Complete Internet Cafe Equipments: For Sale

October 15, 2006 by reyna11 · 16 Comments
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It’s been a rough four (4) months (I found out about the closure in June 2006 - My business opened in April 2005). My business folded without my knowledge. All the years of preparation right in the middle of my MBA program, all the years of savings from day one when I arrived in America, all of the blood, sweat and tears to get to where I am, it all came crashing down and I am back to where I started from before.

Who’s to blame? ME. No one else.

It’s one basic lesson in entrepreneurship that I learned smack in front of my face. Find some good people and manage your business just like your life. It’s your money. It’s not theirs. This is your life, not theirs.

I’ve made several basic mistakes.

I failed to find good people
I gave away my trust unconditionally
I left the managing of business to someone else
I can’t manage and control the manager

This is the reason why I disappeared for awhile. To sort things out and pretend everything is ok. Duh!!! Buang! Everthing’s not ok! Not only did I lost money big-time, but a lot of broken family relationships that I don’t expect to heal ever.

Isn’t it ironic? I gave out advice to my fellow OFW’s and yet, here I am, a total failure? Isn’t it ironic that I should be the better knowlegeable but yet - basic stuff that I ignaramusly ignored?

It really doesn’t make any difference if you have an MBA, a CPA and a Master’s. In business, it’s dog-eat-dog matira ang matibay. What it really boils down to is being a street smart and all these CPA’s, MBA’s and Master’s title you have is nothing more than giving you some level of confidence that you can beat it out in the world of business.

And so here I am. Don’t pity me! None of that. As my friends have been yelling to me, “BUTI NGA SAYO! MATIGAS ANG ULO MO EH! ANG TANGA-TANGA MO KASI!”. I get bombarded with that all the time. I don’t mind. My mind is somewhere else.

So there… a chapter in my life has gone by. It’s a new beginning and I hope, there’s another opportunity out there somewhere waiting for me. I pray, I will still be blessed, this time, with a good, working and profitable opportunity.

Now this: this is the reason why I am selling all of these computer equipments:

Here’s an honest to goodness inventory of all of the equipments I have. These are all in Pasig (and I am in Philadelphia), a listing sent to me. Obviously, you will have to contact my representative in Manila whom I asked to handle this one.

For more information: Please text or call:

Ronald J. Hinanay (0916) 378-2182
Landline: (632) 723-5156
Or you can email me directly here @ ofwcenter@gmail.com

LIST:

Mouse + Creative Speaker

8 black 18 monitors

18 white

1 cash register

Webcam Wires\posters\CD’s

16 A4 tech 1 linksys “switch” 10/100

1 creative

Headset

16 Altec lansing

Speaker

13 redfox

3 colossus

Keyboard

20 Redfox keyboard

18 UPS

Computer7 ok! no cdrom

Computer9 ok! no cdrom

Computer Server ok! (w/ internal cdrom “damage”) 1 external cd rom

Computer 8 “Damage” Black screen

Computer16 ok! no cdrom

Computer3 ok!

Computer1 ok! w/ internal cd rom “AMD”

Computer2 ok!

Computer11 w/ internal cd

Computer6 “Damage” Black screen

Computer14 ok!

Computer5 ok!

Computer15 “black screen” damage

Computer13 ok!

Computer10 “black screen” damage

Computer4 ok!

Computer NEO - ok!

Computer12 ok!

Those damage are repairable.

This includes 16 (please double check) aluminum chairs.

Also, if you need an internet cafe software, I can call my supplier and ask for a discount for you.

By: Malungkot na Seller
Reyna Elena

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How to master the fine art of negotiation

October 15, 2006 by reyna11 · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Career & Education

Every day, you and I are negotiating with other people. Some of these negotiations are big and important, but the majority are just day-to-day living. For example, when my daughter comes home from school, she wants a can of soda. I say no and offer her some apple juice. She says she wants grape juice. I pour it for her.

When my wife comes in, we have our usual discussion about what to eat for dinner. She wants Japanese. I want a hamburger, and my daughter wants Chinese. We settle on Mexican.

Know what you want

Before you get into any negotiation, you must know what it is you want. If you’re in sales, when a customer asks for a lower price, don’t just cut your price without getting something in return. Perhaps you can get the customer to increase the size of his order. Maybe you can change the payment terms and get a larger deposit or even a prepayment. Or maybe you can change the scheduled delivery dates.

When you’re able to introduce a number of variables into a negotiation — some very important, others of lesser importance — the probability that you’ll be able to close a deal is greatly increased.

See the other person’s point of view

Once you begin negotiating, get into the other person’s shoes. Put yourself in his place. Look at the situation from the other person’s point of view:

What does he want and/or need?
What is important to him?
What are his goals?
What are his objectives and priorities?

When you know the answers to these questions, you’ll be in a much better position to find a mutually agreeable solution or resolution to the situation or problem. Once these issues have been laid out on the table, they can then be discussed, negotiated and resolved one by one.

Here are some tips that will help you in any negotiation:

Identify the key issues and areas of concern.

On a pad of paper, make a list of each item that is important to you and each item that is important to the other person.

Look for points of agreement.

Study your lists and look for areas of agreement or similarities in your positions. Once you find areas of agreement, you can build upon them. Your goal is to get the other person to start saying YES. The more YESes you get, the greater the likelihood that you’ll come to an agreement. Get other people to say YES enough times, and they’ll start to embrace your position as they begin to give up their own.Listen to what the other person is saying, and ask additional questions. Let the other person talk himself out of objections. As he talks, you listen. Ask more questions. Listen. And then ask more questions still.

Identify the specific points on which you don’t agree.

Write down each of these points on a pad of paper. Record where each of you stands on every point. How far apart are you on each of these items? Try to understand why the two of you differ.

Look for more options.

Look for new options or solutions that can help the person achieve the results he is looking for. If you ask enough questions, you will find that there are things that are important to the other person that aren’t very important to you. And there will be things that are important to you that aren’t very important to the other person. So trade an unimportant item for an important item. Your objective is to create the opportunity for each of you to get what you want so you both walk away winners.

Plant seeds.

The best way to get the things you want is to make the other person think, feel or believe the idea was his idea — that the solution to this problem was his solution.You can do this casually and subtly by planting seeds in the person’s mind so you can get him thinking about the situation. Talk about the things he wants, and then show him how to get them. This is a very effective way to influence people.

Develop trust.

Trust makes communication possible. Trust implies accountability, predictability and reliability. Be honest about how you feel on every issue under negotiation.

Lighten up.

Humor is a very powerful negotiating tool. It’s disarming, it lightens a highly charged atmosphere, and it can be very helpful in cutting or reducing tension. Often the use of humor can strengthen your hand.

Think things over.

Give yourself time to think. In most situations it isn’t necessary to make an immediate decision. When you give yourself time to think things through, you can weigh the pros and cons of the issues being discussed. In addition, you’ll be able to judge the impact one item may have upon another.You may also want to schedule another meeting to discuss these items further. This gives each of you an opportunity to think about the other’s positions and areas of concern.

Thank the person for his interest.

If he weren’t interested, the person wouldn’t be involved in a conversation, discussion or negotiation. He would have just walked away.

Know when to say, “No deal.”

When you know what you want, you’re in a position to determine what results would constitute a fully acceptable resolution to the discussion or negotiation. If in the end you’re unable to resolve the issues so that you — and presumably the other person — feel good about the decisions that have been made, then it’s best to walk away and say, “No deal.”

Make everybody feel like a winner

As you go through life, try to make everybody with whom you come in contact feel like a winner. Follow this approach and you’ll find that all of your business and personal relationships are mutually beneficial and satisfying. You’ll eliminate confrontation and work together with your colleagues, co-workers, customers, clients, suppliers and everybody else in a collaborative manner as you try to achieve a common goal.

With this attitude you become collaborators instead of competitors. You’re working together as friends who want to achieve a common goal. And when the discussions are over, everybody should feel good about the mutual decisions that have been made.

This piece was written by Jeffrey Mayer, president of Chicago-based SucceedingInBusiness.com, works with business professionals who want to grow their businesses, make more money and live their dreams. Visit Jeffrey’s Web site at www.succeedinginbusiness.com or contact him at jeff@succeedinginbusiness.com.

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