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I used to manage a PC building workshop, and even with our buying power of £30,000 worth of hardware orders a fortnight, we still were not buying enough to give us a great profit on hardware. To beat the big guys you would need to be ordering literally thousands of components at the one time, which would cost you hundreds of thousands of pounds. The money was mostly made with the warranty. But even that was a headache as people with a computer warranty will be on the phone 24/7 moaning about the computer running slow, or a pop-up thing, or a slight buzzing noise, blah blah. The whole ordeal was a sore head and the pc supply side of the business barely made a penny. The company only survived because it got paid to train individuals in using the PC which was golden. Not to discourage you, or anything! Maybe you could try and add a unique approach to your idea. Making custom built PC's with a visual design aspect. Then your charging people for the same old hardware but an artistic theme. More or less what Apple do

Was it mechanical failure? If it's file system then give me a PM and I'll see if you can recover anything

Blue JDM **** DHV - Govan, Glasgow. Second time in a week.

thats pretty sweet. armin van burens playing next month. might need to get a ticket for that

I paid 90 for mine last year mate. which was the going ebay rate at the time!

Fancy coming round my bit when it's fitted Jay? There's some snow that still needs shiftin Looking forward to seeing it finished

I disagree, someone in my family is loaded and has made his living out of gambling. Of course theres risk involved, but when calculated these risks can be reduced. Ie different people know roulette dealers throws and can guess an area where the ball will stop. Poker is a very very clever game which to play with skill is very hard to learn. The only question is if you want to take the risk and gamble. Every day we gamble in some form or other, but we calculate the risk involved. Theres a guy on here who has been posting up his poker matches, he makes his living from playing poker. I agree poker can be defined as a game of skill. But roulette and the likes are games of chance no matter what you say. The game is designed to have the odds stacked against you, just enough that you think your winning but will always be loosing. The only people that make money in a casino are the owners! You might be the lucky guy who puts down his first bet and wins a fortune, but chances are slim. Long term gamblers from my experience, always loose more than they gain. I have an uncle who's always shouting about the thousand here, or hundred there which he won on the horses or the football. But he never admits to the thousands he's lost before that.

I was in a similar position for over 2 years in a job mate. Best thing I ever done was just walk away. I'm now happy as Larry in my new job and work for a proper organisation with established equality and diversity policy's and a professional attitude towards bullying and morale in the work force. These type of egomaniacs are not worth having discussions with, taking to tribunals or the effort of getting stressed over. If you are actually a hard worker then he does not deserve you as an employee, so leave peacefully and retain a professional attitude and work for an organisation that respect their employees. Remember you may rely on him as a reference in the future, so leave on good terms when possible.

Mugs game!

I buzzed off a clamp in England while doing a job with my dad a few years ago. Drove back to Glasgow and never heard of it again.

Absolute jibber jabber to me! But I do find it interesting how much you make / loose, so keep it up! I used to fix a guys computer regularly who made a very profitable living from betting on the horses, which I thought was impressive !

I know Vikki! I'll still try and come to cruises or meets if I get another nice one after the house purchase. It's just getting the mortgage with the car loan hanging over me that's proving difficult! Piping's fine Craig, making some good progress now are you keeping it up? Irfan not sure mate, I'll need to see what spare change married life leaves me with when I do the deed next year. Good job keeping your zed by the way, any secrets how you done it?

Time to get a mortgage and grow up Cars for sale up on Pistonhead's. Let me know if I've missed anything If there's any members interested, just shoot me a PM! http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2417667.htm I'll still be sticking around

Stamps from reputable garages give greater peace of mind which you cant put a price on. I overlooked a lot of zeds which didn't have FSH. I don't like the idea of some weekend mechanic doing the servicing. But that's just me.

Buy your tyres off Camskills on-line then get a local place to fit them. Guy round my bit takes 15 quid for it. Do not go to kwik fit.