Naturally everything is in it's infancy right now. I'll be providing a mix
of new and reasonable spec second hand machines. Expect the range to be
rather limited at first but I'll be looking to grow it quite quickly.
The website isn't up just yet but the email is working
sa...@cliftonts.co.ukor I'
On 19/11/11 00:42, Gareth France wrote:
I'm toying with moving on to arranging a met up for those interested
as I collect them and just generally trying to get a bit of a buzz
locally. Thanks for the offer, of course keeping costs low will be
crucial to making this work. I'll be in touch in due
I'm toying with moving on to arranging a met up for those interested as I
collect them and just generally trying to get a bit of a buzz locally.
Thanks for the offer, of course keeping costs low will be crucial to making
this work. I'll be in touch in due course.
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 12:37 AM,
On 19/11/11 00:33, Gareth France wrote:
Damnit! I just spent £30 getting a pack just now!
oops! oh well, never mind, give me a shout if you want more. The LoCo
allocation of CDs are there for anyone to request if they are doing
something to introduce new people to Ubuntu, totally fine if you a
Damnit! I just spent £30 getting a pack just now!
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Alan Bell wrote:
> On 18/11/11 23:32, Gareth France wrote:
>
>> Recently I decided to do my part by starting up a small business selling
>> machines with Ubuntu pre-installed and offering support. My bank have
>>
On 18/11/11 23:32, Gareth France wrote:
Recently I decided to do my part by starting up a small business
selling machines with Ubuntu pre-installed and offering support. My
bank have refused to offer me a business account at all 'because it's
too risky to open an account for a company selling
There is no risk in that my product is one which small businesses have been
happily peddling for 20+ years and I'm not looking to borrow. I've been
detailing the problems with getting an account. I haven't even gotten onto
the car processing yet, I can't even look into that without an account so
th
Thanks for that. Yes I have my business plan completed and nobody at the
local fair is direct competition. £500 was an exaggeration of course, to
make my point.
Does anyone else feel a certain energy about the commercial drive for linux
right now? Lots of progress being made on the desktop UI, get
Gareth France wrote:
> I'm not looking for a loan, I need to be able to process credit
> cards,
[...]
> No risk
A whole industry[0] has grown up around mitigating the risks involved in
letting people process payment cards.
--
Avi
[0] well, they call themselves an industry
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ubuntu-uk@lists
On 18/11/11 23:44, Gareth France wrote:
I'm not looking for a loan, I need to be able to process credit cards,
if you go to a computer fair do you go with £500 in your pocket to buy a
pc with? Or do you take your card? To get the card processing I need a
business account.
No overdraft
No loan
No
How could I use paypal at a computer fair? I had considered using a 3G
dongle and setting up a webpage which I could use to market from and also
process transactions at the venue but I don't think people would entirely
trust that. I need something which looks legitimate rather than a botch.
On Fri
On 18/11/11 23:44, Gareth France wrote:
I'm not looking for a loan, I need to be able to process credit cards,
if you go to a computer fair do you go with £500 in your pocket to buy
a pc with? Or do you take your card? To get the card processing I need
a business account.
No overdraft
No loan
I'm not looking for a loan, I need to be able to process credit cards, if
you go to a computer fair do you go with £500 in your pocket to buy a pc
with? Or do you take your card? To get the card processing I need a
business account.
No overdraft
No loan
No risk
I still have to fight to get it. Bu
On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:32:50 +
Gareth France wrote:
> Recently I decided to do my part by starting up a small business
> selling machines with Ubuntu pre-installed and offering support. My
> bank have refused to offer me a business account at all 'because it's
> too risky to open an account f
Recently I decided to do my part by starting up a small business selling
machines with Ubuntu pre-installed and offering support. My bank have
refused to offer me a business account at all 'because it's too risky to
open an account for a company selling computers', apparently there's a high
risk I
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