I've never understood why a business owner would ask for charity to keep a business open. The whole purpose of running a business is to turn a profit. If you can't make it pay, close the doors.
I've never understood why a business owner would ask for charity to keep a business open. The whole purpose of running a business is to turn a profit. If you can't make it pay, close the doors.
[I]ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: ... Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit....[/I]. Numbers 35
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Various reasons that I've come across:
- Flat out don't like being told what to do by management, they can't keep a regular job as an employee, because they're convinced they're smarter than everyone else.
- Amazing tradesmen, but don't have any financial abilities.
- Underground backwoods Libertarian. Let's barter and beg!
- They've capitalized by by convincing all their relatives to take 2nd mortgages. Desperate not to lose Grandma's house!
- They've purchased a bad franchise.
- Fishermen incapable of not buying the entire bar a round, and of budgeting between trips.
- Depressed owners who can't get out of their own way.
- Hucksters who go from bankruptcy to bankruptcy skimming off what assets they can, and screwing everyone else.
There are a whole lot of business people working insane hours at $3 an hour.
Last edited by Puddlefish; 03-11-2016 at 12:18.
PennLive.com Money pouring in to save historic Appalachian Trail hotel
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The hotel, located just a block from the Appalachian trail, is known as a haven for thousands of weary travelers hiking all or part of the 2,200-mile trail. Owners Pat and Vickey Kelly charge $25 for a room and an extra $10 for people who want to crash ...
Appalachian Trail landmark in Duncannon in danger of closing ...The Sentinel
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If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.
Bold mine. You are making a unfounded assumption here, then jumping to a incorrect conclusion based on that.
You can check out this link for the top 10 reasons why people run a business: http://www.inc.com/guides/201101/top...-business.html
and another such link:
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and another link:
http://www.accountsresource.co.uk/bl...your-business/
There are many purposes why people run a business, many other purposes besides making money* of running a business including control and adventure and service.
*Technically 'profit' does not even make the list, but 'making money' is close enough.
abc27 Fund to save Appalachian Trail landmark closing in on goal
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DUNCANNON, Pa. (WHTM) – A fund to save the historic Doyle Hotel, a destination for hundreds of Appalachian Trail hikers each year, had reached more than ...
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Just made a small contribution. They are getting close to getting the Taxman and Mortgage holder off their back in the short term, but still no where near enough to do the much needed renovations. I think, if I personally knew, and had influence with Pat and Vickey, I would attempt to convince them that it was time to cut the losses. Get the finances paid up, then sell out. But perhaps they are too far underwater on loans to make that feasible, in which case, I don't have any suggestions.
I do not ever see the Doyle becoming a self-supporting endeavor with out a MAJOR influx of capital, much more than the current owners can manage. And if someone did invest that money, it would never be to provide hikers with affordable lodging. Facts are facts.
Absolutely the best wishes to Pat and Vickey, hope they can find a way through this without loosing everything.
Last edited by Lyle; 03-11-2016 at 12:57.
Yes, but if a business doesn't make a profit, it fails at those other goals. Asking someone else to finance your lifestyle because you can't run your business at a profit is no different than asking for donations to finance a thruhike...you are asking people to finance your dream or your vacation.
If they are still open in early May when I pass by there I will give them a bit more then $25 for the room. If everyone paid an extra 10 bucks that would help them out a lot.
But realistically, the place is doomed in the long run. It really needs to be gutted and rebuilt. No amount of renovations will help at this point. Elmer's in Hot Springs is another building in desperate need of major repairs which will never happen.
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so will this be a yearly thing?
Just checked out the GoFundMe page. Post from 5 hours ago says they reached the goal with $620 to spare. Check it out and make sure just in case my computer is lying to me or I am misreading something.
My thoughts exactly, Lone Wolf. That's why I said I would encourage them to pay what they owe in taxes, then try to unload it. I don't really see how it can be self-supporting. Needed repairs and renovations will not get cheaper or more affordable in the next few years, and everyone can agree, it is in DIRE need of a lot of repairs. It is truly a fire trap as it is, a disaster waiting to happen. Will probably be in the hikers best interest to not have the lure.
I do hope the owners can find a reasonable way out.
My name is not important.
Why i am here is not important.
the facts are,
I have a name.....
And i am here.
In the beginning,
My jesus gave me pat and miss vickey.
and the spirit of matty moved over the face of duncannon.
and matty's god said," let there be a room to seperate the trash from the right.
And he set matthewski in a garden in a place called twenty three.
And he saw that is was good for matty to have companions, so he gave to him curty and tater.
now there was a devil in the land in those days who was the man.
and matty's jesus said," give unto cesar what is his and enjoy a doyle burger.
matthewski
There not.
There just potatoes.
But,.....
Then the magic happens.
Old man pat rolls up a sleave exsposing the bicept of a much younger pat.
Then, he takes a huge freash bitchin tater and rings that suckers neck thru a hand cranked murder machine.
Next, he dumps the evidence into a lake of firey peanut oil laced with the souls of other potatoes murdered.
Finally he cajun seasons or cheeses those bastard and yells," order up!".
matthewski
This incarnation of man will be remembered for letting people starve in a plentitude of abundence.
this generation of hikers will be remembered for the bad hiker poetry contest at the doyle
matthewski
I don't know which I like best, bad poetry, or bad poets.