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    Shoe shine business in Bangkock?

    Open question...do you think there is a market in Thailand's major cities for old style shoe shine business's?

    One on every busy soi.

    50 baht a shine.

    Low start up costs.


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    Can't shine flip-flops....

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    maybe in the posher business areas.

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    If it were a sustainable business, it would already be in operation. Therefore logic dictates no in this case.

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    with added extras such as oral relief ("whilst you're down there .......") it could be a winner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile
    it could be a winner.
    genticles will know for sure if it is a weiner

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    Possible low start up costs,though have you taken the BIB tax into consideration.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thaimeme View Post
    Can't shine flip-flops....
    Can if they're leather

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    More like if successful then the BiB would start hitting up for 20k per month and within 3 days 50 other similar jobs would be opened withing spitting distance....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Necron99 View Post
    More like if successful then the BiB would start hitting up for 20k per month and within 3 days 50 other similar jobs would be opened withing spitting distance....
    Thai capitalism.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chittychangchang View Post
    Open question...do you think there is a market in Thailand's major cities for old style shoe shine business's?

    One on every busy soi.

    50 baht a shine.

    Low start up costs.
    Who the hell wears leather shoes in Bangkok??? Certainly not big fat farang...

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    Hand car washes are all the rage in the U.K. Makes Me feel like one of the Kray twins, I taught Reggie to use a shooter in the East End, and he followed My instructions to the letter.
    Blind Beggar Pub in Whitechapel, now all the Bengals live there, not speaking cockney.

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    WTF are you on about you gibbering fool.

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    ^^
    And btw it was Ronnie not Reggie who did the shooting in the Blind Beggar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iceman123 View Post
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    WTF are you on about you gibbering fool.

    ...usually extends English/Christian culturally-centric reference - nothing whatsoever to do with the topic at hand - in this case Thai-themed.

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    ^^^^I believe he's in need of a good shine

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chittychangchang View Post
    ^^^^I believe he's in need of a good shine

    ...or a decent polishing.


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    Any business model without happy endings on offer is doomed for failure.

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    Indians have already beaten you to it.

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