| Thanks for all the replies and the PMs. We're still looking at the financials, as it's difficult to pull the numbers for just one store out of the numbers for all. We're going to be negotiating soon. The main reason we're buying one instead of building is severalfold. The biggest reasons are an existing database of customers (one of which I just found out today is a long time friend from a TransAm/Camaro car club) who are long time customers, and they've ironed out the small details. I don't have to get that call at 12 noon, "Come quick! The Windows OS is crashing and the credit card machine wont work". Everything is up, the business still always generates more cash than is spent, even on its worst month, and the employees are very enthusiastic.
I'll post more. Right now my wife feels I've given too much away during the sensitive part of the deal, so I'll wait to post more.
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