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    Lease a car wash

    Nope. Nada. No way. For all the reasons already posted. In addition: 1) I have trouble believing the only reason the owner was no longer able to take care of the property was illness. The fact that they sold off all the equipment leads me to believe there were probably financial and operational...
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    Vacuum Motors Melted!!

    Don't you have filter bags in your vacuum?
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    Help valuing a SS Car Wash for Sale

    Exactly my thought. Is this number from a P&L(which can be utter BS) or 3 years of tax returns?
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    Self service car wash looking for remodel

    Call Scott Brown at KC Chemicals. 1-864-304-9065. He's in SC and a pretty fair guy. Tell him I recommended him.
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    Timer Buzzer

    I've already discussed it with them. In their defense, with the number and variety of parts they have it's a MASSIVE undertaking to keep up with that sort of thing.
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    Price increase % on P&L

    It's not. There can be a multitude of reasons for not seeing the full 33% increase in revenue. Regardless of some of the spin you see the economy is not strong. It can be easily argued that cost of living has increased by 20-30% in the last 4 years. That alone will lead to people washing their...
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    Timer Buzzer

    There is no Quick Restart Time, Low Time Alert or Display on a GS402. Looks like they have the description of a GS401 there.
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    Timer Buzzer

    The only option for that is to upgrade to the GS401 timer. It has a 24VAC output for a last coin alert beeper.
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    Multritron programming for tokens

    1) Unfortunately, that model is not capable of being programmed in the field for more that 8 coins without a programmer. The programmers retail for $445. I'd have to see if we still have any in stock 2) You can send them in to us to do a custom program. We would also need 20 of your tokens. The...
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    Timer Buzzer

    I don't unless it's very short term just to get the bay up and running until you can put in proper meterboxes with credit card readers and display timers at a minimum.
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    Timer Buzzer

    Nope. There is no output for a buzzer on a GS-7. In fact the GS-7 has been obsolete for almost 2 decades. I would strongly suggest looking at upgrading your meterboxes. How bad is the rest of the equipment? If you've still got GS-7s I suspect it isn't very good.
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    There isn't an output on the GS-7 for a buzzer. If you're thinking you want it to beep when...

    There isn't an output on the GS-7 for a buzzer. If you're thinking you want it to beep when coins are deposited, you cannot do that either. As a side note, the GS-7 has been obsolete for almost 20 years.
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    Swipe vs tap tracking

    We were told the same thing in 2012 that by 2015 there would be no more mag stripes. I just got a new MC debit card with a mag stripe.
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    Valuing SS Wash

    He can also claim that the sky is green. If it was original to the site, it's not worth even a fraction of that. Maybe pennies on the dollar. Who is the manufacturer, how old is it, does he have records of maintenance(I doubt it). Is he willing to let you have an outside evaluation of it done...
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    Buying a car wash. How long did your search last?

    Then how are you going to travel a lot for work and be hands on to properly run the business?
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    Buying a car wash. How long did your search last?

    You stated you travel at lot for work. I hope you're not assuming that the wash would be your sole source of income. I would caution against that. Again, I've seen many, many make the same mistake.
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    Buying a car wash. How long did your search last?

    If you're not going to be around to run it, you need to rethink the investment. Just because some clown on youtube claims it's a great, passive investment doesn't mean it is. I've seen far, far, far more absentee owners fail than succeed.
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    Bay occupancy sensors

    Not trying to be a smartazz but isn't the car sitting in the bay indication enough unless you have some sort of door that completely blocks the view?
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    NC Mountains Devastation

    I've just now been starting to hear from some of my customers in the effected areas. One I talked to this morning said "No matter what they show on TV, it's worse"
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    A Study in Honesty & Human Behavior

    Don't hold your breath. He still calls me for help on his equipment that was built during the Reagan administration.
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