Who is this?!?!?!?

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Geez, Phil looks younger than me. And thats young. I think I can beat you up . We'll meet at the flag pole after school, 3 o clock, bring some LEDs.

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dont think phil would ever talk ****. cause if he did someone would swiftly give him a kick in the ass and remind him of how young and quite small he is.

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phil ever since i saw your pic the advice you give seems way less important. you had in my mind a mental picture of someone older but now i feel like you just dont know as much. i mean im sure you do but its like when you read a book then see the movie its just not as good because its not how you pictured it.

alright... that's a little more than two cents... it's overkill maybe once was enough... but have some respect. he works his ass off to get you good prices and such, and everyone's always like "phil's awesome" well maybe if he was older he wouldn't care about getting you good prices and such as much, he'd care more about making money off of you, so why don't you respect him for that.

you said it once... you said it twice... three times is too much. it's over... whatever... how old are you? obviously not old enough to understand how immature you're acting. i'm done with you now.

ok i never disrespected phil i was joking. and i only said something twice, both of those being in a joking manner. you quotes are inaccurate too only two of those are mine. so **** off

Be quiet now. Anybody who says anything negative from here on out will be dealt with, and not in a nice way. ANYBODY.

Wierd. You look totally different in both pics.

Well one way to look at it: You should feel honored to have done business with me now, because eventually I will be older and you can say, wow I knew him when he was just 18, look what he is doing now.

i was gonna say the same thing he still looks young but closer to his age i'd say.

when i started doin night clubs i was 17... so more power too you. now i'm extremely comfortable and get allot of respect around here... i did work my ass off thou... didn't enjoy my time, was always working. but it's all worth it now.

well i gotta make weight tomorrow and im tired. phil im glad to have done business with you now cause i forsee a big future for you man. more power to you. sleep time for me

Phil wrote:

people call up at midnight, I answer the phone if I'm sleeping and take their order. Someone woke me up at like 8 am this morning and I had to talk to them.[/img]

or what about the little bastards that prank call you

Man I think that it is so awsome how phil manages this site and his customers, plus school! All of the 18 year olds I know are lazy ass guys who just go around gettin wasted, I highly respect you for that, lol man, you have like a cult following. on another note, we have all read the "how the oznium name was created" story, but I think it would be awsome if you could tell us what got you interested in automotive lighting/moding, and give us a little better picture of what the actual buisness is like, or even "a day in the life of phil suslow" story, like when you get an order, what do you do, how do you keep your merch organized etc. etc. once again, thanks for the great site and company and keep up the good work

The future of Oznium:

I will most likely move to California or Arizona in the future. Phil and I will combine forces, start an office / shop, and run both businesses together.

Neon Monopoly.

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ermm i dont have a dig cam to the question sumone asked b4 lol

and phil u look 18 in that pic that settles that. and phil knows what hes doing, he knows what he wants and he's willing to work for it. and hes gratefully for what he gets in the end.

hopw bout we just end all the bickering and give 3 cheers to phil

glidden wrote:

Man I think that it is so awsome how phil manages this site and his customers, plus school! All of the 18 year olds I know are lazy ass guys who just go around gettin wasted, I highly respect you for that, lol man, you have like a cult following. on another note, we have all read the "how the oznium name was created" story, but I think it would be awsome if you could tell us what got you interested in automotive lighting/moding, and give us a little better picture of what the actual buisness is like, or even "a day in the life of phil suslow" story, like when you get an order, what do you do, how do you keep your merch organized etc. etc. once again, thanks for the great site and company and keep up the good work

Yeah that might be interesting, but I have to be careful not to reveal too many trade secrets.

I said it before and I'll say it again. I don't give a **** how old someone is (or how young) or how they look. If I were to get into running a business with anyone, it would be Phil. He's reliable, dependable, has customer service skills, goes out of his way to make people happy. I'd much rather go into business with him and take my chances with an 18 year old, then go into business with a 40 year old because "he should be mature by now".

The true measurement of a man is not in how tall he is, how old he is, or what color hair he has. It's in his actions. I've actually considered asking Phil if he was interested in expanding the business with some idea's I had, but as of recently, work is kind of iffy and I want to make sure I can afford to live before I take on the added burden of a business. Bills still gotta be paid, even if nothing is made at first in the business =P But I'd definately go into business with him. He's one of the few people I've met who would actually put just as much time and effort into the business as I would. That says a lot to me.

I agree with Mav.

I probably met Phil a different way than most of you. Since we live(d) like 5 miles from each other I knew him as a fellow teenager rather than the owner of Oznium (well, that too), and when I first met him and found out he ran such a professional site I was impressed. He does everything any other professional site does, like business licenses and all that fun stuff you and I most likely know nothing about, and MORE. Like he said, he will wake up at 8 a.m. or answer calls late at night to take orders for you *****. He also graces us with his presence on these forums. I don't know of any other companies that do that (StreetGlow sort of does..) I think we're all very lucky to have a site like Oznium and a dude like Phil helping us out. Whoever said someone older would probably charge more is probably right. I have no idea how much money Oznium pulls in but I'm guessing it could pull a lot more if Phil charged more, but he doesn't (and probably doesn't need to since he doesn't have a family to support.........I don't think he does....Phil, any little Phils running around yet?)

Nope no mini me's.

Oznium just became an LLC, so now it is officially Oznium LLC. Soon I'll get the name trademarked with the USPTO.

When I first started talking to the owner of Iceled, I remember him asking if I had any kids, I laughed and said no, I'm only 18. I guess he was suprised at first, but that doesn't affect our business relationship. I've been able to bring him tens of thousands of dollars in sales, and there is a verbal contract that Oznium is the north american distributor. Despite the poor value of the US dollar in recent months, the domestic Iceled prices have not gone up, and the price for the UFO kit is about $100 cheaper in the US, than anywhere else in the world.

For some of you wondering how the "operations" work:

LEDs are stored in small plastic boxes along with resistors. Each one is counted by me, or a friend if I can enslave some free labor. Once they are counted to the order specifications, an open bag is placed over a large funnel. The mouth of the funnel is placed up to the edge of a desk and the LEDs/resistors are scooped into the funnel.

A business card or two is stuck into a padded envelope (I've got about 500 of these envelopes), and the LEDs are are put in. A label is printed on a Dymo thermal label printer, making it look all professional.

I either put stamps on it or take it to the post office on my trip.

I tend to package things as soon as an order comes in. Whatever I'm doing, I'll put it down and go package the order. It might not be the most efficient way, but it is an impulse that makes me do this.

Some orders are "dropshipped", or sent from another location. Sometimes they are directly from PlasmaGlow, or another distributor. The big stuff that I sell a lot of will be stocked in my house (actually my parent's house).

Right now the product line is very limited, and concentrated to a small genre. I do see a need for additions, but right now it is important for me to concentrate on a solid infastructure. A accounting system built into the web store, an inventory system, and order management system to allow rapid expansion.

Once these things are in place, audio can be added, heck, streetglow might be added, and Oznium will turn into more of a full service car shop. The next logical step will be a more commercial office with a warehouse and a couple employees. This could be a few years away, but by then Oznium should be well prepared for growth.

Hopefully by then, I'll learn a thing or two at the W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU.

Any more questions about the workings of Oznium, just ask me. ok?

I'm impressed as hell, even moreso knowing some of this background info. Many businesses started by older people often fail. To run a business, go to school, and still be a teenager is 3 full-time jobs. Age does not mean maturity, as most of us know. A "great leveling factor" of the Internet, is that an 18 year old can start a fairly large business, and nobody has to have a biased opinion about him if he doesn't want to divulge his age.

In 10 years, when Oznium starts buying other companies, like SG and PG, we can all say, "I knew Phil before he could legally drink!" I can almost picture Phil having a large corporation in a few years, with LEDs and a UB kit on his corporate jet... (hint, hint, DragonJeep )

Keep up the good work.

anyone play gituar? ever head of renegadeolga.com? it was basically for guitar tabs and such.

my friend in High school started this web page when he was a freshman, it was huge in 1 year, with over 1 million hit/daily. he even had a T1 line installed to host everything. and then all the big record companies filed suite against him for copyright infringment. he went thru more by the time he was a junion then most people do in a lifetime.

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The next logical step will be a more commercial office with a warehouse and a couple employees. This could be a few years away, but by then Oznium should be well prepared for growth.

Im claiming the first job.

OK now I feel old. My 20 y/o nephew told me about this site a while back b/c I was trying to make my own LED emergency light. Now I see the age of you guys, 17 - 18 - 26? Pfftt!!! I'm old enough to be Phil's father! (but I'm not!! ) I have an 18 y/o stepson and 5 other youger kids combined. Phil, any senior citizen discounts? *LOL Obviously maturity isn't as much an age thing around here as it is....just being mature. (some will understand, others won't) I just stop in occasionally to see what's going on, always enjoy seeing the latest! I'm a bit of a 'techy' kind of guy. Let's keep it fun!

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OK now I feel old. My 20 y/o nephew told me about this site a while back b/c I was trying to make my own LED emergency light. Now I see the age of you guys, 17 - 18 - 26? Pfftt!!! I'm old enough to be Phil's father! (but I'm not!! ) I have an 18 y/o stepson and 5 other youger kids combined. Phil, any senior citizen discounts? *LOL Obviously maturity isn't as much an age thing around here as it is....just being mature. (some will understand, others won't) I just stop in occasionally to see what's going on, always enjoy seeing the latest! I'm a bit of a 'techy' kind of guy. Let's keep it fun!

Yes the Internet is odd yet great. As GoldenRod mentioned, the Internet has that "great leveling factor". If I were to guess how old you were based on your post (minus the references to your age) I would have guessed mid-teens to early-20's (for some reason I just can't picture adults using "LOL" and emoticons, except my friend's mother who constantly IMs me on AIM and is extremely annoying)...and if people we're to guess the age of Phil based on Oznium and his professionalism they would guess he was a lot older than he is.

pontiac4evr_14 wrote:

Phil wrote: The next logical step will be a more commercial office with a warehouse and a couple employees. This could be a few years away, but by then Oznium should be well prepared for growth. Im claiming the first job.

Ill move over there to claim the 2nd job. I have plenty sales/customer service experience and I tend to know a thing or two about graphics work.

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OK now I feel old. My 20 y/o nephew told me about this site a while back b/c I was trying to make my own LED emergency light. Now I see the age of you guys, 17 - 18 - 26? Pfftt!!! I'm old enough to be Phil's father! (but I'm not!! ) I have an 18 y/o stepson and 5 other youger kids combined. Phil, any senior citizen discounts? *LOL Obviously maturity isn't as much an age thing around here as it is....just being mature. (some will understand, others won't) I just stop in occasionally to see what's going on, always enjoy seeing the latest! I'm a bit of a 'techy' kind of guy. Let's keep it fun!

At 31, I'm getting to that age of "I could be your father!".... in my karate class, quite a few of the students are 14-16. I find it funny, though, when they start bragging about what games they have, and what stuff their parents got them, while I'm thinking... "Well, I have two new cars, and am spending around $1000 just to put some lights on one of them!"...

what about expanding distribution center on the other side of the US???

i have everyone beat... i aready have a buisness and i got a Wharehouse in Philadelphia

Man I gotta move around u guys....I wanna glow job.

ADDICTED2ICELED wrote:

what about expanding distribution center on the other side of the US??? i have everyone beat... i aready have a buisness and i got a Wharehouse in Philadelphia

But, if you were a distributor, nothing would get to the customers, it would all go on your car!

I think its cool that people of all ages can come to this site and have a good time and get usefull information. I personally am 16 and just got my license about 7 mo. ago but from visting this site daily I have learned all i need to know to install and repair automotive lighting. I also would like to thank the internet, because if it wasnt for the internet, my truck would not glow, and we all know, all work and no glow makes me a sad...sad man. So internet I would like to tell you, your my hero

GoldenRod wrote:

I'm impressed as hell, even moreso knowing some of this background info. Many businesses started by older people often fail. To run a business, go to school, and still be a teenager is 3 full-time jobs. Age does not mean maturity, as most of us know. A "great leveling factor" of the Internet, is that an 18 year old can start a fairly large business, and nobody has to have a biased opinion about him if he doesn't want to divulge his age. In 10 years, when Oznium starts buying other companies, like SG and PG, we can all say, "I knew Phil before he could legally drink!" I can almost picture Phil having a large corporation in a few years, with LEDs and a UB kit on his corporate jet... (hint, hint, DragonJeep ) Keep up the good work.

dragonjeep that pic sent me to red x land

DragonJeep wrote:

pontiac4evr_14 wrote: Phil wrote: The next logical step will be a more commercial office with a warehouse and a couple employees. This could be a few years away, but by then Oznium should be well prepared for growth. Im claiming the first job. Ill move over there to claim the 2nd job. I have plenty sales/customer service experience and I tend to know a thing or two about graphics work.

and i'll be the ***** that puts all the products on their car or umm i can be the guy that brings everyone coffee in the morning

i just have one thing to say to the people that had their views change on phil now because of his age. you are all some ignorant people. you didnt seem to have a problem with him when you didn't know his age, now all of a sudden he says how old he is and you got the haters. don't be jealous because hes making more $$ than you and your older than him.

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ADDICTED2ICELED wrote: what about expanding distribution center on the other side of the US??? i have everyone beat... i aready have a buisness and i got a Wharehouse in Philadelphia But, if you were a distributor, nothing would get to the customers, it would all go on your car!

which ultimately means more buisness for Phil!!! what's wrong with that now?

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dragonjeep that pic sent me to red x land

I figured that would happen. I cant find a good host for *.gif images since phil took gifs off.

It was a picture of a private jet with ICELED in the windows.

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glidden wrote: dragonjeep that pic sent me to red x land I figured that would happen. I cant find a good host for *.gif images since phil took gifs off. It was a picture of a private jet with ICELED in the windows.

u can email them to me and i'll host em... just give it the directory of www.bravous.com/dragon/xxx.xxx and i'll upload it

ADDICTED2ICELED wrote:

GoldenRod wrote: ADDICTED2ICELED wrote: what about expanding distribution center on the other side of the US??? i have everyone beat... i aready have a buisness and i got a Wharehouse in Philadelphia But, if you were a distributor, nothing would get to the customers, it would all go on your car! which ultimately means more buisness for Phil!!! what's wrong with that now?

You'd probably need a heavy-duty suspension to support everything!

You know how movie stars have hair stylists follow them all over the world, and only work on that one person? Maybe Phil can be A2I's personal light distributor....
Oh, wait, then how do we get lights? ... hmmmm.... gotta work on that....

TypeRBass wrote:

DragonJeep wrote: pontiac4evr_14 wrote: Phil wrote: The next logical step will be a more commercial office with a warehouse and a couple employees. This could be a few years away, but by then Oznium should be well prepared for growth. Im claiming the first job. Ill move over there to claim the 2nd job. I have plenty sales/customer service experience and I tend to know a thing or two about graphics work. and i'll be the ***** that puts all the products on their car or umm i can be the guy that brings everyone coffee in the morning

and i can be the ***** that packages everything! we all have our lil nitches in this oznium society/business... i could aid in install i suppose... but packaging/shipping clerk would suit me fine

is there a place in the future Oznium Corporation for a guy with chickens? maybe i could scramble up some eggs for ya in the morning, phil, or make chicken sandwiches for lunch

how do you look at those things every day, then eat them???

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how do you look at those things every day, then eat them???

well, the fact that they are one of the most retarded animals i've ever seen makes it kind of easy... plus, i've grown up around animals for most of my life, and it's part of the culture here. i'm sure if you grew up in rural ohio you would be completely ok with butchering a cow and then having steaks that very night also, there's just something about fresh food (just butchered or just picked from the garden) that makes it better...

ADDICTED2ICELED wrote:

what about expanding distribution center on the other side of the US??? i have everyone beat... i aready have a buisness and i got a Wharehouse in Philadelphia

Ive got a garage in Jersey. Except its connected to my house. So I mean, Im the obvious distribution center for the east coast. Ive got an entire room with nothing in it. I can fit at lewast 60,000 LEDs.

naw dude i got the east coast down pat. me and 88olds got 6 garages and 2 sheds at our disposal. so we could hold more leds than imaginable