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Originally posted by bhutocracy
any particular reason you were enquiring about the LAN stuff? well meaning interest or something I should be worried about?? lol.
How's your brother going? got the candy bar going yet?
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Just curious. My brothers business is still growing. He is still tweaking to find the optimum rates...membership fees...day passes...advertisement etc. He is adding more computers...took out one of the big screen TV's that was hooked to Xboxes...as the big screen was leased and he was not getting enough Xbox play to make it pay...still has a big screen with Xboxes...but said he may end up taking it out also...if the Xbox play does not increase. He is not really into serving food snacks as of yet...though his building does have a kitchen...but to serve food requires another license. He did put in two vending machines...one for soft drinks and one for candy bars and snacks.
He was going to open another business in a different city this month but two things happened...some one leased the building that he had his eye on...and the fellow that he had been training to manage the new business...got an offer as a graphics designer in Las Vegas that he decided he could not refuse. So now he has to search for a building of the right size...location...and cost...as well as find someone else to train...and the latter may be the more difficult part.
One thing you may want to check into is the insurance factor. The company my brother was insured with when he opened went out of business...and it took him two weeks to find a new company that would insure his type of business at a reasonable cost. Apparently the insurance companies are reluctant to insure gaming types of businesses...at least at a reasonable cost. While he was searching for a new company...he felt obilged to sleep at the business...since he has been hit twice...someone climbed onto the roof and sawed off his Satellite Dish...someone broke in a stole an Xbox...and also someone bashed the rear window out on his pickup.
One note of interest...his business is only a few blocks from the Police Station and several of his best customers are policemen...he said they even come in to play during their lunch break.
Oh...left off one thing...he had his first all nighter this past weekend...he didn't close until about 8:00 AM.