OT-Looking to hire a fulltime internet person.....

danglen

who would like to live in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Primary duties would include the building and maintenance of a website from scratch. Benefits include the opportunity to play with coins all day This might be a great opportunity for someone wanting to relocate from the Gulf Coast area. Interested parties should PM me.

lordmarcovan

Dan, if I were still single, I would be SOOOO there!

I love Black Mountain. I love coins.

My life is here now, though.





Don't tempt me.


(Of course, in terms of website-building, I have only rudimentary HTML skills. Kindergarten level. But I plan to remedy that.)

Say, what is your new name gonna be? Dead King already grabbed "WNC Coins", and "Palm Coast" sounds kinda funny in Appalachia. Then again, folks in Appalachia might dig it, who knows?

Aethelred

<< <i>

Say, what is your new name gonna be? Dead King already grabbed "WNC Coins", and "Palm Coast" sounds kinda funny in Appalachia. Then again, folks in Appalachia might dig it, who knows? >>



The folks here would dig "Hemp Coast Coins" or "Stoner-Man Coins." "Tree-hugger Coins" might fly as well.

danglen

<< <i> Say, what is your new name gonna be? Dead King already grabbed "WNC Coins", and "Palm Coast" sounds kinda funny in Appalachia. Then again, folks in Appalachia might dig it, who knows? >>



New name???? I have to do that too???? Actually, after many nanoseconds of deliberation, we came up with the totally unique "Black Mountain Coins" Of course, that means I now have www.palmcoastcoins.com, www.eBaycoins.com and soon to be www.blackmountaincoins.com. Actually, Carolina Coins was available, but there is a Carolina Coin in existence and I didn't want to step on any toes

danglen

<< <i> Dan, if I were still single, I would be SOOOO there! >>



Then again, if you were here you might probably be SOOOO single

lordmarcovan

"Black Mountain Coins" has a nice ring to it.

You can be sure I will visit when we are up there. We do Black Mountain and the Asheville area once or twice a year, usually around the first of November.

AuldFartte

You know, that kind of building and maintenance (of a website) can be done over the 'net without having to be there physically. Hardware (server, etc.) maintenance needs to be someone local.

coinpictures

<< <i>You know, that kind of building and maintenance (of a website) can be done over the 'net without having to be there physically. Hardware (server, etc.) maintenance needs to be someone local. >>



Actually, you don't even need to have local maintenance if you colocate or use a managed hosting solution. I've been running my web sites since 1998, currently 12 of them, and have never even come close to a datacenter. In fact, for the vast majority of sites, even ecommerce sites, virtual hosting is FAR more cost effective than attempting to run and maintain your own server. Looking at the OP's current web site, given its size, I would easily recommend virtual hosting over running a server.

-Dan

1jester

Dan, are you planning to physically move your store? Southern Florida not all it's cracked up to be? I don't understand.

mojoman

Appalachian Antiquities sounds good
Just a thought?

danglen

<< <i> Dan, are you planning to physically move your store? Southern Florida not all it's cracked up to be? I don't understand >>



Actually, my store is in North Florida, but my wife has decided she wants to live in the mountains of Western North Carolina, and since my mission in life is to make her happy, well, you can figure out the rest.......

1jester

I hope you don't lose too much walk-in traffic due to the move; I understand you have a very successful brick and morter store. However, if your internet business provides the bulk of your income, there's nothing to worry about.

Definitely your priorities are straight! The wife is number one! My parents recently moved from Fernandina to North Carolina, mainly due to the miserable weather in Florida.

danglen

<< <i> Actually, you don't even need to have local maintenance if you colocate or use a managed hosting solution. >>



I have no problem (and actually prefer) to have internet based web-hosting. My problem is that I have about 3000 items that I need to get into my website which would take an individual several months or more to accomplish, and I don't think it's economically feasible to subcontract that work. By having someone on site, I also think I can have more input into the design and functional aspects of the website. I'm not really crazy about the way my current website is set up. I don't believe it is very user friendly, although we do get a fair amount of business from it.

lordmarcovan

Did somebody say "chocolate"?




Oh. "Colocate". Never mind.

danglen

<< <i>Did somebody say "chocolate"? >>



Rob, according to Phillip Lamb (the paper money dealer) who lives in Black Mountain, there is a new chocolate store in town that makes their own chocolate. According to Phil, a confirmed chocoholic, their product makes Godiva look like some amateurish attempt at chocolatiering

ajaan

Moving to Asheville? Watch out Aethelred, some competition coming.

lordmarcovan

Dan's operation will be pretty different than Bill Wright's in Asheville, where Ye Deade Kinge works.

Besides, Asheville and the surrounding area can support several coin dealers. There were three when I was there (Wright's, Sellers', Randy's).

ajaan

<< <i>There were three when I was there (Wright's, Sellers', Randy's). >>


Did the other two close because you left???

lordmarcovan

Nah. Randy's closed when I was there. Mrs. Sellers continued on until after I left. I believe she is in a nursing home now. She's pretty ancient. She was a sweet old lady. Michael worked for her, too, for a while. Her shop was the polar opposite of Bill Wright's- it was like a rummage sale explosion. The thing I most remember from her shop was a big mounted largemouth bass with a set of human dentures in its mouth.


When I lived in Asheville, my yearly coin budget wouldn't buy a tank of gas in Lord Marco's Van today. I was pretty miserably poor.

Now I'm just respectably poor.

danglen

ttt for the Sunday night crowd.

mrearlygold

Good luck with the move! My Wife and I have been to the area 5 times. I want to buy a place there and like Hendersonville.

I've had trouble finding "cable" broadband availability in places. Have you looked into that?

I want to see the other side of the mountains I think in Tenn before commiting. Anyone know about "the other side"?


Tom

nicholasz219

Can I apply even if I have absolutely no idea of what I am doing? I like the 'play with coins all day' part.

Nick