Me shops gone tits up

by **northswell** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:59 pm

As of tomorrow its gone on the high street, maybe a lil longer on the web, looking at ways to save that.

Stupid warm winter last year and a sh1te summer have compounded stuff, ce la vie.

Boolocks i neeed do get a proper job again.

by **libby** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:05 pm

Dude, so so sorry to hear that....but at least you can say that you tried!!

I'm sure soemthing good will turn up ASAP and anyway maybe the new job will mean you have more time to surf!

Thinking of you

Libs

by **RJD** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:07 pm

ahh bugger. Sorry to hear it.

Finegrs crossed you can salvage the .co.uk

by **Dr Rev** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:10 am

So sorry mate, it has been a tough year for retail, best of luck to you !!!

by **Phil** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:25 am

gutted mate wish there was a way to save it

by **long_man** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:58 pm

really sorry to hear about the loss mate, cant really put it into perspective but i can imagine it is pretty damn hard to deal with :!:

i know its a long shot, but do you have a large enough garage to keep all the goods in, or a friends, at least that way you could bundle everything into there for now and keep the website going as a shop :?:

by **northswell** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:11 pm

Thanks everyone.

Got a slight extension so now closing Saturday so will at least get some weekend trade throuhg.

Plan is to hopefully keep the website going a little longer at least and hopefully start again. So will have boxes all round the house.

In the mean time a proper job awaits.

by **pat42** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:39 pm

What happened?????

by **Broosta** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:37 pm

Sorry to hear the bad news

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I have 3 mates who have each set up a surf shop and 2 have gone tats up. Also I've worked in a surf shop before and so know its a very tempting career but very deceptive in that its really really hard to succeed with few rewards. Not least of the problems seemed to be the suppliers being very unreliable and often very late with getting stock out. The industry seems very bias in favour of the big retailers.

Good luck for the future dude, and at least you had a go.

by **derbyshire surfer** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:37 pm

Sorry to hear that N.S, hope things work out good for you one way or the other mate

by **essex sucks** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:11 pm

sorry mate its a shame

by **northswell** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:49 pm

Three day reprieve, close on Sat. Strange i feel a bit of relief at not having to hide behind the curtains anymore.

Looks like a nice northerly blast for my first week of unemployment (never not had a job before) so a road trip beckons.

by **Sar** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:15 pm

Sorry to hear about the business Northswell. Good luck and enjoy as the next door opens

by **PapaW** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 3:15 pm

Ah boo man thats suckky

Come to Ireland and chill out for a bit

by **thaya** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:14 pm

so sorry to hear that.

like Sar says, I really think it's true that as one door closes, another one opens (even if it's just a small window at first!). Most of the time when I look back on stuff like that, I realise that if that unfortunate/bad thing never happened, something good that you experience later would never have been able to come about, if that makes any sense :?:

hope you have a really good road trip

by **northswell** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:28 pm

A new door may well have opened, a boardwear co is looking for a North and East rep and invited me over for an informal chat.

In about 2 mins the closed sign goes on the door, but as said above a new one may have opened.

Anyway let the drinking and fireworks comence. I love bonfire parties.

by **derbyshire surfer** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:25 am

Hey N.S, have you seen the forecast for fri/sat next week!!!? Will I be seeing you there?

by **northswell** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:13 pm

^^^^^ OH YES^^^^^^

Its looking good all week, will be on it Tues Weds on the reefs further north.

A quick break Thurs for Fri and Sat. Early indicatorrs are for some feckin huge surf 10-12ft at exposed spots. Even the more sheltered beaches should hold a good 4-6ft get in.

Shelter it is then looking too big for me at the other spots :oops:

by **derbyshire surfer** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:51 pm

Me too, never surfed any reefs, well, just Holbeck but not too big. Hopefully South Bay will be working! I'm over Friday night, Sat and hopefully Sunday, if I'm still in one piece! lol!

by **northswell** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:32 pm

Still looking good DS, a bit too mch West in it to be classic but still big for the weekend. On it Weds, this whole closing a shop sh1te takes a bit more time than i thought.

For the swell backend of the week still playing the waiting game, winds NW so needs shelter at the mo but could still change.

Its still gonna be big

Me shops gone tits up

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