sari sari

[fred]

Well..I`d listen to Kimmi as she actually runs a store..
Watch the centavos and the Peso`s will look after themselves!!
A sari sari stores success depends on three things IMO..The first is location..The busier,the better.
The second is are you prepared to sit there from 6am to 10pm every day? Thirdly,make sure you have a complete variety of stock..A one stop shop..
Do all that and who knows..You could even take as much as PHP10,000 a month!!
Seems like a lot of hassle for making peanuts to me..

[joebloggs]

about £100 a month for like a 100+ hour week

scouser keith can earn that in 1 night

oh.........

i'm thinking what can i do in the philippines, teach english ? get a job in a uni teaching IT or ? must be something i can do

[gingxrick]

Hi big tom, I have a friend in Cebu who has a little business to earn him some income, He bought 3 jeepneys and hires then out at 500 peso's per day tells me it working a treat makes him 10,500 peso's each week

[aromulus]

i'm thinking what can i do in the philippines, teach english ? get a job in a uni teaching IT or ? must be something i can do

Beachcombing...???

[fred]

Hi big tom, I have a friend in Cebu who has a little business to earn him some income, He bought 3 jeepneys and hires then out at 500 peso's per day tells me it working a treat makes him 10,500 peso's each week

Really? So the driver doesn`t get a day off? These jeeps are maintenance free? The tyres never wear out?The driver never has a prang? No need for registration costs? Insurance costs? Thats 10,500 a week then!!

One of our relatives had a brand new jeep.
2 years ago the brakes went and they were going down hill..2 killed inc driver ..Others badly injured..
In Filipino terms she was considered a wealthy woman..
That one accident ruined them financially.

[joebloggs]

Beachcombing...???

comb the beach for what thou

maybe i could be hired by the military as a 'sitting duck' so when Abu Sayyaf’s try to kidnap me, i get saved oh ... maybe not , low success rate

yes sounds like the overheads on the jeepneys would be big, like fred said, if they are on the roads 12 hours or so a day, the poor thnigs will not last, not on the roads in the phils

looks like i would have to sit at home all day, under my palm tree, drinking chilled orange juice, while i send the wife out to work, i know who would want to sit at home all day bored , hoping my wife could earn maybe 40-50k php a month,, and buy me moms house ,rent it out, get me sis to look after it , and after tax, and her cut , get maybe £300 a month out of it ?

[LEAHnew]

Hi Tom,
Sari-sari store is a good idea to start a business, but if you add cafe i think it's a lil bit harder to manage and maintain..ahmmm how about change it to Purified Distilled Water, about pricing i dont know yet, but in a sari-sari store 50k php is a good start if that's located infront of the house like kimmi said.
Goodluck Tom

[kentish]

There's no way that u can build a 5bdrm house for just 3k! Well, maybe u can... for the beams.

Yes you can build 5 or 6 bedroom even under 3k sterling but it would be a nipa hut. By the way the grass they use for roofing is now hard to find as its all killed by pesticides, am still looking for it as I need it for my hut.

[bigtombowski]

and yep, it's a nipa hut we were thinking of before but i was informed, it's not exactly a "hut" if it's got 5 bedrooms hehehe! lol

see
http://filipinaroses.com/showpost.ph...60&postcount=1

lol

[baboyako]

it does seem a lot of hassle. if you take 10thou per month, then profits (i.e you salary) is likely to be 1thou.

Think about it. The staff in SM get 8thou/month - if running a hut was more profitable then they'd be doing that.

we all know there is only one way to make a small fortune in the fil

[bigtombowski]

si, im not really worried about profits, if it any where near breaks even i'd be chuffed it's for something to do
and a nice way to spend one#s time

[andypaul]

is it wise to start up a Internet cafe in phill when the mobile phone comapines are all pushing 3g either for the pc or mobile?

[aromulus]

is it wise to start up a Internet cafe in phill when the mobile phone comapines are all pushing 3g either for the pc or mobile?

Not only that, but the start up costs for a cafe, from scratch, can be rather daunting and prohibitive.

Apart from Microsoft, in conjuction with the NBI, getting tough with unlawfully downloaded OS...
I believe that there are several licences to be obtained, and if you are in a hurry.... Well ... brown envelopes do come to mind.... Lots of them....

There are no special prices or discounts for legit OS...
The software , say, for 10 start up pc's might cost 6/700 quid.. The hardware a little more...
Average charge @ 30 PHP an hour....
I don't think you will make a profit, with that, for a long, long time.

I wish you the best of luck, mate.

[bigtombowski]

all the abbreviations need to be explained please
thanks

[kimmi]

I'll try to help with the abbreviation tommi..

OS -Office Software (not sure..well I guess Rom will better explain it to u..he he he)
NBI - National Bureau of Investigation(responsible in handling and investigating cases here in the Phils.)
php - philippine peso (our philippine currency)

hope it helps..

[charlwill]

I'll try to help with the abbreviation tommi..

OS -Office Software (not sure..well I guess Rom will better explain it to u..he he he)
NBI - National Bureau of Investigation(responsible in handling and investigating cases here in the Phils.)
php - philippine peso (our philippine currency)

hope it helps..

OS ---> Operating System

[kimmi]

thanks Char for the help..now I know it.

[bigtombowski]

hehe

TLA - three letter abbreviation