Rental Blue Guns

[rickybobby]

Monica,

Local would be great but now with all of us being "connected" we are doing business "world wide" and have geared our business' for shipping products, materials, ect. So to get a volume one is going to at least ship within the U.S. and try to be as prompt as possable and up front with realistic delivery times! Did I say REALISTIC DELIVERY TIMES to leather workers??? lol!!!!

Great thought!

Rick J.

[Shorts]

Monica,

Local would be great but now with all of us being "connected" we are doing business "world wide" and have geared our business' for shipping products, materials, ect. So to get a volume one is going to at least ship within the U.S. and try to be as prompt as possable and up front with realistic delivery times! Did I say REALISTIC DELIVERY TIMES to leather workers??? lol!!!!

Great thought!

Rick J.

lol I lived in Japan the last 3 years I KNOW about shipping heartaches. Never again!

So is the Star Trek beam-me-up-Scotty dohickey being sold in stores yet???

[Bree]

To be brutally honest... I wouldn't quit my day job at $10 gross a pop. Just to gross $100K is going to require 10,000 rentals... that's over 27 a day 7 days a week. That's gross of any expenses. The real question becomes how many rentals are necessary for you to pay your mortgage and buy food?? The net net.

I don't see it happening. Sorry.

[Lobo]

Having been involved in the original concept, I have given a fair amount of thought to this (while cutting, sewing, forming, dying, finishing, etc). Here are my conclusions.

This would be something that hobbyists (those making holsters for themselves, perhaps a few friends and acquaintances) might find of interest occasionally. However, someone making a holster for himself, or for a friend, has access to the handgun for which the holster will be made, so how frequently will a dummy gun be rented?

Those of us who are making holsters and accessories as a business know that most customers want rapid service. Any significant delay in delivering an order can only result in an unhappy customer. So we buy what we need to have on hand to meet orders as they come in.

If I saw that sufficient potential existed to realize a reasonable return on the investment required to start up such an enterprise I would do it. I do not see that potential, so I won't.

Best regards.

[rickybobby]

To be brutally honest... I wouldn't quit my day job at $10 gross a pop. Just to gross $100K is going to require 10,000 rentals... that's over 27 a day 7 days a week. That's gross of any expenses. The real question becomes how many rentals are necessary for you to pay your mortgage and buy food?? The net net.

I don't see it happening. Sorry.

Bree, Thanks for the onfo, I have run this up and down and really come up with "a lot of money, labor, exposure $, for not much return"

Having been involved in the original concept, I have given a fair amount of thought to this (while cutting, sewing, forming, dying, finishing, etc). Here are my conclusions.

This would be something that hobbyists (those making holsters for themselves, perhaps a few friends and acquaintances) might find of interest occasionally. However, someone making a holster for himself, or for a friend, has access to the handgun for which the holster will be made, so how frequently will a dummy gun be rented?

Those of us who are making holsters and accessories as a business know that most customers want rapid service. Any significant delay in delivering an order can only result in an unhappy customer. So we buy what we need to have on hand to meet orders as they come in.

If I saw that sufficient potential existed to realize a reasonable return on the investment required to start up such an enterprise I would do it. I do not see that potential, so I won't.

Best regards.

Ray, I agree with you and K-man, slowing down your regular pay customers while shuffling rental orders is not a way to keep people happy. I am going to stick to what I know and do what I do best (not rental guns!!).

Thanks for looking at the idea!

Rick J.

Edited June 24, 2009 by rickybobby

[Rayban]

Does this make sense??.......start a "file" of folks that have blue guns and willing to rent them out on a as needed basis.........same deal.....if I see you have one I need, I PayPal you $40 and when I send you back the blue you PP me $30

Here's my list:

Colt 1911

[Lobo]

Pretty short list there, Rayban!

[carljc72]

Pretty short list there, Rayban!

That looks like my blue gun collection. One 1911 Colt Commander...I am ready to monopolize the market.

[electrathon]

Does this make sense??.......start a "file" of folks that have blue guns and willing to rent them out on a as needed basis.........same deal.....if I see you have one I need, I PayPal you $40 and when I send you back the blue you PP me $30

Here's my list:

Colt 1911

I really like the idea and what you are trying to do. I think shipping will be your downfall though. You will have $8 or so shipping each way, also about $2 paypal fee each way. For the cost of a blue gun it might be cheaper just to buy one that to try shipping it back and forth. If you lived in the same town and could stop by and pick it up, I think it might work out.

[kissholsters]

i need a wather pps. if you have one to rent.