Recent content by AZcarwashman

All my sites are $3 to start for 3 minutes 36 seconds for cash and coin. We vend $1 tokens out of the changers. For credit card we are $5 minimum to start for 6 minutes. This is the same per time per quarter as cash, but just guarantee the $5 min for credit card. Been doing this for a year now...

Why wouldn’t you upgrade to a M7 XT700. IMO, there’s not a better touchless machine out there for a clean car. Sure they have a lot of moving parts and can be high maintenance at times, but they do a great job cleaning cars, and that is what brings the customers back. Not a clear open bay floor...

No one made a better dryer than Superior. Which eventually was reborn as Dryer Pros. Unfortunately the company closed up shop when the owner Archie passed away a few years ago. It’d sure be nice if another company could buy their designs and start producing blowers again to their specifications...

Just curious, those of you that use Dixmore timers, do you have yours set to Instant Start as soon as the minimum $ to start is deposited or is it set to Delayed start. I’ve always had mine set to Instant and never had one complaint in 19 years until this weekend when a disgruntled customer left...

Just yanked my Nayax and replaced with Monex to test out. I did not care how well Nayax worked. I was so fed up with the worlds slowest mostly impossible to get a hold of customer service I had to make a switch. Not only that, my Nayax reader, though count up, kept randomly going into some kind...

So, lucky me, my internet is down at one of my sites possibly all weekend. Wondering if any of you know how many swipes Cryptopay terminals keep in memory without being internet connected to process once reconnected. Thanks.

I agree, I’m of the same opinion. Unfortunately, land, utilities and build costs are so expensive where I am, it’d be a long time to recoup the investment. And that’s if the economy doesn’t take a crap. Curious, where are you located?

All my sites at Mark 7 touchless and I like the way they clean, but as Our Town said, water quality and chemical selection/titration is key. Otherwise you’ll never get a fully clean car with only touchless. Mark 7 also make a duel touchless and friction called a choicewash. Kind of best of both...

Yup, I sell mine to other operators that vend quarters instead of tokens. Plus, the times that they don’t need em (rarely) the bank supplies me with bulk deposit bags (at no charge) for up to $1000 in quarters per bag for deposit. If you’re having issues with your bank taking coin, find another...

You’re in the business to make money. That’s it. Why would you not always offer every way possible to earn that money? We may someday be a cashless society, but that’s a long ways off. Nearly 45% of my revenue at my washes are still cash and coin. These earnings are worth more as well since they...

Kleen Rite sells a Simoniz Ceramic entry arch

I’m also about the same. Credit cards just make more money. Credit card fees pale to the additional earnings. My avg credit card self service bay sale is a little over $11. My bay time is $3 to start for 4 minutes. Just make sure you do the count up method. Count down and fixed price will lose...

Agree on the pre soaks, Especially their Purple Passion. Terrible. Turns into a mucousy slimy substance that completely clogs foot valves. Maybe it has been reformulated since I stopped using it years ago though.

Looks great. Not cheap though. I priced the one to the right for my IBA’s $8000+

Great Monday morning! Since I hate all thieves, I really protect my washes from them, down to locking and alarming the vacuum dirt clean out. Well, the usual dirtbag that we all see roll into the lot, who has no reason to be there, did at one of my locations this morning. He proceeded to cut the...