Anyone know of any bars for sale?

[BushBaby]

What Because I know the couple in question My credibility is out the window, So what I used the same computer didn't know that was a crime. People on here are telling this couple not to do it and they have never met either one of them and have no idea what they are capable of. The post was does anybody know of any bars for sale, if you think it's a bad idea keep your post to yourself unless you know of something for sale

Kahuna,
As you have obviously used the same computer as the OP, may I ask if you are related to her? Are you maybe the boyfriend?

If this is the case, I might have a couple of supplementary questions which could put this whole situation about buying a Bar in the DR into a different light.

In an endeavour to be helpful to you with future posts, please bear in mind when responding to other posters that this is a 'FREE expression board' where people are able to express their views/comments for the good (or bad) of all. We have moderators & board administrators who control abusive & unwarranted comments so there is no need for you to reprimand us. Just because you are unhappy to hear some of the responses does not mean we should refrain from giving opinions. You are more than welcome to ignore, reject or even respond to our opinions (whether you find them useful or not) but please do not insist we should keep quiet if we can not respond ONLY to your requirements. ~ Grahame.

 

[Lambada]

Chirimoya and I have a jobshare at a Burger King, don't we, partner? :cheeky: After you with the brain dead spatula.......

I'm willing to bet that these people that say it cant be done have accomplished absolutely nothing with their own lives and are happy working at a Bookstore or Burger King or some other brain dead job and are happy with just getting by.

 

[AK74]

 

[Chirimoya]

Chirimoya and I have a jobshare at a Burger King, don't we, partner? :cheeky: After you with the brain dead spatula.......

Alas, yes. We can only dream of the bookshop.

 

[Camden Tom]

In this world there is winners and losers. Winners do the things that Losers cant. More then 80 percent of these post are so negative and I would love to see who's on the other end of them, I'm willing to bet that these people that say it cant be done have accomplished absolutely nothing with their own lives and are happy working at a Bookstore or Burger King or some other brain dead job and are happy with just getting by. I Have lived for years in the Bahamas and even longer in Punta Cana and Cabarete and have many friends still living there OWNING the same bar and restaurant for 5 plus years and doing extremely well, LAX, OH NOs, BAMBU are some in Cabarete that are still going strong Hurricane cafe, Mangu in Punta Cana Still Going strong. So to the Poster Follow your dream just because most of these clowns cant make it doesn't mean you and your boyfriend cant. I'm 40 years old been in the industry since I was 18 worked for 2 of the biggest restaurants chains in North america as a General Manager, if your boyfriend knows what he is doing in this industry and have your PURPLE COW ( something that makes you stand out) and by the sounds of it he does know if he as lived there and as done this before.

I wish you both the best of luck the world should be filled with more people like you.

PS to the poster that said did that done that the Bars.. what did you do?

Regardless of who you are, you're dead on. I'm sure a lot of folks thought Bill Gates had lost his mind for dropping out of Harvard to persue some hair brained idea called "windows".
So many people out there exist in their timid little lives and never really learn to embrace a life of challenge. Several years ago, all the "experts" warned me against making investments in DR real estate. That I was sure to be taken advantage of. That the only way to leave the DR with a million dollars was to arrive with two million. The "experts" were wrong in a very big way. Ignor the nay sayers. Do your homework. Persue your dreams. Let me know when you're open so I can stop by for a couple of cold ones. Good luck.

 

[cobraboy]

What Because I know the couple in question My credibility is out the window, So what I used the same computer didn't know that was a crime. People on here are telling this couple not to do it and they have never met either one of them and have no idea what they are capable of. The post was does anybody know of any bars for sale, if you think it's a bad idea keep your post to yourself unless you know of something for sale

And YOU have NO idea who the posters are or what THEIR background is.

 

[el tibby]

Every bar is for sale in Sosua and Cabarete!

for example sir???? do you know of any bars for sale or might be interested in selling?? and how much is it worth?? if i wanted a bar....where would i start????

 

[Tamborista]

if i wanted a bar....where would i start????

On Pedro Clisante!

 

[Celt202]

for example sir???? do you know of any bars for sale or might be interested in selling?? and how much is it worth?? if i wanted a bar....where would i start????

If you don't get the humor of Tamborista's post then you don't know the DR very well.

You have a lot of home work to do. This board is full of people who have successful businesses in the DR.

They got there by learning the environment, pursuing their goals, taking their lumps and persevering. NOBODY is going to hand anything to you in answer to a string of disjointed, vaguely hostile questions.

 

[cobraboy]

for example sir???? do you know of any bars for sale or might be interested in selling?? and how much is it worth?? if i wanted a bar....where would i start????

By asking the owner.

Duh.

:ermm:

 

[el tibby]

On Pedro Clisante!

i thought you might have had an inside track on a bar for sale... AND
thank you to the obvious un called for sarcasm from the peanut gallery!!

 

[Tamborista]

Are yous talkin' to me?

 

[Lambada]

A little cautionary tale for the OP lins150, do a bit of digging and you'll find this to be a useful lesson (not that I'm putting you in the same bracket as this person, because, rest assured, I'm not).

http://www.dr1.com/forums/north-coast/93121-update.html#post768985

 

[el tibby]

Are yous talkin' to me?

my question to u tambo-man is do you know how i could get into the cellphone biz?? maybe some cheap ones?? know what i mean.....tough guy!!

 

[49erman]

check the thread on Pedro McMurphys.. might be on the block...

 

[dingdongdenny]

funds

%90 of business's fail in their first year,reason? mostly becuase they are under funded,of the remaining %90 of them are gone in the next five years.I was luck in my business i only lost $40,000
,maybe broke even the next year,and am now in my 8th year.but nothing is ever for sure ,i could be gone next year.Buying an existing business is no guaranty,def have it checked out,figures can lie,and lier's can figure.

 

[badpiece33]

%90 of business's fail in their first year,reason? mostly becuase they are under funded,of the remaining %90 of them are gone in the next five years.I was luck in my business i only lost $40,000
,maybe broke even the next year,and am now in my 8th year.but nothing is ever for sure ,i could be gone next year.Buying an existing business is no guaranty,def have it checked out,figures can lie,and lier's can figure.

And that about sums it up.

 

[El_Uruguayo]

Hmmm regardless of experience in the industry - which is a must. I'd be cautious of opening a bar right now. As far as things go, bar sales, on a whole dropped about 7-10% in the first quarter of the year in the DR (it was posted in DR News). Asides from that Bar sales I'm sure have dropped in other places. Where I live, Ottawa, one of the most stable places in the world right now, there is a signifigant visible drop in bar sales - people aren't spending money like they used to, you can see places that have always been busy on a sunny day, with nearly empty patios. Factor in a decrease in travel, that could affect a bar being opened in Cabarete or Sosua, also travellers might be more inclined to go the cheap route for vacations - staying at the AIs.

Its not that it can't be done, but should be done with great caution. There are other things to take into account, electricity, theft by employees, decrease in toursim, competiton, corruption, etc. In Cabarete for example, I have it understood that the casino powers the police station next door - this allows for police to do the casino certain favours. For a while there was an "extended" last call for tourist zones - things were slow one night, and for "some reason" the police were shutting down the bars in Cabarete at around 11:45 - where did everyone go?

A bar or nightclub's primary objective is to be out of the red within the first 6 months to a year, once that is achieved, they can generally make money for another year or two, and in rare circumstances stay around a lot longer. Another thing is that a bar's objective is to cater to a market that is already there - if things aren't going well it must adapt. The #1 bars fail is because of the owner not willing to adapt, pretty much every guy has a "dream bar" in mind, some go on to open their "dream bar", but what they fail to see is that many people will not share ideal of what a "dream bar" is. I'm sure some guy has the idea of opening up a country music bar in sosua -they would just love it, and people would learn to love it, so they think - then they might wonder why it fails. A bar needs to create an identity, which a demographic will identify with - it can be a mish mash of different things, but only to a point, trying to cater to everyone will not give you a core, and lead to failure, and not catering to an existing core, will also lead to failure.

a good resource is NIGHTCLUB BUSINESS 101 | The true nightclub operation advantage...

 

[cobraboy]

Hmmm regardless of experience in the industry - which is a must. I'd be cautious of opening a bar right now. As far as things go, bar sales, on a whole dropped about 7-10% in the first quarter of the year in the DR (it was posted in DR News). Asides from that Bar sales I'm sure have dropped in other places. Where I live, Ottawa, one of the most stable places in the world right now, there is a signifigant visible drop in bar sales - people aren't spending money like they used to, you can see places that have always been busy on a sunny day, with nearly empty patios. Factor in a decrease in travel, that could affect a bar being opened in Cabarete or Sosua, also travellers might be more inclined to go the cheap route for vacations - staying at the AIs.

Its not that it can't be done, but should be done with great caution. There are other things to take into account, electricity, theft by employees, decrease in toursim, competiton, corruption, etc. In Cabarete for example, I have it understood that the casino powers the police station next door - this allows for police to do the casino certain favours. For a while there was an "extended" last call for tourist zones - things were slow one night, and for "some reason" the police were shutting down the bars in Cabarete at around 11:45 - where did everyone go?

A bar or nightclub's primary objective is to be out of the red within the first 6 months to a year, once that is achieved, they can generally make money for another year or two, and in rare circumstances stay around a lot longer. Another thing is that a bar's objective is to cater to a market that is already there - if things aren't going well it must adapt. The #1 bars fail is because of the owner not willing to adapt, pretty much every guy has a "dream bar" in mind, some go on to open their "dream bar", but what they fail to see is that many people will not share ideal of what a "dream bar" is. I'm sure some guy has the idea of opening up a country music bar in sosua -they would just love it, and people would learn to love it, so they think - then they might wonder why it fails. A bar needs to create an identity, which a demographic will identify with - it can be a mish mash of different things, but only to a point, trying to cater to everyone will not give you a core, and lead to failure, and not catering to an existing core, will also lead to failure.

a good resource is NIGHTCLUB BUSINESS 101 | The true nightclub operation advantage...

Having owned a restaurant/bar, I can say ^^^this^^^ is spot on.

I've been business for over 25 years in some very complex industries (hi-tech healthcare, IT, aviation and travel/hospitality.) And the restaurant/bar business was, by far, the most difficult to operate than any of them...

 

[lins150]

Oh my god you people on here are rediculous! Can ANYONE say ANYTHING positive!? You don't know us, you don't know what we're capable of, you don't know our income....etc! So quit ASSUMING that things are going to go to the **** hole quick because they did for you. Opinions are one thing, but because you failed at being a bar owner assuming that everyone is going to fail also is unbelievable.

Thanks for all your negativatey. It got you no where.