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A fellow operator I know did a lady’s day on Wednesdays for a few years. He offered $2 off his top wash. It turned Wednesdays into his busiest day of the week. He discontinued the practice 2 years ago for the following 4 reasons. Although his car count was up his profits did not reflect the...

I took early retirement from my day job in 2006. I rolled my company paid health ins. into a private policy for me and my wife. The monthly premiums are high and I?ve tried to get cheaper quotes from other companies. All would insure me but not my wife because she had cancer in the early...

In my case there were UL stickers on everything. The equipment installers tried to explain what they meant to the inspector, but he did no want to hear it. I don?t know if the inspector was looking for some bribe money or was demonstrating what a prick he could be?could have been a little of...

Our county inspector did the same thing to me when I built. He said he didn?t care what other counties in the state did?in this county his way was the only one that counted. I did it his way and when the cables needed replacing, I wired it the way it was originally intended. It is easier to...

Mjwalsh, The primary way the security company does its monitoring is through a telephone line. The radio is there only as a backup. If any part of the system goes down, the security company gets an alert.

I recently had my security company add a wireless backup (radio) to my monitoring system. My monthly monitoring service went up $18/mo.

A local RV dealer closed their doors this year after 30 years of business. They told me that business was slow but the few customers they had were having trouble getting financing.

Fort Walton Beach, Fl. is planning a follow up rally on May 17. Is this nation wide or just regional? The organizers here were surprised at the larger than expected turnout.

I just had 2 done early this year. I think it was about $140/ea. http://www.dynajet.com/html/order.html

dclark I took your advice and called Ecolab this week. The girl that worked there said that Kleen-Rite was not on their vendor?s list and she never even heard of them. I figured it would be a waste of time to peruse the conversation any further. Louise I can get the bottles at Wally World...

Yep on the video. They parked their unmarked van sideways between the camera and the back door. All I got was the top of their heads above the van and a look at the front (Chevy) as it left via the back entrance. The rear pictures were at an angle that made reading the license plate...

Navarre, Fl. The thieves got me early Monday morning. They used a torch to cut a 2? X 2' hole in my steel back door and then cut the phone line where it connected to the alarm system. They then proceeded to cut the locked corners off my Hamilton RNS changers giving them access to the...

When I first opened 10 years ago I tried giving a stack of Tokenotes good in my auto only to the garage next door with the understanding that they would give them out as a bonus to their customers. After a couple of months the only people using the Tokenotes were the owners and their employees...

Today I tried to order some 3.5 oz. bottles of Rain X from Kleen-Rite. I was told that they were out of them and they had not ordered any more. The sales girl said that they were having trouble getting products from Rain X but did not elaborate. Anyone else run into this? Got another source...

Try this thread. It may give you some ideas. http://forum.autocareforum.com/showthread.php?t=3173

I completely agree. I ate lunch one day last year next to a double automatic which offered free vacs. About half of the customers came in to vac and dump trash only?No wash. These are not the people I would want patronizing my wash.

Finding my windshield covered with pollen.

Thank you Bill!

I'm seeing the same thing Pat. It wasn't like this yesterday.

2.5 to 5% depending on how much I have in inventory at the end of the year.