The Car Wash Life

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Saturday, July 25, 2020

Selling the Club

When making a pitch to prospective car wash club customers, the goal is to do it in about 30 seconds. Any longer, and I believe the potential customer will lose interest or think the club is too complicated. With that in mind, I keep it to what I believe are the five most common questions customers... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 23, 2020

Can the Gas Come Back?

In its heyday, Location A pumped 4 million gallons of gas per year. That's a lot of gas for a small business station. Once Wawa came in back in 1999, the number fell to around 1.8 million. Currently, with Bob Kendrick at the helm, Location A is pumping 720,000. The fall that occurred from Dad to Bob... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 20, 2020

The Coin Shortage

A lot is being said about the coin shortage us Americans are facing. As someone who is in an industry where the infrastructure depends heavily on quarters, I have a special interest in how the coin shortage shakes out. Not having enough quarters to do business would be a major blow to our... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 18, 2020

Water Man

Dad keeps a ton of bottled water at Location B. Dad has always been a big water drink, more so over the last nearly decade after renal failure. One of my tasks is to buy Dad bottled water, keeping us stocked with it. As for me, you might recall I'm a tap water guy, and Ann does not drink much water.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 16, 2020

X Amount Off

You're hard pressed to find a gas station with a car wash that does not offer 20 cents off per gallon in my area. Somebody came up with the idea or found it somewhere else. Once that person did not, all of the competitors did it to compete. Location A, when Dad operated it, gave a flat 75-cent... Sign in to see full entry.

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