There is related documentary called "Millionaire by 25" It's for a broke boy who decided to start own business. In matter of fact he is pretty much succeeding I recommend
You consider 80k revenue in over 1.5 yrs successful?
Uhm, math anyone?
The Profit, entrepreneur business turnaround show on CNBC
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You consider 80k revenue in over 1.5 yrs successful?
Uhm, math anyone?
Actually all 89 locations are Camping World RV locations, so it's a little dubious. The main address also listed on the Car Cash brand is actually one of the head offices for Camping world. It would be interesting to see if these RV locations are actually buying cars or if it's just a smokescreen to make the company look more popular than it is.
Personally I think it's going to end up as a clusterfuck, if they are now buying cars and selling automobiles at RV dealerships (customers are going to be confused as to what the RV world/Camping World brand is - i.e. is it a RV dealership, used car lot ect... Also the staff at these locations, are going to need to be completely retrained, have to now learn how to sell cars, which is different then selling an RV). It's either going to go well or realistically end up as a shitshow, and Marcus Lemonis is going to be looking for another job - after the board fires him as CEO of Camping World.
I'm actually surprised that the board of directors at privately held Camping World actually agreed to this idea or are actively financing it. It almost sounds as though Marcus pulled the wool over the boards eye's on this one and is taking advantage of his position at Camping World.
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I noticed they had a live chat function on their website. The person I spoke with was an answering service.. So they didn't know, but it seems to be that their only location is their NY location..
Joe: Is your car running?
me: Yes.
Joe: Are you interested in selling your car?
me: I was wondering, can I just come into one of your carcash locations?
Joe: yes, you can.
All you need to do is drive in to our convenient indoor Manhattan location. We are open 6 days a week, Monday to Saturday. Free indoor parking.
Joe: Car Cash is located at 625 West 55th Street, NY, NY 10019. (Between 11th + 12th Avenues – Our only location) carcash.com/Contact_Us.
They only made six episodes for the first season. It is supposed to be back in January for a longer second season.
Just finished season 1 a couple weeks ago. So glad that he finally came into a business where the people running it weren't completely inept.
Can't wait to get started on season 2.
Can't wait to get started on season 2.
great show, downloaded series pack today, reps
omg, watching the popcorn one, this lady is a basketcase. so emotionally unstable and can't take any criticism. no organisation skills at all. how did she get into a decent business in the first place? she must have inherited it or something, or got it as settlement in a divorce or something. NO WAY did she build it from the ground up.
omg, watching the popcorn one, this lady is a basketcase. so emotionally unstable and can't take any criticism. no organisation skills at all. how did she get into a decent business in the first place? she must have inherited it or something, or got it as settlement in a divorce or something. NO WAY did she build it from the ground up.
This is the exact reason I stopped watching Restaurant Impossible myself. Talk about sticking to a formula! It seemed for each episode, every frame was refilmed shot by shot but using different people.
PHP:
I've started recording this show and managed to watch a couple of episdes so far.
Loved the episode about the two brothers in the toy business.
The older brother cannot deal with people face to face. A completely anti-social person. First, when they're doing the focus group with the children and Marcus asks the little girl what she thought of the toy, and the girl says she didn't understand the directions. And the guy says, "Can you read?"
But he saved his best for last when they go in to take the meeting with the VIP from Nascar and the brother basically says, "What can your multi-billion dollar company do for my small business that is currently 1 million in debt and why should we work with you?"
The look on the executive's face was priceless.
Loved the episode about the two brothers in the toy business.
The older brother cannot deal with people face to face. A completely anti-social person. First, when they're doing the focus group with the children and Marcus asks the little girl what she thought of the toy, and the girl says she didn't understand the directions. And the guy says, "Can you read?"
But he saved his best for last when they go in to take the meeting with the VIP from Nascar and the brother basically says, "What can your multi-billion dollar company do for my small business that is currently 1 million in debt and why should we work with you?"
The look on the executive's face was priceless.
PHP:
Oh cool, had no idea it got extended for a 2nd season....after the first season it looked like the network would just drop it, because it looked like it didn't get much traction.....
That Aero Flix game was essentially a set of beer coasters. Completely ridiculous.
Here's Lemonis' Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcuslemonis
Here's Lemonis' Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcuslemonis
^^^
Exactly. How does Lemonis find these comically failing businesses run by megalomaniacs? Who's making the call, after thinking "My business is fine just like it is and I refuse to change it, but I really really want to be on a TV show that publicly humiliates people like me, so I think I'll call Marcus"?
Didn't know about this show until I saw this thread yesterday. Watched the first three episodes, and I like the show. It's not as fun as Shark Tank. Marcus Lemonis is the reason it's worth watching, the actual format is just Kitchen Nightmare, which gets a bit old pretty fast.
A quote from that link says "If you are in over your head and feel your business is drowning..."
What I was trying to get across in my last post was that most of the people running these businesses (for example the president of the toy company that produced Aero Flix) don't come off as the sort to voluntarily say "yes, I am over my head".
They all fight Lemonis like hell once he gets there. The contradiction of begging for help then refusing it like a megalomaniac is odd... unless you take into account that it makes for good TV, which makes me wonder if its just another fake reality show.
Editing helps. Listen to whenever anyone's saying something, they've really gone overboard on this season, every 5 seconds you can hear an audio edit. They're around for a while, they have enough footage to paint anyone however they want.
If you want reality, then TV probably isn't the best place to go for it.
It's edited for viewership but the show is real. Lemonis puts his own money in the businesses. Not all of the owners are nut jobs, e.g., Eco-Me, the gelato company, the meat company, the car dealer, etc. The toy company guys were completely nuts. Then again, you'd have to be nuts to want to maintain a money-losing business for 30 years.