What do you want from a pinball club?

[pintableuser]

Super Bario opening in Glasgow later this month......... these guys did it on a 31 day Crowd funding.... Kickstarter

http://www.wow247.co.uk/2016/01/08/super-bario-glasgow-kickstarter/

 

[steve brum]

looks like Edinburgh getting a barcade too

http://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/food/edinburghs-first-arcade-cafe-open-city-summer/

if people want to help crowd fund a pub then Ive got 50 games to fill it. problem is premesis are expensive and need commitment.

 

[ducks]

Less expensive than 50 games

I have to think there's somewhere suitable in Birmingham, given how much regeneration of derelict sites & gentrification is going on, how upwardly mobile it is and yet how still modest prices are (compared with South).

Rather dubious Super Bario will be opening this month as they don't have a single photo of the fitting process of their premises being under way yet ...

 

[DRD]

Crowd funding/ peer to peer lending could well be the next ppi / misselling scandal imho

Folk may hate banks. Banks have clear limitations. But banks lend to millions of clients every year. Crowd funders don't. Crowd funders have vastly less experience.

It is very easy to lend money. Very easy to get high rates of interest on it. But getting your capital back is a different story

 

[ducks]

Kickstarter and Indiegogo are explicitly not an investment scheme .. rewards are 'swag' / product / discounts.

As far as sites like CrowdCube are concerned, I think it's far safer than the stockmarket, generally. Especially since most of the people investing money on the former are relatively sophisitcated, and 99% of the people investing in the latter are not.

 

[steve brum]

Bham council is very greedy unfortunately. work commitments mean I cant commit 100% time and effort to running something. Ive been looking for a business partner to run and of course profit from the drinking/eating aspect of a venture but venue still a sticking point. always just out of my budget