Well apparently some teenagers didn't like how in tact my pay stations were. They used the bug wash brushes to smash out the monitors. I do have a video but its not clear enough and they rode up on bikes so they can't easily be identified. This is located near a not so great neighborhood so there is no cash on site and its well labeled as such, they did this purely for sport. they also drained the bucks for some reason, which is why there is blue stains on the lot. My insurance deductible is high enough where its probably not worth a claim. I am wondering if anyone has ever had any luck ordering these monitors for the Washify Xstation direct from the factory in China, or had any luck rebuilding them. Or if anyone has any old used Xstations that they would sell the monitors from.
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Waxman
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If you have a community Facebook page in your area I would post the best pictures and even video of them on there and maybe offer a reward for information on the perpetrators. You might be surprised at the results you get. It's worth trying to get restitution if possible.
DiamondWash
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I'm surprised that your pay stations don't have cameras built in so you can see the customers face when they pull up, that might be a accessory that needs to be added when rebuilding/replacing these.
There is a camera in there but i am new to these pay stations. I am not sure if they're recording or if they're just used when making a transaction
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Even with 4K cameras if the light is wrong or the angle is off it can be hard to ID people. The FB suggestion may be your best avenue and I would talk to local PD as they might know or recognize someone. Often it is not someone’s first time being a shithead.
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Order new monitors/parts from washify and have them overnighted. Don't try to save money waiting 2 weeks for parts from someone else.
You need to get things back up and running asap. You can resort to any reasonable measures to restore your site (your insurance should cover it).
I do have them back up and running. I was in the process of swapping out all of my pay stations. I still had two that were not installed yet. So to avoid being closed we took those monitors. But i will still need two monitors to make the units that i plan on installing whole again. To add insult to injury another monitor just stopped working for being faulty, its new old stock but it was only put in to service a month ago so i am hoping that washify will help with a warranty.
Ive seen a bunch of those on carwashconsignment.com going for 5-6K. Might be worth to buy one for spare parts. They look like nice pay stations especially considering the multi height screen. I always wondered why people were getting rid of them for so cheap since there fairly new.
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