Recent content by scott

Have you approached the owners of the two "run down" washes in your town to see if they'd sell? Putting half of your 200k into down pmt on cheaper wash, then plan on a immediate renovation with a 5 yr total remodel, maybe even tear the old wash down and build new on the slab @ a later date? My...

Little over a year now, really love it. Bought an existing wash from a super honest guy, at a fair price. Was a dairy farmer for 12 years, so the 7 day/week thing is cake compared to "only" working 8 hrs on sunday as my day off. I really love that I see a lot of friends at the wash, and am lucky...

jj, you got first hand dairy experience? I was a dairyman for 10 years before this- definitely makes me appreciate washing cars for a living....

I'm not sure how far back in the archives you can go, but I'd bet I put in over 100 hours reading all the old posts in the "old" forum, before I bought my wash-there is almost no way to put a value on what I learned reading this forum..Thanks Bill

I remember a previous post whre guys told of horror stories of "salesmen" telling people they had free washes for life, etc.

A good tip for kleen rite, order about a years worth of vending when they have free shipping in august- it saves a little more than the cost of money, for sure..

thanks for the advice, mep.:)

Yes, the secure larger token would be the way to go, I just didn't have the foresight and thought others might stumble on the topic before they made the same mistake and bought a bag of tokens... no more tokens than i get, as soon as I get my video security system, I should be able to figure...

If somebody were to be setting up an auto teller to accept tokens, I'd recommend using the not so common large size token, as the one sized about like a quarter seem to be pretty popular at the arcades and such, as I get about 1 a week from chuk.e's place. They've figured out it gets them a $7...

just a thought- I've got a handheld stihl leaf blower (gas), with a conversion kit to make it a leaf vacuum- it makes short work of packing peanuts and paper trash- really handy thing to have around.. prolly not much good on the possum maggots, however..

Waxman makes a good point- how well do you trust the p.o.'s financials? in other words, did he have other businesses he could have shifted income from to "puff up" the carwashes #'s, knowing he planned to sell? If the #s are legit, it could just be a seasonal thing, and will right itself out-...

$1.25 for 3:30 central virginia