Warning* before you start a scrap metal business consider this - Page 7

Why is this thread STILL GOING???? it was at 6 pages when I left and now its at 7! Holy crap!

Even though I am probably the last horse to cross the finish line on this one in the race.. I will state my stance simply:
1. I have a standing contract working as an Independent Contractor. I bill 40-50 hours a week.
2. I have business contacts and hard work that brings me in scrap as a secondary stream of revenue.

In a nutshell: Every month Each and every bill gets paid in my house, there is Food on the table, my children are able to take advantage of camps or activities that a lot of people cannot afford, my wife and I own our vehicles and we have zero debt besides rotating monthly bills. I seize opportunities anywhere in life- whether that be a scrap "fudge machine" or the opportunity to build someone a beautiful room in their home.

I have refused the idea of categorizing myself except for one "title" and that is being a "Maximizer"- See opportunity.. take advantage of said opportunity and prosper.

Never too late for a post that good

I think it all boils down to this:

Are you happy

Yes = Success

No = You might need to change something

This isn't about keeping score by how much money you make, or how clean you are when you get home, it's about living a full happy life. If you are, then you are a success.

And don't let anyone tell you just because they have classified you at some idiotic description of some imaginary level that you are not going to make it. Stating that the only way you can is if you are at some invented level 3-4 with a substantial investment is the craziest thing I have seen anyone post about how to be a success on this site yet.

When I owned a grocery store we had a saying. "Success comes in cans, not can-nots"

Scott

Originally Posted by Gravitar

Why is this thread STILL GOING???? it was at 6 pages when I left and now its at 7! Holy crap!

"These things gotta happen every five years or so, ten years. Helps to get rid of the bad blood. Been ten years since the last one. You know, you gotta stop them at the beginning. Like they should have stopped Hitler at Munich, they should never let him get away with that, they was just asking for trouble." Clemenza talking to Michael, The Godfather 1972.

Sorry just couldn't resist

I find this GreenTruck ,and i email for an opportunity of a franchise.

I am waiting for an Answer.

Originally Posted by ginofrater

I find this GreenTruck ,and i email for an opportunity of a franchise.

I am waiting for an Answer.

WOW!!!! The ""Corporate Website"" is a webs.com blog rife with misspellings, horrid grammar, and poorly laid out web pages.

Where do I sign up??!!??

I have a full commitment to my family. Hence I could work harder. I find more value in time than I do money, which is why I love my business so much. I can rearrange my schedule any week to fit my activities with my son.
As for how much do I spend? I spend about 60% of all the revenues on costs of goods sold and overhead. The 40% pays my salary and invests back into the company.

As for working hard, I do have plenty of hard work, but for the volume I do, its pretty smart work. I actually have some help as of recently. Better to get help then to break my back every Tuesday.

Originally Posted by mikeinreco

Also it would be hard to franchise your biz to someone in another area like mine..........What works for you in Denver and Arizona probably would not work with us southern folk

This is not a post about franchise help. There is not franchise opportunity available.

Originally Posted by ginofrater

I find this GreenTruck ,and i email for an opportunity of a franchise.

I am waiting for an Answer.

Thanks for posting my site.

Originally Posted by ginofrater

You're more than welcome,i am waiting for all the details of what i hope will be the opportunity of a life time.::

Haven't seen a request from you yet.

Wow. Tcgs, you might have started this thread with good intentions, but you're finishing strong with a really bad attitude and you've lost my respect completely. It might benefit you to learn how to express yourself better and elaborate on your ideas if you really want to be understood and a benefit to this forum. If you really just want to antagonize and piss on everyone here, as pretty much all of your posts would suggest, I'd appreciate it if you posted elsewhere. Thanks!

Tcgs, when you started claiming you owned a franchise, you turned this thread in part, a thread that had to do with your franchise.

Which by the way, searching the franchise database, there is no registered franchise for recycling by the name of "Green Truck" in either Az or Co.

I personally believe you just simply overstated what you are doing, realized you made a mistake, your pride and ego prevented you from admitting it, so you defended yourself and made it worse and then you became more and more upset as the question about your owning a real franchise, and your integrity, became more what this thread was about than the previous mistake you made in posting your little scale and where people fit into it.

We could all forgive you, and would think far more of you, if you just simply admitted what you did, apologized. Then we can all get back to what's really important and stop all this other garbage that serves no positive purpose.

I personally don't care how much you do or do not make. Success should not be measured so far as I am concerned, by how much you do or do not make. The only thing we can really judge each other by on this forum is by what we say, what we express, how we choose to conduct ourselves. Race, religion, where we live, how much we make, none of these things matter, only what we say and how we conduct ourselves,. It might serve you well to remember this fact when choosing in continuing to support your statements of unfounded half truths and misleading remarks.

And just a suggestion, but you may want to change your slogan to: "Changing the way you THINK ABOUT recycling". Just a bit a free advice, it makes you sound more intelligent and suggesting that if people were using their mind, they would realize how smart it is to recycle with you. Just a bit of free advice. See, I'm willing to still help you, now can you play nicely?

Scott