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    Soda Sales

    It seems my soda sales have dropped off dramatically over the past 5 years. I probably sell about of third of what I used to sell. I don't know if the public is just becoming more health conscious or what. What is everyone else seeing and what is selling good that I don't have? Below is my...
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    Is Etowah valley equipment still in business?

    I know their service has always been a nightmare but I sent an email to get a quote a few weeks ago and still no reply. Just wondered if they are still in business or if their poor service has finally got the best of them? I know a few years ago I purchased some equipment from them and had to...
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    Need trolley motor for laserwash 4000

    I am in need of a trolley motor for a laserwash 4000. It is a 1.3hp motor. Anyone have one for sale or a part number of one that is readily available off the shelf? The Lafert motor doesn't seem to be readily available.
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    What kind of credit card do carry? Magnetic Strip only, Tap only, Magnetic Strip and Tap

    I am in the process of adding some more cryptopay credit card readers to my wash and was trying to figure out if most credit cards these days have both the magnetic strip and tap ability?
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    Does Kleen-rite have a free shipping offer for the carwash show?

    Is kleen-rite running any kind of free shipping deals for the carwash show? If so can you share the code?
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    Where to get graphic design work done?

    I am looking for someone to do some graphic design work. I basically just need a bulldog taking a bite out of a stack of $20 bills. Where would I get something like this? Thanks in advance.
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    What does health insurance cost on open market?

    I have always had a fulltime job so I have always had access to decent health insurance. Now I am at the point in my life where I would like to quit my fulltime job and just live off of my carwashes and storage units income. I need to find health insurance for myself age 53 and my wife age 55...
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    Looking for laserwash remote box with joystick

    Anyone have the remote station with the joystick used for homing the machine they would like to sell? My razor remote went bad and I would rather just convert it to the laserwash 4000 style than replace it and have it fail again.
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    Will Carwash Superstore aka National Pride ever open its doors to walk in customers again?

    Its such a pain to try to purchase anything from carwash superstore as a walk in customer. You have to call and place your order ahead of time. When you call they won't just transfer your call, you get the 3rd degree from the receptionist, who are you, what company are you with, etc, like it...
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    Soda Sales Way Down

    For those of you that have a soda machine at your wash are you seeing a dramatic reduction in sales? Looking back in the last 10 years I am seeing a steady decline in soda sales. I am selling roughly a quarter of the product I sold just 5 years ago. Wondering if anyone is seeing the same trend?
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    Laserwash 4000 procon pump replacement

    I need to replace the low pressure procon pump on my laserwash 4000. It currently has a 104E265F12XX procon pump, but my closest supplier is carwash superstore and all they carry is a procon 104E265F11XX. It looks like the difference is my current pump has "SPCL clearance (1x) liner & BRGS"...
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    Cryptopay rates more than double!

    I got a note on my last statement from worldpay that says "Effective November 1st 2021, your discount rate and per transaction fee with us for Visa, mastercard, and Discover transactions will be assessed an additional .30% and $.08 per transaction. This is more than double what it was suppose...
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    Is there a way to block certain credit cards on Cryptopay?

    So I have never had chargebacks before until I switched my Hamilton ACW to cryptopay from my old hamilton dial up credit card reader. Now I seem to get one every few weeks. So is there a way to block credit cards that have caused chargebacks in the past so they don't happen again? Has anyone...
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    Cryptopay/IQ worldpay chargeback dispute

    So I got my first chargeback dispute today after being in business for over 10 years. What do you do with these things? It says if I want to dispute it to Please provide proof of valid authorization obtained for the transaction in question. A sales draft is not proof of valid authorization...
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    High leg smoked all 3 vacuum motors

    I got to the wash this morning and found a vacuum was not working. I checked it out fan found that the fuses for all 3 vacuum motors were blown. I couldn't get the fuses out of the fuse holders, so I bypassed all 3 fuses since none of my other vacuums have fuses at the motors. As soon as I...
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    I wish cryptopay would make an hamilton ACW kit that actually fits without modifying everything.

    I have installed 2 of their cryptopay conversion kits on my ACW4 autotellers and ran into the exact same problem on both of them. First off the swiper mounts right where the token coin acceptor mounts on the back side and you have to chop the token coin acceptor bracket up to make it fit again...
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    Cryptopay Credit Card won't fit in swiper

    I had a customer today that had a credit card that physically wouldn't fit through the cryptopay swiper slot. I even tried the card and there was no way it was going to fit. I tried my card and thought it was tighter than I am used to seeing on credit card readers. Has anyone else had this...
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    Billboards on your property. What do you get paid?

    I was looking at a purchasing a property that has a large double sided billboard sign by lind located on the property. These are the same billboards you see along the highway. The guy said he was being paid $500 a year which I thought seemed low. Does anyone else have any experience with this?
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    Cat pump oil revisit

    I have read the older forums where various operators said to use SAE30 oil in their cat pumps. When I read the cat pump oil bottle it says ISO68 "petroleum-based , hydraulic oil with advanced additive package to protect against wear, oxidation, rust and corrosion" So why wouldn't you just use...
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    Cryptopay Tap...What a missed opportunity

    I saw Kleen Rite released a video on Cryptopays new tap credit card reader. My first thought is why didn't the make the swipe and tap into 1 unit? It appears you need the swipe head and the tap unit is an additional unit. Who wants junk mounted all over their meter boxes, vacs, and...
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