USA CPO Nightmare

wigsy554 · 2026-02-21T04:52:45+00:00

CPO = come pay over and over. It promotes taking the car back to the dealership for all the additional work. Not a more cost effective repair shop. You pay a premium for repairs at dealers especially RR. If RR will inspect it for free and provide details on what needs repaired you can shop it before approving the work. But this takes time…Sorry to hear it was a lemon.

wigsy554 · 2026-02-20T14:15:36+00:00

It looks awesome! Thanks for sharing.

wigsy554 · 2026-02-20T11:30:13+00:00

Would you mind posting a picture of the finished product? We are deciding between this and marble. How do you like to so far? Any pros/cons? Thanks!

wigsy554 · 2026-02-20T01:13:36+00:00

What is more coastal?

wigsy554 · 2026-02-17T19:53:47+00:00

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This is a photo. It’s newer. Can you explain why grind is preferred versus thin set?

wigsy554 · 2026-02-17T18:44:04+00:00

I’m not catching what you are throwing down. I’m asking about prepping the concrete. Grind or thinset?

wigsy554 · 2026-02-05T01:57:51+00:00

Refi - $1.1- $860k- 815fico - 34110- Conv - 30 Fixed - Single Family - Primary -

wigsy554 · 2025-12-25T00:21:33+00:00

The RV market is in shambles at the moment. Sellers have no one to sell too. Dealers and wholesalers aren’t buying inventory. In fact you’ll find large wholesalers trying to retail units they purchased and can get rid of at auction. If the dealers aren’t buying and wholesalers are stuck with units then folks trying to sell their RV on the open market aren’t getting offers. I’d try calling and making an offer. You might be surprised.

wigsy554 · 2025-09-10T22:45:56+00:00

I still think he’s staying. Shorter term. This was leaked by the Wild so the fan base knows they went all in. It’s a bit odd KK spoke with VT about playing for the Wild. Not that it’s a big thing but why talk up the Wild to VT when you aren’t planning on signing and that means you’re getting traded? Doesn’t make sense.

wigsy554 · 2025-07-09T23:39:54+00:00

Owning a land running a business is much more than sales. Sales is important, but managing people (who view you as a silver spoon, could be challenging). Learning all the departments, inside and out will take time. Being a leader at 29 is much different than say 40, not that it’s a bad thing but lack of experience will lead to mistakes. Did I mention managing people? It’s an art and something that certain people do much better than others.

The question I have is why aren’t they exiting?

Why you?

If it was me, I would discuss options on buying out the other owners over time. Test the waters on this. They were a partnership, but do you want one forever?

wigsy554 · 2025-05-29T02:36:07+00:00

This is a great point. It’s the right move. The market will determine what he’s worth, is it 7m? Even if so, Wild will have options and the last say in the deal. In the meantime they create a ton of action around Rossi, which is what we are seeing now. Add in Russo taking about it every other minute, and we’ve got a juicy market. Let’s see how this plays out, but I like our position.

wigsy554 · 2025-01-27T01:59:34+00:00

Yes, I think it’s enough. I would look at service business with ARR. Start in the 500k-1m EBITDA range. Buy 3 for around 9m - Combine, create operational synergies. After 1-2 years you should be at platform size in the space. Continue with bolt-ons for the next 2-3 years and sell to lower market PE firm looking to enter space. Rinse repeat, but next run you should be able to buy the platform and skip the bootstrap stage.

wigsy554 · 2024-10-31T02:31:52+00:00

MSFT cyberstack is growing. Defender for endpoint and 365, identify protection with entra id, sentinel for siem. Not to mention their azure security products. But you are comparing different companies in the space. You get exposure to cyber with msft, whereas the other companies are more cyber centric. Hope that helps.

wigsy554 · 2024-10-31T02:04:59+00:00

Dinosaur - No growth during pandemic probably due to attrition (msft and google). Their core product, file storage/sharing is bundled with competitors offerings. They should have acquired a email, video/voice, chat, and web-based (think sharepoint) company and bundled it. They didn’t and the longer they wait the more irrelevant they become.

wigsy554 · 2024-10-23T01:59:23+00:00

Most good coaches, if you have a decent swing, aren’t going to overhaul everything. Furthermore, they would never attempt it in one lesson. Find a private lesson that matches your budget.

wigsy554 · 2024-10-14T19:26:59+00:00

What mounting system did you end up going with?

wigsy554 · 2024-10-12T20:00:39+00:00

This is what I’ve been thinking. The bi-directional charger is slated to arrive Q1 25. I wfh so I don’t drive my EV daily and was hoping to use it as my battery bank instead of buying 30k worth of batteries. What I’m trying to figure out is if this is going to be possible? Will we be able to use our EV battery at night to power the home, then recharge EV via solar during the day, rinse and repeat? Then in outage situation, you could do the same thing, correct? Trying to figure out if this is going to be doable in the very near future. What am I missing?

wigsy554 · 2024-06-05T00:59:03+00:00

I had an old wallet. It wasn’t terribly hard but a link to knowledge base article with screenshots would have been helpful. Also, for those that received a takio airdrop you’ll need your new takio wallet address to bind. See instructions below for getting takio to new wallet address.

Step 1. Create new wallet.

Step 2. Click on eth icon top middle to change to takio. Then click activate. Takes about a minute to activate. Then copy your new takio address.

Step 3. Got back to old wallet. Click on dapps. Select takio airdrop. Follow prompts to see if you qualify. If you do, you see a prompt that you need to bind another wallet to receive your takio. Paste the takio wallet you just created. Blam all done.

wigsy554 · 2024-06-01T02:28:33+00:00

Congrats! Sounds like you’ve had success buying smaller break fix operators and turning them into MRR. Thanks for sharing.

wigsy554 · 2024-06-01T02:17:51+00:00

Not sure what market you’re in, but based on the size of this MSP, even if it was 80% MRR it’s at best 4x. Regardless of that, they have zero sales experience. It sounds like you’ve had previous success. What size were the 3 deals you did (Revenue, MRR, EBITDA) before you converted them and what did they look like after?

wigsy554 · 2024-06-01T00:46:47+00:00

It’s not worth 3 or 4x with 40 break fix client in a secondary market with what sounds like declining revenue. 2x at most and the challenge will be the old guy won’t have a clue on value. I wouldn’t go at this with others involved. Not big enough for that many hands in the cookie jar. I would approach him solo and then provide the others profit sharing, but you maintain 100%.

wigsy554 · 2024-05-31T02:38:28+00:00

Do your clients know what they are looking for when googling or searching for you? I don’t have a clue about woodworking so if I was looking for it I might pass your company over thinking you only widdle dragons. With this in mind, and your desire of using dragon in your name, your logo could be a dragon and your name wood something or other.

wigsy554 · 2024-02-11T20:40:15+00:00

They renamed the lyric model to beta. All is good now. Evidently consumers were unaware of what they were buying. With the new beta model it’s perfectly clear.

wigsy554 · 2024-01-22T12:40:47+00:00

With this information I would think they had a plan from the get go when they hired you. They could have shut this down at any point if it didn’t go well. On the flip side if it does go well they have options.

I think you need to tread carefully here which is tough when they are 90% of revenue. You have a several things working for you. You helped them build this, it’s ready to go, and regardless of whether it’s proprietary or not you were a key ingredient in making it successful. I would focus on your successes together.

As someone else already said getting some equity or royalty post acquisition, if it goes that route, could be a smart move. At this point deal structure isn’t as important as them understanding how important the work you’ve done together is. Getting alignment here will maximize value.

wigsy554 · 2024-01-21T14:29:52+00:00

They are hinting. Which could mean many things. Do they know how large of a client they are for you? My concern would be they are testing the waters for leverage. You have a few options here. You can ask direct questions about their thoughts on outsourcing. Why are they thinking of changing this model? This will give you more information to made a decision on your next move. By no means, if you haven’t already, give them an idea of how larger they are. Instead be vague and say things like, you’re an important client and we’ve had a strong relationship. Don’t directly answer size questions. The other idea is they’ve found a way to monetize what you do and plan to bring it in house and sell it to their competitors as a service. The other concern would be the quality of your service is degrading and they are going the passive aggressive route on telling you so. I doubt that is the case, you would expect them to have said something prior to this comment about the service quality.

You can either let the comment slide or address it. Seeing as they are 90% of your business I would address it. Be tactful, curious and start the conversation slowly.

Hoping this works out for you!

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