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Randy, for sure adaptations of RFID type technologies have been available to SS for some time. I think WashCard may have been the first 5-7 years ago (I soooo lose track of time as time rolls by) with their devices that the customer could wave near or tap an RF reader. And I believe that's...

Tom Hoffman (ahead of the curve as usual) posted a thread on adapting RFID to SS a couple years ago. He saw using RFID as a way to get customers to “wash more, spend more” by adapting the "Unlimited Washing" dealio that has proven quite successful in tunnel washes. "UW" and quick-slick...

"Geez, Louise!" ... I had the same reaction when I came upon Micah's wash last year at the ICA Expo. Here's a photo of the "Water Whirled" --- a wash with bookoo curbside appeal. JJJ/SSCWN

Yikes, so those actually were ala carte services and ala carte prices! The thing is, a litany of ala carte items/prices is not really a good fit in Exterior Express. All that reading, pondering, questioning, choosing can take the "EXPRESS" outta the equation. I believe most customers hate...

... and just to better grasp the possible the, uh, value in tacking on a "Value" column, here's another graphic. BTW, I'm "in to" this particular thread cuz I just coincidentally happen to be doing a mini-chapter on signage for my in the works "Marketing" article. JJJ/SSCWN

Pat, I agree that the original version that had the column (on far left) with the prices for the individual services was definitely confusing. BUT I fully appreciate the intent. Namely, to quantify value for all those individual services --- to give the customer a handle on just how "great a...

Like a moth to a flame, I couldn't resist ... The sign that "confused" Bill, is, of course, breathtakingly Obominable. The one the Earl proposed, IMHO, is going very much in the right direction. But here's a tweak that nudges closer to the way I think it could/should go. I realize that there...

... I should add: It is NOT a "crazy idea" ... not at all. It was a brilliant concept initiated by Doug Reick in Manahawkin, New Jersey at his SS wash more than 15 years ago. It has been an incredibly successful, VERY popular annual event every year since. It has pulled many thousands of...

I have featured the drive-thru flu shot story several times, Eric. Gimme an email address and I'll send you a PDF or two. JJJ/SSCWN

Oooops, my bad. SOB was the acronym for SPRAY o' Brush JJJ/SSCWN

"All that is Old is New again" It's interesting how that expression ("all that is old is new again") finds ever recurring applications in SS carwashing. Here are a couple ol' HP brushes that I came across back in the day --- mid '80's. I believe the Power Brush was invented in Chicago by...

"Donn worrry, beee haaappy" Yes, the over spending by Big Government is breath taking and mind boggling. For that, we should be grateful and thank God and Obama ... altho' some would say that's redundant. Because, after all, "O" and his trusty henchmen have given us every assurance that...

Hey, Bill: You kinda sorta implied that you were going to try your own hand at metal sculpture/art. Is that the case? Are you planning on moving on from art collector to becoming an art-maker? JJJ/SSCWN

"Check his facts" That guy was great! Really on top of it ... including his "facts". Lets check 'em (as represented by current polls): A recent ABC poll revealed that 86.5% of Americans identified themselves as Christians. Several other respected pollsters put the number in the high 70's to...

"May Not Be Appropriate..." Bill, You really should have warned Forum-goers that this particular video: "May NOT Be Appropriate For YOUNGER Viewers!!!" JJJ

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Well, I was digging thru the archives looking for materials for the 2nd installment of my "SS Marketing" article, and, sunnuvvagun --- I found that "provocative" flyer that I mentioned above. Personally (and I guess I'm showing my age and old school sensitivities), I think it "pushes the...

CageFighter: PC will not be proven right "eventually". He was quite right back then, now, and into the future --- according to his own Personal, Particular Parameters. Most everybody fixated on his saying that the Gross Income Multiple on a wash should only be about 3X ... which PO'd a LOT...

If at first you don't succeed ... C&T passed the Congress/House by what's being acknowledged as a "razor thin margin" --- if the 8 Republicans who voted "nay" rather than "yay", it would've been defeated. A rather surprising 44 Dems did vote against C&T knowing it would hurt their constituent...

John, you're in the 5th Congressional District with a 17 term Dem representative, Dale Kildee ... from Flint. Even tho' he's a Dem, Kildee may be inclined to vote against party lines cuz this C&T "energy tax" will not be a friend to industry ... especially "smokestack" industries. And Kildee's...