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That number is relatively close Earl. I think we were at 50-53,000 total cars washed the year before we started membership. Don’t hold me to that exact figure as I haven’t looked at it in a while, but I do know my single pay volume has also increased in 5 years so if membership was just a fad...

Oh Robert, “It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think of you as a fool, then to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” Mark Twain. While your math looks as good as something a 7 year old can do, you forgot one key element into you equations which is a very basic part of...

Let me be a little more clear Robert as my response was a bit confusing. My site washed 141,000 cars last year. on pace for 180,000+ this year 2018. I have 3750 active monthly members as of today. single wash pay as you go pricing starts at $10 and top exterior package is $20(hot wax & tire...

Yea never asked you to do so and I have no interest in joining Facebook. Would be glad to help your buddy Mike if he was looking for solutions at this forum. Take care, friend.

Average fleet usage is quite different than average overall usage. Average Saturday usage is quite different than the average Wednesday usage. Should we charge more for membership on a busier day of the week to compensate for a tick down in revenue on certain days? This post above says nothing...

For membership to work, it needs to be priced so the infrequent pay as you go customer finds tremendous value and joins the club in mass. The frequent car washer( aka your best customers) will find value at almost any price. Charging 10x up front for 12 months sounds like a great deal for most...

Earl, re: post 30 I'm not sure why you are quoting me on stuff I never said, i.e airport or any locations. I've never once mentioned location. I don't even know how you've managed to insert words into my post and quote it but so be it. Thats a pretty nifty trick you just used to try and make...

Try making your vacs free. This will surely bring more people to your site. There’s a debate in another thread of whether the positives outweigh the negatives. You might want to search for it to hear both perspectives.

The disservice you are doing is speaking in hypotheticals. If a member washes 5x, if a member washes 10x. This just doesn’t happen on average. The key here is average. Again, the AVERAGE usage for unlimited club membership in the car wash industry is 3 times a month. DRB, ICS, micrologoc...

Earl, not sure why you are trying to disprove membership. But you are doing a disservice here. Maybe I exaggerated a little by saying 98% is profit after breakeven. Obviously I didn't take into account taxes, extra wear and tear, and the like. But most everybody reading this understands what I'm...

Earl, if you eliminate a small segment of your customer base for whatever reason, you are in fact capping or not maximizing revenues. Your examples are totally off base. First off a $20 membership will not work with a base price of $3.00 per wash. There’s no value for the customer. They have...

capping the usage is capping your revenues which in turn caps your profits. Why on earth would anyone want to cap their profits? cell phone companies don't charge per minute anymore, they charge unlimited usage per month. Gym's don't charge X amount each time you work out, the charge unlimited...

The percentage of ride share drivers vs regular unlimited customers is very very small, so yes unlimited is well worth it. Ride share drivers will not wash every 2-3 days. That data is incorrect. They will wash more, but not 11-15 times a month. Not sure how you plan on policing a ride share...

yes high pressure. I literally just swapped out the crappy wax 5 gallon bucket and put the 5 gallon rainX bucket in. I also changed the meter tip. Got some new in bay signs and new stickers for the meter box selection buttons and new rainX stickers for the wall menu sign. Sales have been great...

I use RainX. I swapped out my wax which barely got used and now this is my 3rd most used product(behind foam brush, HP soap). The product works, the signage is bright, the name recognition is tremendous and it's creating value(since my competition doesnt offer it) over a no-name scented wax...

MEP, Seems you got lucky that the EE wasn't maintaining their location. I don't believe waiting for an owner to become a bad operator is a winning strategy in the long term.

http://www.autocareforum.com/showthread.php?15157-Funny-SS-stories&p=116062#post116062

Why would a LED bring more nighttime traffic? Is your wash not lit currently at night? Before you raise prices, you may want to think about keeping the same price and just lowering the time. This way customers won’t complain about a price increase and if it’s not a significant amount of time...

^ I don’t know your cost of chemicals but can’t imagine your margins are great with only a $1.00 increase between packages.