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    Vacuum safety / Is this an industry wide concern?

    Dos not concern me because my gap is not that large and if I did have a gap that large and it did concern me there might be some sort of chicken wire I could install. I don.t think a small child would be tall enough to reach inside there. I don't think there are any exposed spinning parts...
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    Weirdos, wackos and people who can't read signs

    I am in a bay with a cone in front, replacing a rotary switch and customer walks up nd asks if it's working to which I reply ."Does it look like it's working?" Customer angrily says "You gave me the wrong answer, all you had to do was say it's not working." My reply" " I gave you the correct...
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    Add dryers or go to dollar tokens

    Have you considered making one or bays a Superbay? Bonus time? Make 1 or 2 bays a uperbay and add dryers to those. (That is what I did.)
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    Insurance claims

    Tell them to pound sand but be aware that if you fail to report it to your insurance then your company can decline coverage should you choose to get them involved at a a later date. (It is not like Vehicle insurance which the law may require you to have and disclose.)
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    Question: How have self serve customers changed over the years?

    They use credit cards - Hoory for Count up.
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    High Pressure Hose Suggestions

    At end is a link but I order mine in specific length with Swivel both ends and hose saver one end. Same for HP and FB. Years ago did the FB when a local operator said the HP does not kink and stop the weep on the FB . https://www.kleen-ritecorp.com/search.aspx?searchterm=Wire+Braid+Hose+assembly
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    Blower to move heat from ER to IBA bay

    Wouldn't a source for air from a dry area insteadof the Bay be better?
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    Corporate Express Exteriors are OUT of Their Ever Loving Minds!

    Using some simple numbers. If they buy for $5 Million that cap rate is a little over $10,000 a month in rent. Now, places in Chicagoland going for that money have monthly real estate taxes at about $10,000.00 and that is before they go up due to the new valuation based on sale price. So...
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    Presoak chemicals

    I use KR low PH. Issue with SS is since the Public is using it the product has to be foolproof safe which also means the cleaning effect is somewhat limited.
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    automatic tyre dressing

    I am one of the few that use the Viper Shine machine. I like it because there are no moving parts. Upside - less initial cost and less maintenance. Downside is cost per application is higher. Nothing works as well as hand application. But it works well enough to provide a noticeable effect.
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    Corporate Express Exteriors are OUT of Their Ever Loving Minds!

    Perhaps one day it will become clear but like most I don't know how they pln to make $ unless there are huge economies of scale for being Nationwide operators. It would seem they could own or have huge leverage on equipment companies, chemical suppliers an then there are revenue enhancers...
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    How scalable is your Biz….

    How is that different than a Combo Shampoo N Vac?
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    Shocked! My insurance offer on F4 tornado

    That is what happened at my place. Local distributer came and gave list. BUT list specifically excluded Plumbing and electrical and unseen items and then they objected when actual bills included plumbing and electrical.
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    Some car wash "history"

    National Pride had a single pump - I heard it was something used in Oil Felds that served all bays. Well they actually had 2 so one could be a back up.
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    How scalable is your Biz….

    I tried a program using Coin Co Coupons and selling in Bulk. Not a great success.
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    Shocked! My insurance offer on F4 tornado

    Yes, they will try to use whatever is lowest. In my Case I used 3 years. I think t was 2014,5,16. 2014 and 16 were about the same and '15 was higher. They tried to claim there was a "Downward Trend" and tried to continue that trend for 2017. I got them to back off on that. So, you...
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    Shocked! My insurance offer on F4 tornado

    I guess the question is what is your percentage of gross for operating expenses? Natural Gas, Water, Electricity, Solutions, Maintenance, etc. (For items like Natural Gas there would be an adjustment for warm versus cold months. For certain items thee would be a baseline which would be...
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    WorldPay/CryptoPay Fees

    Heck, I don't know but with a Minimum $2 for Vacuum, and $3-3.50 for the bays the average is not $10.00. Probably half that.
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    WorldPay/CryptoPay Fees

    Last Month SS Only Cryptopay / Worldpay statement Deposits Total $4097.50. Last Line Item - Total fees $206.74.. 206.74 / 4097.5 = .05045 or 5.045%. wondering why I am so much higher unless you have IBA as well.
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    WorldPay/CryptoPay Fees

    3.5 of net sales or gross sales? Also are you strictly SS or do you also have IBA?
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