Is it financially worth it to start a shop

**canadasnitemare** · 02-19-2013, 09:35 PM

My family just bought a gas station along the trans Canada highway just outside of a city of about 65k, attached to the office and pay area of the gas station has a nice size 4bay shop with high ceilings attached, really thinking about a detailing shop, possibly dent & vinyl repair. I`m a R.V. technician by trade and I know fixing rv`s is what I can do but the cost of inventory, wide spectrum of parts required on hand and possible complications with big jobs ect veers me away from that. Since I get the shop for nothing, what else do I need good this to work

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**polisher** · 02-20-2013, 10:54 AM

well it depends on ho your gas station is doing and its location in the city. If you get lot of customers and the location is a nice neighbourhood than i dont see any problems in opening a shop. But with gas prices high customers sometimes have to think twice. So you will have to come up with some incentives and great customer care..
share some pictures if you can

**Todd@RUPES** · 02-20-2013, 11:01 AM

It sounds like (since you are getting the shop for "free") that the overhead will be nil. Focus your services on the clientele.

**Beemerboy** · 02-20-2013, 11:03 AM

Do you have any demographics on the location and area? That`s going to determine the level of exposure to potential customers.

**Trouble** · 02-20-2013, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by Todd Helme

It sounds like (since you are getting the shop for "free") that the overhead will be nil. Focus your services on the clientele.

There is no such thing as free rent...

**psynx** · 02-20-2013, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by Trouble

There is no such thing as free rent...

even though your parents own it there probably gonna want a cut in your profits

**canadasnitemare** · 02-20-2013, 09:36 PM

Medicine hat Alberta is a oil and gas city, and the shop is in a area where a lot of pipeline, rig companies have thier offices/shop its on the trans Canada h.way

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**canadasnitemare** · 02-20-2013, 09:40 PM

My mom is single it`s all her shop and she doesn`t want to rent out to anyone too many possible complications ect, I`m currently about 14 hours away from it in Vancouver bc, but I`ll post pics, propane is the main seller at this station, and only 2 gas pumps

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