, blows me away to see it all from the inside....

Way to go, Hawk! Sounds as if you have "hit the ground running" and are doing well. That's real good. I am happy for you. As you say, this really could work out well. All I can say is to work hard and do your best. Everything else will probably take care of itself.