MSNwar Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 Anyone serious about this should take accounting 101 as a minimal.The serious money is not in building PCs, however. It is just a side plate for extra cash in my case.The serious money is in manufacturing. zipp51 would know more about that. I hope to manufacture computer cases in the next two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 now that would be awesome Need a UK distributor? The money is in the extras, and also warranties, its why they always try and force you into buying a warranty if you buy at a pc store. markup on computers is minimal as possible to remain competetive, to make profits you have to buy in huge bulk amounts. repairs and upgrades is ok money too, as is business contracts.. a side i want to get into.recently at college my tutor asked us all to price up a quote for a pentium 4 pc with windows 2000.i under cut the quote they got from some business by about £80 i think it was and still got a nice markup for me out of it, also they council wouldnt be buying copies of win2k as they have a VLK.... so i undercut the price by quite a margin, all the parts i did where retail prices too.. i would have cut the price even more if id used dealer prices.a business might order 5 machines and want installation and setup too, so your talking £5000+ salesnot bad going if you can get that kind of work and often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 Tris, look at this home made case. Click Here You will have to scroll down to see the case.This is not what I really have in mind, but it is interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 yeah i saw it the other day, pretty good for a home job. its wood tho.. id only ever put a mini itx in there.. not an AMD 2400+ with geforce ti 460.... well maybe but id have a fire extinguisher strapped to the side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 Tris, look at this home made case...WTF is that? Looks more like a big X-Box to me ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 .... well maybe but id have a fire extinguisher strapped to the side LOL, fire extinguisher strapped to the side. I have a friend that was a sheet metal tech for a large aircraft company. He has a home business now where he makes PC Cases in his barn. His daughter (PC Builder) started the business with her Dad's technical assistance. They do pretty well with a full time staff of six employees. All they really started with was a sheet metal press and hand tools. Nice comfortable living in the hills of Tennessee. She tells me that a few steady contracts are necessary for a steady income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoop Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 buy a pallete of chieftec cases and flog them on ebay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 yeah u need a press and bending, cornering, riveting, folding tools, lot of kit to buy at tens of thousands of pounds per machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Tris, he paid about US $2,000.00 for the press and assorted tools from DRMO, Defense Reutilization Marketing Office.Your Naval DRMO in the UK:Defense Reutilization and Marketing, MOLESWORTH, Sales 44-1480-84-2632, Hours 0800-1630Huntingdon, UK, (RAF Molesworth).You would be surprised at what you can get at the public auctions. I paid $400.00 for a 1989 Chevy Pick-up truck in 1997 that had about 8,000 miles on it. Sold it for $1300.00 same week. Picked up a ESDS Work Bench for $250.00 "Brand New" still in the crates and sold it for $1600.00 same week!Call them or make a visit and I bet you will be real surprised. Have them email you the Sales List. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 ive only ever heard of these kind of auctions but never been to one.. id love to go to one. do they sell m10's there too? hehei might save up some cash and go and see whats on offer, cheers bud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipp51 Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 I have a friend that was a sheet metal tech for a large aircraft company. He has a home business now where he makes PC Cases in his barn. His daughter (PC Builder) started the business with her Dad's technical assistance. They do pretty well with a full time staff of six employees. All they really started with was a sheet metal press and hand tools. Nice comfortable living in the hills of Tennessee. She tells me that a few steady contracts are necessary for a steady income.Your right,manufacturing is where the money is.Sounds good,and doesn't require a huge investment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 gotta make something new and that looks good, refer to chieftec and such for inspiration! if you turn cases out of that kind of quality but cheaper your on a sure fire winner, anyone who does i will gladly be the sole uk distributor... selling to other companies and doing the leg work for you if its quality and its cheap.. you (almost) cant fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rstryker Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 This is the best thread i have read in a while...i love this @$#$.As for the reseller or re-seller stuff...i use DandH www.dandh.comThere customer service is excellant with fast shipping and a great website where you can track your orders and get lots of info. I am going to check out the one mentioned earlier (MA-Labs)Also you might consider joining the National Association of System Builders www.NASBA.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 Tris, I talked to my friend in Tennessee about exporting to the UK / Europe and it looks dismal. The export taxes and associated costs are off the scale for a low volume home business. She looked at it once in the past and did the math. Basically, no profit. Her high-end cases (not even close to the quality of ChiefTech) cost her about $45.00 per case with raw goods, labor, minimal marketing, shipping, insurance etc., (overhead). They decided to fabricate a standard case, mod the front as necessary, and contract out to Fujitsu and Packard HELL. The majority of her production goes to backfill for those two companies. Steady income in any event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 Click Here to check out Tyan's reseller page and give-away deal. You might also win one awesome mobo in the deal Hey, remember, you do Not actually have to be a active reseller to get into this stuff. About $25.00 at your county office is all it takes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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