True success

[JG]

I don't want to get too detailed about what I have or don't have, but it's fair to say since cutting my teeth on that Copper Pot that I've done reasonably well on AWPs and they've certainly helped financially with a lot of things. I've been successful on them, but it's like Mr. Myagi says, "always someone better than you". To be fair, I'm a shitty rubbish crap player, but I am fairly sensible and have the right mindset, so I guess that helps me out. Unfortunately tapping away on here is way too easy and addictive.
Time to go play! (about two hours later than planned)

Cheers,

JG (hope I didn't offend with the whole Mark thing)

[Mr McStreak]

down on the south coast lives a man who amassed a good few 100k, mostly from naughtiness. As well as his own house he also owned a snooker club. Apparently now he's addicted to crack and hasn't got a pot to piss in.

Madness......

Somewhere in London an 'acquaintance' of mine was, up until about a month ago, making anything up to £4000 a week tooling. £4000. No exaggeration I assure you. He had Polak staff in several Agora shops paid off, and at the height of the note acceptor scam on barcrest S16's he was making obscene money. I remember him telling me one day he made nearly 7k, IN ONE DAY. I thought bullshit, but he reminded me that when you could walk into certain arcades that had 4 slotto clones and run the bank upto 600 pound whilst conversing with the staff it was completely feasible.
He used to pay his little brother £50 for every 1000 coins he could get rid of, because he was too busy to do it himself, unless it was in a casino, where he usually managed to get rid of 500 or so, and then squander it on the blackjack tables, or doing long shot neighbour bets on roulette. Win or lose, he'd walk out with a smile on his face.
He'd pay a driver 250 a day, who also served as a look out. What I will never understand is why he chose to rent a flat at £850 pcm, and yet run two cars, a Vauxhall VX220 and some sort of Nissan 4x4, at considerable expense, and even lease a new Mondeo to go away in. Surely a mortgage, done through the correct channels would have been the way forward, and a more sedate car. But no, it was all about being showy and arrogant. He's not remotely discreet or secretive about what he does, to an arcade owner he has an 'i'm going to rob your arcade' demeanour. getting caught and going to jail is an occupational hazard, but doesnt serve as a deterrent.
He had to go to court somewhere in scotland the a few weeks back. On the way up they stopped at an arcade/cafe because there was a set of upright bullion bars that went through the mech.

Craziness....

[betchrider]

down on the south coast lives a man who amassed a good few 100k, mostly from naughtiness. As well as his own house he also owned a snooker club. Apparently now he's addicted to crack and hasn't got a pot to piss in.

Madness......

Somewhere in London an 'acquaintance' of mine was, up until about a month ago, making anything up to £4000 a week tooling. £4000. No exaggeration I assure you. He had Polak staff in several Agora shops paid off, and at the height of the note acceptor scam on barcrest S16's he was making obscene money. I remember him telling me one day he made nearly 7k, IN ONE DAY. I thought bullshit, but he reminded me that when you could walk into certain arcades that had 4 slotto clones and run the bank upto 600 pound whilst conversing with the staff it was completely feasible.
He used to pay his little brother £50 for every 1000 coins he could get rid of, because he was too busy to do it himself, unless it was in a casino, where he usually managed to get rid of 500 or so, and then squander it on the blackjack tables, or doing long shot neighbour bets on roulette. Win or lose, he'd walk out with a smile on his face.
He'd pay a driver 250 a day, who also served as a look out. What I will never understand is why he chose to rent a flat at £850 pcm, and yet run two cars, a Vauxhall VX220 and some sort of Nissan 4x4, at considerable expense, and even lease a new Mondeo to go away in. Surely a mortgage, done through the correct channels would have been the way forward, and a more sedate car. But no, it was all about being showy and arrogant. He's not remotely discreet or secretive about what he does, to an arcade owner he has an 'i'm going to rob your arcade' demeanour. getting caught and going to jail is an occupational hazard, but doesnt serve as a deterrent.
He had to go to court somewhere in scotland the a few weeks back. On the way up they stopped at an arcade/cafe because there was a set of upright bullion bars that went through the mech.

Craziness....

To be honest mate if youve got barcrest tool 7K is shit to be fair(not that i ever had it of course)from what i heard

[HorseRacingKing]

Buy a horse...

If it earns black type basically you can retired it to stud and your fucking MINTED MATE.

[aaamusements.co.uk]

Buy a horse...

If it earns black type basically you can retired it to stud and your fucking MINTED MATE.

And if it runs badly then you can always eat it.

[mr lugsy]

or cut it's head off and put it in hrk's bed.

[milk monitor]

I've got £16K amassed, but haven't got a clue what to do with it, people suggest ISAs, but £1000 a year in interest is hardly enough to retire on, and not enough for any property. I've thought of Bulgarian Property, but never get round to doing anything constructive.

I might invest in a van or something, I ain't got a clue.

Anybody else any ideas, If it wasn't for the recent smoking ban & the way the pub industry is going, I may have got into the licenced trade as a leaseholder, but as we all know, this is another non-starter these days.

One thing, playing fruities, you are self-employed in a sense, and don't want to work for somebody else.

Ice cream man? highly seasonal but can take a lot in a good day. Low start up costs, mobility to market, own hours. This offers good regular returns for a small outlay, a lot of sucessful entrepreneurs have started doing this.

Also cash intensive given your stance on paying Tax.

[Mattb]

Best thing to do chaps is build a crazy golf course abroad. Seriously. When i was in Tenerife in July, the amount of people playing it all day and night was amazing. I was drinking a pint at 11:30pm odd, and there were still about 75 people on this 18 hole minigolf. Paying 5/6 euros each. Think about that one....always warm in Tenerife, so no seasonal problems. Small outlay for a plot of land, minimal start up costs, barely any running costs. Average of say 250 punters a day would bring in nearly 1500 euros a day. 45,000 a month. 540,000 a year. Pay a local guy to run it for the year about 25,000 Euros. Leaves you £400k profit. Build a couple/three of these courses and you'd never have to work again in your life. Who wants to chuck some money in with me to get out of work for life?! :P

[milk monitor]

I've always got time for a serious investment opportunity.

[RUDE]

Burger vans:

£4k will buy you a good one, get a cash and carry card, stock up on cheap burgers, sausages and coke and bob's your uncle.

Run it yourself or pay some young 'un £5 an hour or whatever.

Burgers cost 20p to make, £2 to buy....1000% profit

[milk monitor]

We had a magician come to our function at the races the other week. He turned up, mingled with the crowd showing differnt groups tircks, then left two hours later to go to another show.

His invoice for those two hours was £500.

[RUDE]

Hmmmmmm...I like your thinking Mr Observer of cow juice, however, there are barriers to entry in that particular industry such as actually knowing some tricks...You could always find a pub with do-able fruits and do exhibition stuff (hitting GUAC blindfold and so on)...profit and payment...why didn't I think of it sooner?!

[milk monitor]

Too true, but the rewards are there if you put the time in and break into the curcuit. Fruit machine tricks are not the only thing that has become more availible through the advent of the internet.

I wasn't thinking of it personally, but thought I'd mention it as I was staggered when the girl who booked him informed me of his fee.

[harry2]

If you could get a hot food van and get permission to set up where the olympics is being held you could make a few quid. Need about £10k for a decent van to start with.

[betchrider]

If you could get a hot food van and get permission to set up where the olympics is being held you could make a few quid. Need about £10k for a decent van to start with.

What about baked taities about 10p each chuck some cheese on and £3 back Cheers!