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I am interested too ... we always were cautious about that kind of fine print technicality on how they may be allowed to calculate what the income would have been.

Scout, 2Biz & others, Glad to see you solved the problem with the wiring after your further examination! Those older vacuums' shells use a heavier gauge stainless steel .... so in some ways they are more valuable than getting brand new vacuums. We used to use both the timers (even with 120VAC...

Scout, We have 1987 Doyle vacs & since the Dixmor's are so reliable (Led5s we bought from Ebay) we finally went with the 24VAC transformer & mercury relay approach. Doing that we found that while we originally wanted to put the display like Mep said on the faceplate ... it seemed to be too...

Bigleo, That is significant what you say about bill acceptors in Canada because most of us with 75+ pieces of equipment because we also have a laundromat have another reason to not get too enamored by bill acceptors. In that case the 1989 legislation that Canada enacted most certainly proved...

Bigleo, Have you found anything positive about Canada stopping to make the $1 bank notes back in 1989? I really do think that it has relevancy to DCalhoun's truthful observations. For example, I have heard some (not on this board that i know of though) say that if the USA $1 bill is...

Catering too much to "wants" could put "actual needs" at risk! mike walsh http://kingkoin.com/USA_Deficit_Reduction.html

Considerations Continued ... continued from previous post. When I was in Houston, Texas back in February of 2013, I had rented a Chevy Sonic & stopped at a few self service car washes both credit card & none credit card to learn in general about their operations. The car wash I was most...

A Healthy Portion in Coin is Not a Bad Idea! BigLeo, Great to hear that higher denomination coins that reflect the reality of inflation verses just the "quarters only" mindset has been & remains a part of your repertoire of payment methods. Of course Canada has gone through the transition of...

For the record .... We have found that customers coming in our "not as wet of an area" to use our changers &/or "just as quick" ATM process has a lot of pluses. Among them are getting them in closer proximity of our vending machines etc. They also see we have a rest room which for a...

Whale, I am seeing the 50 watt LEDs within your link. Do have a link for the 30 watt LEDs that you guys put in handy? Mike

Link to new article on cash usage. Something to consider! Dcalhoun, Thank you very much for the "just the facts" sharing based on your specific experience. It is good that our friends who have had a wonderful experience with converting to credit cards that they also share based on their...

Robert, Randy gave an example of less desirable customers who actually want to leave more than acceptable amounts of garbage! Since this Car Wash Forum plays a role in self service car washes' information to main stream journalists ... it is good that we make it clear that even though the...

Since I know us car wash operators also need to put on our Sherlock Holmes Hats from time to time ... I thought it both appropriate & pertinent to share the following with the ... in my opinion ... based on truer facts ... the better within you folks. It might be a challenge for some of you...

Randy, After the toughest winter we have had yet of experiencing much of the example that you clearly & succinctly show in your post: We definitely need the appropriate "rule of law" happening to counter this situation across the USA! Back in the early eighties I had a retired engineer who...

Some more observations & thoughts cmawash, I know exactly where you are coming from since most self service operators bank on those days when the weather or previous weather helps make up for the slow days that most of us also have. Hopefully, both yourself & local law enforcement will help...

I hope our friend Waxman forgives you guys:) for hijacking his original post. My opinion is that all cashless will never be the best fit for a large percentage of USA citizens. We should enhance the niche of the more mature & pretested ATMs proven by many laundromat owners for fulfilling those...

Keith, About the demand meter. Your explanation on the specifics of the demand cost is closer to our experience. In fact since the car wash (1968) was built after the laundromat (1959) we wound up with two separate meters. We thought we would gain by consolidating the two meters into one...

Thanks 2Biz, The Gomer Pyle in me :o is thinking that Waxman Mr. Kugelis Capitalist's post was about "inflation" so your response shares some related good points & most certainly was not out of line, improper &/or excessively changing the subject. In third world countries one of the problems...

Thanks Mark It came down to whether we want these types of extra severe type of incidents to have the reality of criminal prosecution vs just civil ... such as small claims court. Level of proof & also showing maliciousness are factors as to where the accountability for their actions...

Another Option & Choice Waxman, I did not know until I checked out Meppy's link that J.E. Adams has some retractable hose versions. http://www.jeadams.com/Product/1167/Air-Machine-for-Retractable-Hose-Reel-Base-GAST-Compressor.aspx We are hoping by the end of the week that we will have our...