first, abuse is almost negligible. But in the case it isnt or if you dont believe that its really small, how does LPR monitor when my customers change plates from their car to their wives car? Or how does RFID monitor when a sticker is peeled out of 1 car and used in the second household car? I've had both happen at my location dozens of times and I'm not really looking for the answer to these questions just stating that they are a minor issue that most
membership people have dealt with. I roll my eyes at these people(and try to sell them another
membership for the cart they are in) and continue on with my
membership program bc I know it works wonders.
Secondly, if you have security cameras at your location(which everyone seems to have now),
Everwash works with a company that created a program that monitors your thru-put by surveillance that will pick up "abuse."
Everwash also has its own dashboard and reporting where you can drill down on individual
membership usage so if you spot a high user, you can see thru your own time stamped reports vs your security cameras who actually washed.
Thirdly, even with some abuse, overall
membership usage in the entire industry is ~3x a month so if that's what the national average is, those are the numbers you will/should be seeing.
I totally get that no one wants to wash cars for free or get taken advantage of but that's just not happening with
membership in mass.
There are way more positive to
membership in this industry then the handful of neagtives which prevent people from adopting this lucrative aspect to revenue growth. Like I said, if it works in the tunnel, it will work for self serve/iba/hand washing/full serve and even a unlimited vacuum subscription. The degree to which it will work is really the only debate and comes down to many more factors.