Tuesday Top Ten: The top 10 signs that a new hobby shop will fail

0 July 17, 2014, 8:54 a.m.

8/5/2013

By Aaron Waldron
LiveRC.com

Each week, LiveRC will compile a top ten list of some random topic in the R/C industry, generally with a little humor or flair on the list. Add to our list by commenting below and adding what your favorite item is, or if you think we missed an item!

This week, we take a look at the top 10 signs that a hobby shop will fail.

Don't lie...you secretly wish you owned a hobby shop. It's a chance to run things the way that you want, because obviously your ideas are better than the 14,283,431 other people who have tried and failed before you. And we all know that hobby shop owners are rich and drive nice cars (or they did before they opened the shop). If you or someone you know run a shop, here are some key signs you should watch for that mean you are probably headed in the wrong direction.

10) The shop owner opens a race track and still doesn't know how to properly rebuild a diff

9) The shop owner responds to suggestions with, "If you don't like it, open your own track!"

8) The shop owner still races a car that is two models old

7) The shop owner has a mullet, cutoff sleeves, and jean shorts

6) The shop owner opened it with the intention of getting rich

5) The shop owner only stocks parts for his favorite brand

4) The shop owner hires his biggest spending customers to work in the shop and gives them parts at cost

3) The shop owner works his butt off....for three months...then stops

2) The shop owner is too lazy to update his Facebook page

1) The shop owner doesn't broadcast club races on LiveRC!

What are some of the tell-tale signs that you have seen? Post them in the comments below!

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