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    Cashless…who’s done it and what should we know?

    Curious if anyone has taken the cashless plunge. Our chargers are getting old and seriously considering it. Currently have count up in our bays, offer a cash incentive (extra tokens) for cash and wondering what the folks that have switched have seen. Currently only about 17% cash. Thanks in...
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    Price Increase

    Raised prices in December/January pretty significantly and then again a month later when new paystation arrived. Took advice of someone and went from four offerings to three and am blown away at how much more we are getting per wash now.
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    Hamilton to Dencar..Who has made or considered the switch?

    Curious who has taken this plunge and what inital thoughts are? Hamilton technology seems behind the times compared to other platforms out there. Just started researching the Dencar and was intrigued. Anyone switch?
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    Hamilton HTK Not Sending Credit Card Sales/Reporting to Hosted Solutions after Internet Outage -

    Here's a new one.... Internet goes down 8:30pm on Saturday night. Internet comes back on 5:25pm Sunday Afternoon. HTK & Dan reconnected 9:25am Monday Morning. Wash was slammed Sunday and only issue was it would not process or take wash codes. HTK took cards, ran wash, no issues..., however...
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    Dog Wash Spray Nozzle Needed - Recommendations?

    Looking to replace the spray nozzles in our dog wash and having a hard time sourcing domestically a hand spray nozzle, brass with either a push button on/off or an always on/off option. Anyone have any suggestions?
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    Hamilton HTK- nonstop issue- Transaction in progress

    Have been having issues with our HTK since October. We have swapped our boards and cables and are bouncing from one error to the next. Latest error says “transaction in progress” wash in use when Wash is empty. Has anyone encountered this problem? Worked through tech support at Hamilton...
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    Best Camera/Security Applications

    Curious what everyone is using for cameras and security. Four bays and and automatic. Safe neighborhood but current system is outdated and picture quality is terrible. Probably need about 12 cameras to cover everything.
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    Coinless App - Thoughts, feedback, etc..

    Saw some older threads on this app and had a chance to briefly demo this weekend at a different carwash in my state. Curious if anyone here is using it or a substitute and what the good, bad and ugly is. Current set up is a HTK3 pay station in auto, 3 bays, 2 dogs and vacuums. Looking for a...
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    Loyalty Programs/ Custom apps- anyone having success?

    New to the industry, was able to acquire a very well maintained 3 bay with a solid typhoon auto. Current set up uses HTK by hosted solutions and cryptopay in bays and at vacuums. Would really like a single system that offers an app, loyalty rewards,and option to do push notifications to...
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    Loyalty Programs

    Curious to see feedback on this topic. Current auto is a HTK on hosted solutions , all bays and vacuums are on cryptopay. 80/20 credit to cash. What success have you guys had with the loyalty cards. Anyone know of a system that can work with both units?
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    HTK Loyalty Programs

    Does anyone use these? $5k to build the app out, $250 per month. Wash does about 1500 cars per month, was wondering what the payback looks like.
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    SS Pricing vs Competition

    Do a count up versus a count down.
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    Car Wash Valuation

    Thanks guys! Location is great and I believe it is pretty turnkey. I was already factoring in the price of the rate increase and have already discussed with him taking a modest portion of it as an installment sale at 0%. Saves him a couple bucks on taxes now and the interest reduction gets...
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    Car Wash Valuation

    Located in Michigan. What is everyone seeing for valuations on new wash purchases? Looking in SE Michigan at a location: 250k Gross 125k Net Profit; Books are extremely clean 80/20 credit/cash RE Value is approximately $300,000 1 auto, 4 bays. Seller wants 4.5X Gross which seems high to me...
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    Typhoon Touch Free-

    New to group! What's everyone's on these. Looking at a unit right now that was new in 2018 and is sitting on approximately 75,000 washes. Appears to be well maintained but was wondering what needs to be looked at, how many washes these are capable of long term? Thanks in advance for any help!
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