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    Any Mr Zippy Owners Out There?

    We are located in front of a Super Wal-Mart in Moncks Corner South Carolina. We are near a large lake with lots of boaters and fisherman. www.WashWizardCarWash.com
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    Any Mr Zippy Owners Out There?

    Mr. Zippy Performance The machine is working fine after some initial troubles the first year. I wouldn't buy a Zippy unless you know you will sell a good amount of water. Our water sales are practically nonexistent. I can't really speak to the Ice House as I have no experience with it. I...
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    Any Mr Zippy Owners Out There?

    Capacity We didn't add another ice maker because we only sell out on holidays. It would not be worth the $15K investment to sell a couple hundred dollars more ice 5 days of the year. It would be nice if the machine had an open closed led sign tied to the out service status in the PLC so when...
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    Any Mr Zippy Owners Out There?

    Post I can't say what the payback period would be becuase I am not even covering my variable costs right.
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    Gas Station Partnership

    We are considering a POS interface with some gas stations in close proximity to our wash locations. I want to study the potential profits. I saw the post on washes per gallons sold at the station but I want to understand how the typical partnerships work in terms of sharing profits from the...
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    Any Mr Zippy Owners Out There?

    We currently have a unit at our Super Wal-Mart outparcel car wash site that was installed in May. Initially the unit had a lot of issues that took about 4 months to correct over the peak summer season with JCC, so sales were spotty with lots of down time. We have had little success with...
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    Bottle and Can Recycling

    Does anyone have any experience offering a aluminum can and plastic bottle recycling at their site? I am considering offering a seperate blue container on the vac island with an opening only large enough to pass a can or bottle. Trying to reduce waste and be more green. Would this be a...
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