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I made the switch from dispensing quarters to $1 tokens and had very few complaints. We were having alot of vandalism and break-ins in the preceding months. So, I posted a note on the changer explaining that the change was due to recent vandalism and apologized for the inconvenience. At that...
Hello everyone, its been a while. I know that everyone is seeing different problems due to the bad economy. My wash isn't in a bad area of town, yet I am getting more calls from the Police Dept asking if they can review my surveillance cameras than I am from customers about car wash problems...
I have been concerned about employee theft in the past. There are several ways to check on or catch them. First, keep an exact count of your money. My bill validator's main count can only be reset by the factory. I don't know about yours, but if it is relatively new it should not be possible...
Quarters, I thought the quarters would be reused and I would just have to come by and pick up the bills. If I had known that a good time was carrying 50 lb bags of quarters I wouldn't have thought it was soooo easy.
There are probably ways to trim your signage and permitting from 100k. I don't know about construction costs near you but there are always alternatives. Once I saw your financing I have a few additional concerns. A 25 year mortgage seems like a long time for a car wash. At that pace you will...
It sounds like a good location, but I would be nervous about that large of a project for your first wash. I agree with soapy that it would be tough to go lower than 40% of sales on expenses. With those numbers you would have to do nearly 20k in sales to make anything and I think most will tell...