KYHockey3 0 Report post Posted May 5, 2006 our proshopp is the size of a closet. %$ for tape, all used frankilin equipment and all 10$ wood sticks.it sucks!i wannt to go 2 that store Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjtt99 0 Report post Posted May 5, 2006 Thanks for filling us in JR. $10/hour...definitely a labor of love! Hopefully the perks are worth it!Keep up the good work. I did not say that I was making that. I make significantly more than that... Cool! I'm a big fan of entrepreneurs. It takes a lot of guts, so hats off to the ones who are making it work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR Boucicaut 3801 Report post Posted May 5, 2006 Thanks for filling us in JR. $10/hour...definitely a labor of love! Hopefully the perks are worth it!Keep up the good work. I did not say that I was making that. I make significantly more than that... That's good. $10/hr doesn't buy much ice time! :lol: What does the job top out at, or is the sky pretty much the limit? (Commission based?) I mean, could I run a busy hockey shop and expect to pull in 75k or even 100k a year? I've never worked in a commission-based proshop.As far as your other question goes, no. It depends who you work for obviously, if you are working for a chain and whatnot. We certainly aren't in it for the money, that's for sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR Boucicaut 3801 Report post Posted May 5, 2006 Thanks for filling us in JR. $10/hour...definitely a labor of love! Hopefully the perks are worth it!Keep up the good work. I did not say that I was making that. I make significantly more than that... Cool! I'm a big fan of entrepreneurs. It takes a lot of guts, so hats off to the ones who are making it work. I'm not an entrepreneur. I've never been part of a small-business pro shop (well, the last one I left is run like one, does that count?)This will most likely be my last retail job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
analog999 0 Report post Posted May 5, 2006 This will most likely be my last retail job. I don't blame you, although I think you would probably do well making your own hockey store. Seattle is ripe for a real store like yours. All the others are just in rink shops (rink a dink sizes too) and they have odd hours. There are now about 6 or 7 rinks in the Seattle Area serving a few thousand hockey skaters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR Boucicaut 3801 Report post Posted May 8, 2006 I've thought about it, but setting up in this area would be so hard, especially with the big stores in the area. Plus I would need investors :P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CardinalHcky19 0 Report post Posted May 8, 2006 wow really nice storei think i might have been in it before...it looks really familiar It is in Novi, MI. yeah then ive been there beforeits a really nice store Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dante2004 0 Report post Posted May 11, 2006 It is funny to read this thread. That is a nice hockey shop, don't get me wrong, but I used to live in MI and just thought that was what a LHS looked like. Now I live in Florida and I am virtually forced to shop online because the LHS are few and far between. If I had read this thread a few years ago, I would have thought these other people are nuts. Now, I suffer from LHS withdraw and I sympathize for all of you. :D I miss MI.I used to drive 30 minutes to get to the rink I wanted to play and and drive by 2-3 facilities on the way. Now I drive 2 hours just to get A good indoor facility. :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR Boucicaut 3801 Report post Posted May 12, 2006 Where in FL? I used to be at RDV's shop in Orlando. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr B 0 Report post Posted May 28, 2006 Nice store you got there JR wheres the location for it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pantherfan 0 Report post Posted May 28, 2006 Think its in Novi, MI. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sniper14 0 Report post Posted May 28, 2006 Where in FL? I used to be at RDV's shop in Orlando. i was in orlano for vaca and i looked for stores but i couldnt find anything at all! absloutley nothing that had to do with hockey i live in canada and i dont think the sttes has many hockey stores or atleast i cant find any when i go there :D no ofence or anything but hokckey shops r every where here... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR Boucicaut 3801 Report post Posted May 28, 2006 I must've worked at an oasis for 4.5 years...when you have 3 rinks in a 90 mi radius, you don't need that many stores. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wickedwrister 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2006 Where in FL? I used to be at RDV's shop in Orlando. i was in orlano for vaca and i looked for stores but i couldnt find anything at all! absloutley nothing that had to do with hockey i live in canada and i dont think the sttes has many hockey stores or atleast i cant find any when i go there :D no ofence or anything but hokckey shops r every where here... Come to Southeast Michigan. Oooodles of shops. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Langenbrunner15 0 Report post Posted May 30, 2006 Nice shop! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Langenbrunner15 0 Report post Posted May 30, 2006 Where in FL? I used to be at RDV's shop in Orlando. i was in orlano for vaca and i looked for stores but i couldnt find anything at all! absloutley nothing that had to do with hockey i live in canada and i dont think the sttes has many hockey stores or atleast i cant find any when i go there :D no ofence or anything but hokckey shops r every where here... Come to Southeast Michigan. Oooodles of shops. I am coming! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
