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    Need more days lik this

    My sister reminded me how she cashiered in the late 1960's when we wer all FS and the car wash approach had gas pumps so she had to ring up $ for the wash and gas and couldn't keep up if they hit over 100CPH. I couldn't figure out why she had trouble keeping up, but then I remembered all the...
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    Tokens vs dollar coin

    If the criticism of tokens is that customers may not like being forced to walk away with tokens, (valid I think) and you have security issues and only want to beef up the changer area or want the marketing advantages (Bulk Sales, donations, Volume discount) you can eliminate the forced walk...
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    $1 to $2 Start up:

    One local guy does differren things in different bays. Signs over bays say stuff like "Splash and Das" $1 to start. Regular bays are $2.00 with 1000 PSI listed (maybe 1200 no sure) and a few "Super Bays" with higher pressure listed and higher stratup and cost per minute. Interesting to note...
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    Foam or Cloth.(it grabs a mirror once in a while)

    At end of last year I looked at repai bills for 4 places over a year. Some had wraps from Belanger, AVW and Hodge with various other tall side wheels. Had about 30 repair bills, 28 were from cars 10 years old or older. I think the issue is with older stiff you haver issues where they get...
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    Need more days lik this

    Need more of these in 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf2Vj0TXcKo&feature=c4-overview&list=UU2oDMe1Aklko_tcNnsQJJaA 2006-2013 were bad weather years. BTW, the guy standing in the line with the red smock which says "Car Wash Greeter, pay me." is what I use for busy days as opposed to...
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    Credit Card Fraud

    If I weere running the Zoo all costs associated with higher cost transactions would have appropriate user fees imposed i.e. a flat 3% surcharge on CC transactions so if the price is $3.00 the merchant gets $3.00 and the CC user pays all transaction costs. Of course card issuers could lower...
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    Display upgrade - easy and cheap.

    A while back I posted how I upgraded the Air Freshener Machine displays with light strips. Now it seems LED versions are readily available which should last even longer. http://www.amazon.com/Lycheers-Waterproof-Flexible-300leds-Changing/dp/B00BJHGUCU/ref=pd_sbs_misc_2 I have no idea how...
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    Credit Card Fraud

    I try, but sometimes after the third line of my eyes tend to glaze over.
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    Credit Card Fraud

    This is irrelevant on many levels. 1. Experts seem to disagree - big surprise. 2. Layover swipers with cameras have been used stealing mag swipe data and PINs which makes encryption of PINSs meaningless. 3. Whether I favor larger coins vs Credit cards means nothing if the consumer favors...
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    Credit Card Fraud

    Seems the simplest thing to do is first require the PIN. Technology is in place. I have seen the phony swipers that photgraph a PIN, but I can't help but think this is a small percentage comparewd to actual lost / stolen physical cards.
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    Credit Card Fraud

    Since every gas pump has the keypad the technology is already there.
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    ROI for appearance upgrades

    10 miles is not always 10 miles..................OK, it is, but in some more rural areas 10 miles may take little more than 10 minutes by car and you may pass one similar competitpr. In an urban are you would be lucky to make it in half an hour and pass 6.
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    Credit Card Fraud

    MAs transit put in their fare card system in Chicago. It works with a tap. People started tapping the whole wallet. Now some had other cards in the wallet that workswith a tap get charged as well. MEP is correct.. Ithought part of the last mandated security upgrade we all had to do meant our...
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    ROI for appearance upgrades

    At the end of the day stuff needs to work and the place needs to be reasonably clean. However, if a place has been neglected there is some bad "Juju' to overcome. One of the ways to let customers know it's been fixed is by appearance changes.
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    Credit Card Fraud

    Credit caed companies need to have teir feet held to the fire. At my gas station if a card holder reports fraudulent use the card issuer requests a copy of signed the sales draft. There is no signed sales draft for "Pay at the Pump" The card issuer then makes me eat it. Me, the merchant wit...
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    Safety Rolloers On Conveyer

    HAd a similar incident a few months back. Person had car in reverse. Somehow it went thru half way and then went backward pinning the wrap. Cameras showed the car moving backward and the reverse light on, but first car must have figured something was worng and put it in gear and left. Showed...
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    Safety Rolloers On Conveyer

    Roller spacing may affect desired practice. If You have 7 goot spacing and they blow a roller, you are more likely to have them bump than if you have one roller and 3'6" Spacing. If you have 3'6" spacing and 2 safety rollers it will have less effect on production. Perhaps none at all since...
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    Cryptopay Merchant Rates

    Yes, I use Cryptopay See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPBxcHLP3mg&feature=c4-overview&list=UU2oDMe1Aklko_tcNnsQJJaA at the location where I gave you the above figures for. It is an 8 Bay SS and EE Tunnel with a $3.50 Base price. for the tunnel, so I don't think tunnel transactions affect...
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    Cryptopay Merchant Rates

    Last staement, All in ... fess were 5.374% of total. I clear thru First Data . The Chicagoland association works with First Data.
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    Car Wash Insurance in Oklahoma

    I would start by asking the agent or broker. You could also check your state department that regulates ins.
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