Recent content by Axxlrod

Of course their insurance company said they found you at fault. That doesn't mean their decision is correct. Claiming ticky-tack stuff on your own policy is a sure-fire way to get your rates raised through the roof or to get your insurance company to drop you. And other companies won't take...

Why would you turn this over to your insurance if you know you didn't cause the failure?

Where do I get some of this mud rain?

As business owners, we have to do what is best for the business; not what feels the best to us personally. She probably did know exactly what she is doing since she washed her car 7 times in the first month. But if her incoming bad yelp/google review prevents even one customer from using your...

Make sure you have a written/posted policy. Do not rely on "employees trained to tell customers". If customers can't/don't read, that's out of your control. Getting a letter from the BB is like getting an email from Yelp. Throw it away and move on.

Your biggest hurdle, besides being a complete newb, is your market. LA real estate is insanely expensive to both buy or lease. Car Washes on leases are rather common in major cities. About half the washes I know personally in the greater LA area are leased, and most of those are high-dollar...

Leases can definitely work if structured fairly and properly; this one doesn't sound like that.

Your what?

LA is going to be a tough market to start up in. Most (all) the gas stations are owned by large corporations, and even if you find one that is willing to lease out the car wash, I imagine the rent is going to be expensive. As with any leased facility, you need a long lease to give yourself...

To do what? Dry the back of suv's? Sonny's has the flipping nozzles.

Confusing. I assume you guys are actually referring to tokens valued at one dollar and not actual "dollar coins" (Golden dollar). I see no point in vending tokens while also still accepting quarters. You still have to sort and deposit quarters which is a pain. If you go tokens, then go all...

Great. Welcome. What type of wash are you interested in?

I guess that is true in many places, but not in CA. No one is building new SS washes here; they don't pencil out.

Keep going. Your customers will adapt. I have never accepted quarters. My facilities cost several million to build; I want my customers to think in dollars and not quarters. This isn't 1987. I dispense $1 tokens, and accept bills and cc in the bays. Vacs and vending are token only although...

Another "I saw on Youtube how easy it is make bank with a car wash. I demand you industry veterans tell me how to do it". Ugh. Getting so tiring. OP, Most of us here help and offer advice to many newcomers asking the same same questions... but if you're going to be rude, none of us will help...