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I believe an Oxford English dictionary would do more good to you than anything would, tbh.
My job hunt is going...slow, so I am trying to expand my horizons and am thinking about buying myself a job. Route running seems like a decent possibility to make Ok money, but the cool thing about it is expansion opportunities (hire deliverers and purchase a second route, and so on). Does anyone have any advice on this subject? Experience? what am I missing (other than the fact that I would have to come up with some cash to purchase a route).
I believe an Oxford English dictionary would do more good to you than anything would, tbh.
Just that if these were easy to do as you describe, someone wouldn't be selling the routes...
you can probably kick the 11 yrs kids ass in my neighborhood and take his paper route. that ass hole cant throw the damn paper on the drive way correctly; then it is like he throws two at a time cause they are so close to each other.
Any particular product?
I'll be honest, I've never heard of purchasing routes. What would you deliver?
Buying a job? This is new to me also; I take it you mean an investment, correct?
Thus the question about experience
Last edited by Drachen; 08-23-2013 at 11:44 AM.
Please tell me you didnt get inspired my the movie Premium Rush
I'll clarify later, I'm on my way to an interview
You can purchase routes for anything from candy vending machines to fedex ground routes. As an example, There is a route for sale in kerrville with Snyder Lance it currently has 16 stores, you get protected territory and you just keep the stores stocked and you get a commission of of the sales. There are also independent routes where you can find your own distributors and deliver various products to retailers.
Yes, you buy and own the route and I would work it too.
Never heard of it.
TeyshaBlue I am not sure, just trying to get info right now. Also funds play an important factor
What type of work did you do? What type are you looking for?
So how'd the interview go?
It went OK, it's not something that I am very excited about since it is for insurance sales. I have done it before and I just wasn't very good at it. I actually quit because I got my wife pregnant with our first and it was too up and down (100% commission). I have two more interviews to go and I can probably have this job if I want it (just the way this type of sales job works), but I am not sure.
This is random, but I have a friend whose mom has virtually no skills or ability and chilled at home all day shopping online. She started buying the most random off ebay (like bulk/lot items) and selling the items individually. Now she sells tons of stuff on ebay and makes like $40k a year. Her husband owns a restaurant and is gone a lot so he just wanted something for her to do so she'd STFU and stop spending all his money. I understand that is not a lot of money but she sells worthless garbage, like free Victoria's Secret magazines for $5, and actually turns a profit. I'd rather do that than deliver vending machines. People will apparently buy anything.
Most recently I was working in the education industry in an operational role. Most of my experience, however, has been in finance / banking which is where I want to be. I just earned my MBA with a finance concentration in December. I would like to be a financial analyst or credit analyst (to start). I have experience with the latter on the consumer side.
+1...funny you mention this b/c my driver today is inside Dadeland Mall shopping as we speak. He justs buys a bunch of shoes (mostly Jordans) that are on sale and sells them for double on ebay. He's been doing it for 6-7 months now w/ success.
Funny, every time i try to sell something on ebay, i don't sell it.
Is it something like Schwann's? My Schwann's guy is a teacher, but he prefers the route thing because of same money, better hours, less hassle.
lolwut
Schwann guy is pulling your leg
Well he might be, but all I know is he's a pretty happy, smart guy who goes on vacation every couple of months and has a new house with a stay at home wife.
I'm still baffled on how Schwan's is a multi-billion dollar company. I know zero people who have frozen foods delivered to their homes.
Um, you know one
I haven't looked at schwans specifically, but I would assume so, though they would be focused on the consumer rater than commercial like the ones that I have been looking at.
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