16 Aug
2011
16 Aug
'11
12:41 a.m.
Actually the costs are significant so what may appear profit at first
are only partly covering equipment
,costs of sourcing manuals, etc, in my case internet hosting of the catalogue
I doubt the electricity cost is covered by this years donations so far.
Dave Caroline
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Rod Smallwood
<rodsmallwood at btconnect.com> wrote:
It's probably obvious but surely you only start to make money once you have
covered the costs.
Rod Smallwood
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Tony Duell
Sent: 15 August 2011 21:46
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Non-revenue-producing (Was: cctech Digest, Vol 96, Issue 5
I can quite believe what Tony says, particularly
if it is considered a
business. Perhaps Tony's only way out is to find a way for it not to be
considered a business, but I don't know how he could do that.
Exactly...
There is a very easy way for it not to be a business, and that's for me
to use said workshop for my hobby, not making any money doing it. It is
perfectly legal for me to enjoy myself fixing old computers, making
clocks, etc in this way uysing whatever tools I like with no safety
requirements at all.
It is also legal for me to allow friends to come into my workshop (they
are then repsonsible for their own actions).
But if I make mony, it's a business and has to meet said safety
requiurements. Since this would cost a lot more than I could ever make
back from said business, it makes more sense to me to ru8n it as a hobby,
and if j-random-HP-enthusiast wants to fix his card reader, he can pop
over with said unit. Even if I do all the metal turning, there is no
problem if I don't charge him.
-tony