Tales of a Ubuntu salesman
See part one here So it really does pay to be patient then! Payment made in two seperate cheques, one post dated. As promised in part one I shall remove the details of the offending customer, and assuming the payments clear keep it that way. Now perhaps we can get on with the business of [...]
Wed, February 29 2012 » Uncategorized » 2 Comments
Wow, what a day! I started work at 6am and have only just stopped now at 10:48pm. Since I got home after the fair today I have been tidying and decorating in preparation for a landlord’s inspection tomorrow. Which leads me to wonder why paint only has a finite quantity when being applied to the [...]
Sun, February 26 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Dear Barclays, The last five years have been brilliant, we have shared such a special time together. I remember back when we first met, you used to flirt with me over the cashier’s counter, bring me nice gifts like overdraft, loans and pre-approved offers. I didn’t want for anything. How times have changed, where did [...]
Sun, February 26 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
So the good news today is that the customer interested in buying the HP laptop that commited suicide during the last computer fair wasn’t put off by the unfortunate timing. After a motherboard transplant I delivered the notebook to him and his payment has made last weekend’s fair the most profitable yet. There are however [...]
Thu, February 23 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
In the week leading up to the TCR fair I found myself feeling increasingly excited about what this sale represents. Things are starting to fall into place and this week starts to see the emergence of what you may call a finished product. Thanks as much to fortune as to good planning today I had [...]
Sun, February 19 2012 » Uncategorized » 2 Comments
Those who have been following my posts already know that I am running a commercial venture to promote the use of Linux in the home and small business markets. For those who haven’t I shall provide a brief recap: So far we have learned that the end user doesn’t really want desktops any more, suppliers [...]
Tue, February 14 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
This should be a rather tricky report tonight, full of promise and frustration both at the same time. I’m not sure if it’s the weather, or the economy, or something else entirely, but this weekend has been extremely hard going and I know that I am not the only trader who has struggled to turn [...]
Sun, February 12 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
For the last few months I have found myself attending the regular Linux User Group in Reading. The February meeting was yesterday and I found myself in a rather deep discussion with a few of the other attendees about the state of business, the economy and benefits within the UK. Rather fitting as today they [...]
Thu, February 9 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
I must start with an apology for not attending the Bristol fair this week. Due to a combination of poor driving conditions and a severe lack of sleep this was not possible. Due to idiots getting in my way and causing me to stop in the snow (and then being unable to get going again) [...]
Sun, February 5 2012 » Uncategorized » 4 Comments
I read several posts recently on the popularity of Linux and how it seems to be enjoying unusually large gains in user numbers at the moment. It appears that some time between August and October something has changed which has attracted a large number of new users to the platform. Nobody seems to be able [...]
Wed, February 1 2012 » Uncategorized » 2 Comments
