Downtown Hair Salon...Asking $5000
#1
Posted 25 August 2008 - 06:57 AM
Richard Watts
Times Colonist
Monday, August 25, 2008
Anton Kashari is selling his hair salon at a price that will continue to drop until it reaches nothing and he will give it away.
For sale: One downtown Victoria hair salon. Asking price: $5,000.
But if you wait a little while longer, you might be able to get it for even less, because the owner is determined to keep dropping the price until it's gone.
"It will go down and down until the end and I put up 'Free business,' " said Anton Kashari, owner of the Monaco Hair Salon at 1672 Douglas St.
Earlier this week, Kashari posted a sign offering "Salon for $5,000." Alongside, another sign asks, "Does anyone have money in the city?"
Kashari said he started the business three years ago. Once a flower shop, the store needed some drastic cleaning and painting. Kashari also says he put in about $30,000 in improvements to the plumbing, electrical work, signs and fixtures such as sinks and chairs.
He said he built up an economic client base, offering haircuts for $12 and a discount for frequent customers. But he now wants out. Kashari, who also works in construction, said problems with various hairstylist employees have become too big a headache.
He offered his salon for sale about one year ago, using the Internet to advertise across Canada and asking for $30,000. That attracted a few calls but nothing else.
He started bringing the price down. At about $10,000, a few stylists came in expressing interest, but none of them seemed to be able to come up with the cash.
"They come and most of them have no money. They say, 'I'll give you a motorcycle.' And I say, 'I don't want a motorcycle,' " Kashari said.
He still can't understand why it hasn't sold. For that price, a couple of hairstylist students could ask their parents for the money and get a good start in the business, he said.
Kashari agreed the location, right next to Centennial Square, has a few past problems with drug dealers. But he said those issues seem to be slacking off in recent months, and new construction nearby promises a better future.
"It's a good location," said Kashari. "I can't believe there are no buyers. We are in Canada with 30 million people and we are supposed to be rich."
He says too many people just don't want to work hard or take a little risk. "They just want to be paid for doing nothing."
rwatts@tc.canwest.com
© Times Colonist (Victoria) 2008
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#2
Posted 25 August 2008 - 07:12 AM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#3
Posted 25 August 2008 - 07:30 AM
If you want to sell something you don't tell your potential buyers to wait because the price is coming down!
#4
Posted 25 August 2008 - 07:31 AM
#5
Posted 25 August 2008 - 02:31 PM
#6
Posted 25 August 2008 - 02:39 PM
I thought you meant pre haircut.
#7
Posted 25 August 2008 - 02:41 PM
#8
Posted 25 August 2008 - 08:00 PM
What's the rent, I wonder?
He does my hair. Nice guy.
#9
Posted 25 August 2008 - 08:06 PM
#10
Posted 25 August 2008 - 08:18 PM
#11
Posted 25 August 2008 - 08:20 PM
VHF, if that barber can cut your hair to make you the spitting image of James Garner, I'm gonna buy the place and make him the CEO!!
James Garner is in his 70's and still has more hair than me.
EDIT: He turned 80 earlier this year.
#12
Posted 25 August 2008 - 11:39 PM
And I can still remember the theme song.
#13
Posted 26 August 2008 - 02:23 PM
Articles like this steaming pile of dung are why I laugh in the face of the telemarketers who call asking if I want to subscribe to the TC.
#14
Posted 26 August 2008 - 04:22 PM
#15
Posted 26 August 2008 - 08:36 PM
Know it all.
Citified.ca is Victoria's most comprehensive research resource for new-build homes and commercial spaces.
#16
Posted 26 August 2008 - 08:41 PM
This is probably a publicity stunt.
No, he has been talking about selling it now for over a year now. Yes, he has got some publicity now, but it really is for sale.
#17
Posted 27 August 2008 - 07:54 AM
It's at $4000 today.
So by Labour Day it should be free. That's when I will make my offer.
#18
Posted 27 August 2008 - 09:30 AM
#19
Posted 03 September 2008 - 08:08 PM
#20
Posted 03 September 2008 - 08:22 PM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
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