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Starting a head shop
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While smoking a cig and pondering what I'm going to do in life, let alone what ill choose as my major for college, I thought about something. I would love to learn how to blow glass pipes and bongs and sell them in a store. There are a few head shops in my home town which seem to get good business, and im currently in ann arbor, and their head shops seem very popular. I know nothing of glass blowing, is it extremely difficult? How long would a normal sized bowl take to make? Can you rent out glass blowing facilities, or do you have to buy your own equipment? Or do most head shops just buy wholesale from suppliers? This is just an idea, so I thought id research a little.

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Re: Starting a head shop [Re: bhamlaxy]
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I don't think glassblowing is very easy to learn. Possible, but not a breeze. It's an artisan's craft, and those tend to require experience in order to learn, which means it takes time.

If you've allready got a number of headshops in town, you might not want to open yet another in that area. It'd probably be better to locate the shop in an area where the supply is more sparse. Likely to be more customers that way.


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Re: Starting a head shop [Re: bhamlaxy]
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woo hoo, cheers to the ace duce! What are you in ann arbor for? Just visiting? Actually the biggest head shop in the ace also has a crew of glass blowers. There are buyers and wholesalers that buy and sell glass.

PS head shop in ann arbor are so sucessful because there is an endless supply of 19 year olds with an endless source of money at the U.


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Re: Starting a head shop [Re: mycogirl]
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i blow glass, i still suck after 2 years, most people will. to be brutally honest with you. unless you have about half a year planning behind this and at the VERY LEAST $25,000, you arent going to get anything off of the ground or suceed.

i was planning on doing the same thing as youre talking about untill i looked into it and talked ot a few shop owners and blowers.

if you want to get into blowing that is cool as hell, but sell what you can at shows, not at a shop.

peace
zippoz

btw a glass blowing rig for a starter will run you around $1,000

if you want to learn to blow drop me a pm and ill point you in the right direction.


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Re: Starting a head shop [Re: mycogirl]
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Im working at a debate camp, kind of like forensics. Im an RA for the next 7 weeks.

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Re: Starting a head shop [Re: bhamlaxy]
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At the U? Are you from Michigan?


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Re: Starting a head shop [Re: mycogirl]
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The only thing I can suggest about opening a head shop is get a good lawyer.

They can help you out, so your ass does not get put in a vise,

Other then that good luck, :thumbup:


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