Crippling Market! Easy Come Easy Go....

Hawk,

That's terrible news. I always figured half the reason you worked at the coin shop was to grab up good deals at wholesale prices to resell on ebay. But at least you are leaving there having absorbed a ton of knowledge about PMs. It was priceless on-the-job training, IMO. With your positive attitude, I've no doubt you'll land on your feet soon. Namaste, my friend.

Thanks all an I do hope the new door opens sooner then later Noblis, lol...

And T that was my main driving force to work there, but once I was in an they knew way before I worked there that I sold silver an gold from time to time on ebay. So I never felt right buying from them, as the ol saying goes, don't use the bathroom where one eats, lol....

I just always got the impression that they would sell to me at 10% over their cost as the DM did on a chain an pendant I got for Krista, but I had to get his approval first, didn't feel right. An ten percent would leave me plenty of room for me, but they had a chance of getting a higher percentage by selling to the public. I feel bad now in hindsight, as I could have literally gave them a chance to survive, if I would have just got past worrying about "wearing out my welcome" so to speak, an just set it up an made them understand in the long run 10% from me, was a HECK of a lot better then ZERO percent from the rest of the world NOT walking in the shop. I could have cleaned our shelves out 6 times over in the four or five months I was there, no doubt in my mind....

We had a major issue, state tax ruined us literally. Why come spend a 1000 at my store, when our district would tell them to drive south across the Georgia line an buy with no state tax, an save a 100 bucks or so on a 1000 dollar buy, it adds up big time as we all know....

Sel, funny you should mention the tight inner coastal city life style as I was at my moms for dinner last night an a very unique lady from Cali who had lived in Australia was there as she is in town visiting my moms sister, an she spoke of exactly what you say, about the tight nit outer community, an all the outback or Crocodile Dundee's backyard round about the middle, rof....

Oddly enough she had a half oz 1997 Isle of cat RARE half oz. gold proof coin, in the long haired smoke cat, I was like wow that is a 1000 to 1200 dollar coin all day in better market....

I tell ya these days I am envious of you who live in Canada an Australia, as more an more the direction this country goes, makes me wish I was living in one of the two sometimes....

Australia currently has a 'two speed' economy.
The mining sector puts the cream on the cake.

The rest of the Oz. economy is really not too much different from the U.S. economy, but with much less debt per capita.

Finding a decent job in Oz. is not really that much different than in the U.S. I kinda understand your problems, and empathise with you.

Thanks wild I will be more then fine, as I can pickup serving shifts as well, an clear over 100 on those often an easy.....

I can basically work as much as want at the restaurant an make more per hour average then the 10 per hour I made at the coin shop. Anybody that lets a chicken scrap part time 10 dollar an hour job bring them down, they are not trying hard enough I figure....

As T mentioned the on job learning experience was priceless an it served its purpose for the time it was there, so its all good in the end....

I should have seen the writing on the wall an did in fact, as our other local store about 30 miles away in another small outer Knoxville town retracted a month back. Supposedly the overall chain is doing well, just not in my area, what are you gonna do, just is what it is, again state tax big reason....

Hawk, that's awful news, man. I do agree with traevin comments completely, though. You've got the experience and positive attitude you need to succeed. It'll happen. Take care.

Thanks CW an Earl an very interesting idea Earl on the gun shop. You are right that is a booming business. I know very little about guns, an do enjoy watching son of guns an the Red jacket outfit shows on TV, an that indeed would be a most interesting field to get into, even in more of a front of the shop sense, via computer work or finding online buyers, auctions an such, as I obviously have no mechanical or engineering knowledge needed to actually hand make fire arms form scratch as they do....

I know that I have seen them bid on rare guns an win them on the Red jacket show, even though for example I don't think one can say for example sell a modern working firearm on ebay, or am I wrong on that?

There are definitely some gun ranges an shops in area I could look into to....

Good call Barry I love a good pun joke an missed that one rof....

"Simon: Gentlemen, I'd like you to meet your captain, Captain Oveur.
Clarence Oveur: Gentlemen, welcome aboard.
Simon: Captain, your navigator, Mr. Unger, and your first officer, Mr. Dunn.
Clarence Oveur: Unger.
Unger: Oveur.
Dunn: Oveur.
Clarence Oveur: Dunn. Gentlemen, let's get to work.
Simon: Unger, didn't you serve under Oveur in the Air Force?
Unger: Not directly. Technically, Dunn was under Oveur and I was under Dunn.
Dunn: Yep.
Simon: So, Dunn, you were under Oveur and over Unger.
Unger: Yep.
Clarence Oveur: That's right. Dunn was over Unger and I was over Dunn.
Unger: So, you see, both Dunn and I were under Oveur, even though I was under Dunn.
Clarence Oveur: Dunn was over Unger, and I was over Dunn."