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Thanks Mark and the rest of you. This does sound like a fun business and I've tried find some way to think this might be turned around but I'm just not getting there. Spent the afternoon talking to the chamber and several local business people and I don't think there's much if any potential...

Marlene, I never called Vermonters hillbillies. I'm just trying to carefully paint as accurate a picture of the local market as I can since many here are obviously from larger urban areas with a very different type of market. The reality is, if you're not in Burlington, there are not many people...

I'm determined to make an informed decision. My determination to do this remains to be seen.

Thanks Jillbeans, direct is better and much faster than beating around the bush. If not profitable, making signs should at least be more fun than making flavorless sandwiches. This is also a pretty rural area and there are not a lot of opportunities. Many people have 2 or 3 jobs and or...

Thanks guys and gals, there is some good information here scattered among the sticks and stones. ;-) I like the idea of working the business for 2 months but I don't know if it would be practical. I doubt there's enough business to pay me anything so I'd be likely working for free. Don't think...

:notworthy: OK Mosh, or should I refer to as Your Holiness? I know I will never be as brilliant as you are without going back to childhood to start over and possibly selling my soul in the process, but is designing a sign such an impenetrable skill no one but an Einstein like you could ever...

OK guys, I'm not ENTIRELY dim. ;-) The asking price is well under 50 and that's not necessarily what I'd offer. This wouldn't be our first business. I agree a business plan is critical but I first saw the place yesterday so I'm not there yet. I'm confident in our ability to run a business and...

I'm trying to evaluate a small sign business I'm considering buying. It's a one man shop where the owner has had health problems and the business is in decline. The price sounds good (under 50k) until you see he made under 10k the last few years but it sounds like he has a fairly substantial...