Need some help

[greenhead]

Im 17, living in Boston. I want to start a ipod and sidekick (a tmobile phone) repair business. I been looking on the internet for information on how to do this and bought a manual for ipod repair. Seems like they don fix parts just replace parts in ipods and sidekicks. Thought that this might be something I can do on the side. I also want to sell cellphones and ipods. I only have just little more thatn $2000 and wanted to start with fixing ipods and sidekicks. Anyone have any advice for me?

[crackah]

goto the local markets. Thats where alot of people do it where I live.

[faint]

I knew this guy who did the same.. used to fix ipdos and cell phones and stuff.. the methods he used were mainly common info which you can get off the internet if you search well. The cellphone retail might be tricky as you`ll need to set up a T-mobile franchise or something. Im not sure about laws but you can buy unlocked phones off ebay and sell them. Im not sure if you want to do your business online or in a store?

[boromarl]

Doesn't Apple keep a tight lock on repair information? They'd rather people toss their broken iPods and but new ones. With that approach, chances are you know quite a few people with broken ones. Start fixing up your friends' ipods, get business through the good-ol grapevine. You should also advertise at colleges, where there's bound to be tons of ipods in disrepair. Just some thoughts.

[rogercbryan]

You can start your own cell phone company fairly easily these days. Try this website Branded Mobile Community | Sonopia

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I do not know how to help you with the ipod stuff...

[greenhead]

Thanks for the reply. Do you have a sonopia?

[greenhead]

I was planning on selling the products n service to people around where I live. When word got out of what I did i wanted to start a store. However I dont want o limit my options to only a store, online would be a possibility