The Car Wash Life

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Different Prices

Over the years a few dealers have the decision to charge a cash price for gas and a higher price, usually a nickel per gallon, for when customers pay by credit or debit. The reason cash-credit pricing occurs is because the gasoline business is not profitable. The business is very competitive, which... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Change Coming Fast

Brian Campbell came to Location B on Thursday to visit Dad. The two ended up talking for an hour about different topics related to the car wash and gasoline industries. I was there for most of their conversation. Brian is a sales manager for a company that installs and services automatic touch... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

No Tokens

Over the years some car wash operators have made the decision to have their bill changers render tokens instead of quarters. Quarters/tokens are used to pay for self-service use, vacuum use and vending items. Automatic touch frees have their own systems that accept quarters amongst other paper... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Odds and Ends...August 2011

August was a rainy month. Even without Hurricane Irene August still was a rainy month. We got rain just about every day. In all we had about a dozen thunderstorms. On the rare days that there were no precipitation, the sky was overcast and looked like it would burst at any second. Anyone who has... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Irene

I am pleased to report that my Baltimore brethren and I are doing well after Hurricane Irene. Irene never officially made landfall in Maryland. The hurricane was close enough though that we still received the weather effects of the storm, which came in the form of about 4.5 inches of rain and heavy... Sign in to see full entry.

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