....to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option than
setting up on your own??

On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:11:25 -0700, mike wrote:

...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option than
setting up on your own??

I've always wondered, with a name like that, if the franchisees are
expected to do more than just repairs and maintenence...


--
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
http://www.mirrorservice.org

*lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Bob Eager
saying something like:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/


I've always wondered, with a name like that, if the franchisees are
expected to do more than just repairs and maintenence...

Confessions of a Decking Guy?

Bob Eager
wibbled on Wednesday 30 June 2010 18:01

On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:11:25 -0700, mike wrote:

...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option than
setting up on your own??

I've always wondered, with a name like that, if the franchisees are
expected to do more than just repairs and maintenence...

Are you expected to turn up to fix the tap:

a) sporting a Paul Morrow from Space 1999 proper moustache;

b) wearing leather shorts;

c) not actually fix the tap?


--
Tim Watts

Managers, politicians and environmentalists: Nature's carbon buffer.

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
Bob Eager
wibbled on Wednesday 30 June 2010 18:01

On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:11:25 -0700, mike wrote:

...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option than
setting up on your own??

I've always wondered, with a name like that, if the franchisees are
expected to do more than just repairs and maintenence...

Are you expected to turn up to fix the tap:

a) sporting a Paul Morrow from Space 1999 proper moustache;

b) wearing leather shorts;

c) not actually fix the tap?


....and the problem with this strategy is?

--
No plan survives contact with the enemy.

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

David WE Roberts
wibbled on Thursday 01 July 2010 10:28


"Tim Watts" wrote in message

Are you expected to turn up to fix the tap:

a) sporting a Paul Morrow from Space 1999 proper moustache;

b) wearing leather shorts;

c) not actually fix the tap?


...and the problem with this strategy is?


You're just about to supply services and some bloke jumps out from behind
the sofa shouting "Shtop! Shtop!" ?

--
Tim Watts

Managers, politicians and environmentalists: Nature's carbon buffer.

Bob Eager wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:11:25 -0700, mike wrote:

...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option than
setting up on your own??

I've always wondered, with a name like that, if the franchisees are
expected to do more than just repairs and maintenence...


Alberta Hunter, My Handy Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWv9Khg2Xsk

On Jun 30, 6:01*pm, Bob Eager wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:11:25 -0700, mike wrote:
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option than
setting up on your own??

I've always wondered, with a name like that, if the franchisees are
expected to do more than just repairs and maintenence...

They also do servicing...

MBQ

"mike" wrote in message
...
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option than
setting up on your own??

Bloody sexist Aussies!
Hire a gender non-specific over here, mate!
--
No plan survives contact with the enemy.

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

"mike" wrote in message
...
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option than
setting up on your own??

National marketing of the brand.

The question is does that make any difference in this market?

OTOH

"Hubbies have their own exclusive territory with an average of 7,500
households plus all the commercial and retail outlets".

How can anyone make a business in an area of 7,500 households. Dave's must
be 20 times that size.

tim

On Jun 30, 8:00*pm, "tim...." wrote:

How can anyone make a business in an area of 7,500 households. *Dave's must
be 20 times that size.

1 handyman per 150,000 households?

It must be his personality.

"Weatherlawyer" wrote in message
...
On Jun 30, 8:00 pm, "tim...." wrote:

How can anyone make a business in an area of 7,500 households. Dave's
must
be 20 times that size.

1 handyman per 150,000 households?

+ a lot of hubbies?

tim.... wrote:
"mike" wrote in message
...
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option
than setting up on your own??

National marketing of the brand.

The question is does that make any difference in this market?

OTOH

"Hubbies have their own exclusive territory with an average of 7,500
households plus all the commercial and retail outlets".

How can anyone make a business in an area of 7,500 households. Dave's must
be 20 times that size.

Population of Medway is 253,500, at roughly 2.4 persons per household thats
106,000 households approx.

I'm not the only one operating in the area, although I was the first
operating a professional type service on par with the franchises.

I'm of course limited by being a one man band. If I wanted to employ people
& resister for VAT I could easily treble the turnover.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

& resister for VAT ...

People have been sent to the gulags for less.

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
news:yeNWn.125535$Hs4.11725@hurricane...
tim.... wrote:
"mike" wrote in message
...
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option
than setting up on your own??

National marketing of the brand.

The question is does that make any difference in this market?

OTOH

"Hubbies have their own exclusive territory with an average of 7,500
households plus all the commercial and retail outlets".

How can anyone make a business in an area of 7,500 households. Dave's
must be 20 times that size.

Population of Medway is 253,500, at roughly 2.4 persons per household
thats 106,000 households approx.

I'm not the only one operating in the area, although I was the first
operating a professional type service on par with the franchises.

I'm of course limited by being a one man band. If I wanted to employ
people & resister for VAT I could easily treble the turnover.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk


Your site implies there are more than one of you.
;-)
S

On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:41:10 +0100, Spamlet wrote:

I'm of course limited by being a one man band. If I wanted to employ
people & resister for VAT I could easily treble the turnover.
--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

Your site implies there are more than one of you. ;-)

He bilocates...


--
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
http://www.mirrorservice.org

*lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor

Spamlet wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message news:yeNWn.125535$Hs4.11725@hurricane...
tim.... wrote:
"mike" wrote in message
...
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option
than setting up on your own??

National marketing of the brand.

The question is does that make any difference in this market?

OTOH

"Hubbies have their own exclusive territory with an average of 7,500
households plus all the commercial and retail outlets".

How can anyone make a business in an area of 7,500 households.
Dave's must be 20 times that size.

Population of Medway is 253,500, at roughly 2.4 persons per household
thats 106,000 households approx.

I'm not the only one operating in the area, although I was the first
operating a professional type service on par with the franchises.

I'm of course limited by being a one man band. If I wanted to employ
people & resister for VAT I could easily treble the turnover.



Your site implies there are more than one of you.
;-)
S

Yes I know :-)



--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On 1 July, 00:41, "Spamlet" wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in messagenews:yeNWn.125535$Hs4.11725@hurricane...





tim.... wrote:
"mike" wrote in message
....
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option
than setting up on your own??

National marketing of the brand.

The question is does that make any difference in this market?

OTOH

"Hubbies have their own exclusive territory with an average of 7,500
households plus all the commercial and retail outlets".

How can anyone make a business in an area of 7,500 households. Dave's
must be 20 times that size.

Population of Medway is 253,500, at roughly 2.4 persons per household
thats 106,000 households approx.

I'm not the only one operating in the area, although I was the first
operating a professional type service on par with the franchises.

I'm of course limited by being a one man band. *If I wanted to employ
people & resister for VAT I could easily treble the turnover.

--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

Your site implies there are more than one of you.
;-)
S- Hide quoted text -

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Never! They switched off the oven, broke the mould and served peanuts
out of it.

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
news:yeNWn.125535$Hs4.11725@hurricane...
tim.... wrote:
"mike" wrote in message
...
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option
than setting up on your own??

National marketing of the brand.

The question is does that make any difference in this market?

OTOH

"Hubbies have their own exclusive territory with an average of 7,500
households plus all the commercial and retail outlets".

How can anyone make a business in an area of 7,500 households. Dave's
must be 20 times that size.

Population of Medway is 253,500, at roughly 2.4 persons per household
thats 106,000 households approx.

I thought you covered Maidstone as well


I'm not the only one operating in the area,

Obviously, but that "other" competition wouldn't go away if you were
restricted by contract to a small part of the local area.

tim

tim.... wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message news:yeNWn.125535$Hs4.11725@hurricane...
tim.... wrote:
"mike" wrote in message
...
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option
than setting up on your own??

National marketing of the brand.

The question is does that make any difference in this market?

OTOH

"Hubbies have their own exclusive territory with an average of 7,500
households plus all the commercial and retail outlets".

How can anyone make a business in an area of 7,500 households.
Dave's must be 20 times that size.

Population of Medway is 253,500, at roughly 2.4 persons per household
thats 106,000 households approx.

I thought you covered Maidstone as well

All the ME postcodes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ME_postcode_area


I'm not the only one operating in the area,

Obviously, but that "other" competition wouldn't go away if you were
restricted by contract to a small part of the local area.

True. Seems too small an area IME.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 08:11:34 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

How can anyone make a business in an area of 7,500 households.
snip
True. Seems too small an area IME.

Define "too small an area". Round here you'd be looking at something
around 1000 square miles (15 to 20 miles radius) to get to 7,500
households.

I agree that 7,500 households doesn't seem enough to support a handy
man business, even if you only have to travel a mile or two for each
job. A 40 miles round trip would take a sizeable chunk of ones fee...

--
Cheers
Dave.

tim.... wrote:
"mike" wrote in message
...
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option
than setting up on your own??

National marketing of the brand.

The question is does that make any difference in this market?

OTOH

"Hubbies have their own exclusive territory with an average of 7,500
households plus all the commercial and retail outlets".

How can anyone make a business in an area of 7,500 households. Dave's must
be 20 times that size.

Hmmmm. The ME2 postcode has nearly twice that amount of households.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

mike wrote:
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option than
setting up on your own??

They say:
All of our handymen are backed by a corporate office, dedicated to
providing further support to the growing network of Hubby’s.

Maybe they studied music and grocery
cos that apostrophe aint right
and thats a corporate website homepage
not an email!

[g]

In message , "george [dicegeorge]"
writes
mike wrote:
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:
http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/
What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option
than
setting up on your own??

They say:
All of our handymen are backed by a corporate office, dedicated to
providing further support to the growing network of Hubbys.

"Hello dear, I'm here to half do a job which you can nag day and night
for me to finish while I sit in front of the TV, fart, and drink your
beer"


--
geoff

"geoff" wrote in message
...
In message , "george [dicegeorge]"
writes
mike wrote:
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:
http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/
What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option than
setting up on your own??

They say:
All of our handymen are backed by a corporate office, dedicated to
providing further support to the growing network of Hubby's.

"Hello dear, I'm here to half do a job which you can nag day and night for
me to finish while I sit in front of the TV, fart, and drink your beer"


And she replies "You forget that blowjob then"

Adam

mike wrote:
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option than
setting up on your own??

To be fair, I went through a huge learning curve in the first 2 or 3 years.
Still learning, but not as bad.

I could now tell someone how to avoid a lot of problems, but would it be
worth the fee or the %?

I might write the book one day.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

"The Medway Handyman" gurgled
happily, sounding much like they were saying:

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option than
setting up on your own??

To be fair, I went through a huge learning curve in the first 2 or 3
years. Still learning, but not as bad.

I could now tell someone how to avoid a lot of problems, but would it be
worth the fee or the %?

Which isn't really what the franchise is about - there's no way they're
giving much in the five-day training course.

What they're _really_ selling in the franchise is a slice of the brand
and the marketing that goes along with it.

On 30/06/2010 17:11, mike wrote:
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option than
setting up on your own??


To me that looks very similar to the way some SOHO IT support outfits
are currently working, and their 'staff wanted' adverts placed via the
directgov's job centre don't exactly entice my interest.

e.g.

"This is a self employed vacancy. Must have experience in software,
hardware, fault finding and a minimum A plus qualification. Must have
full driving licence, own transport and mobile phone. Duties include
fault finding, the repair and replacement of parts and any other
associated tasks. Could applicants state availability when applying. The
company has given an assurance that this vacancy enables workers to
achieve a wage equivalent to the National Minimum Wage rate.
Self-employed people are responsible for paying their own National
Insurance contributions and Tax. "

So if ye are so qualified what's the point of offering yourself for
these pimps, or going it alone?

Stick a business profile up on facebook/linkin, or a card in a phone box
and ye will be run off your feet with new leads, as each unstable PC and
user eventually succumbs to the inevitable windows inspired tradegy...

--
Adrian C

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Adrian C
saying something like:

Stick a business profile up on facebook/linkin, or a card in a phone box
and ye will be run off your feet with new leads, as each unstable PC and
user eventually succumbs to the inevitable windows inspired tradegy...

XP and system restore killed off a large proportion of that market.

"Adrian C" wrote in message
...
On 30/06/2010 17:11, mike wrote:
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option than
setting up on your own??


To me that looks very similar to the way some SOHO IT support outfits are
currently working, and their 'staff wanted' adverts placed via the
directgov's job centre don't exactly entice my interest.

e.g.

"This is a self employed vacancy. Must have experience in software,
hardware, fault finding and a minimum A plus qualification. Must have full
driving licence, own transport and mobile phone. Duties include fault
finding, the repair and replacement of parts and any other associated
tasks. Could applicants state availability when applying. The company has
given an assurance that this vacancy enables workers to achieve a wage
equivalent to the National Minimum Wage rate. Self-employed people are
responsible for paying their own National Insurance contributions and Tax.
"

So if ye are so qualified what's the point of offering yourself for these
pimps, or going it alone?

Stick a business profile up on facebook/linkin, or a card in a phone box
and ye will be run off your feet with new leads, as each unstable PC and
user eventually succumbs to the inevitable windows inspired tradegy...

ITYF those people who have tried it, don't find it quite that easy :-(

tim

In message
,
mike writes
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option than
setting up on your own??


Free shag with every order

wait a minute, where's Adam ?

--
geoff

geoff wrote:
In message
,
mike writes
...to give a big chunk of your profits away:

http://www.hireahubbygroup.com/

What could they offer that would make a franchise a better option
than setting up on your own??


Free shag with every order

wait a minute, where's Adam ?

Currently doing a job in the ME8 postcode :-)

I'm having breakfast with him shortly :-)


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk