thoffmanjr
Member
You’ve heard of the guys in the southeast that have turned their locations into an unlimited location for a $5 or so fee? They’re claiming increased sales and profits, which I believe are true. Our sites are not configured to allow this to work easily.
What if: You could have regular cash pricing that works normally as it does now and you add a credit card system that does count up with a STOP button and display that would charge the customer up to $8 and continues running. In other words charge like $1 / minute and when they hit $8 the price freezes and the time keeps running. Along with that you could invite them to vacuum on the lot for free if they swipe with the same credit card. The vacuum credit card reader could pulse 4 minutes to the vacuum timer. The vacuum credit card reader could also be used to sell vacuum time for pay if the customer didn’t wash.
Earlier this spring we did a direct mail piece that was heavy stock plastic that had a break out gift card preloaded with $10 on it. You could promote it easily with something like that. We sent out 50,000 and got back around 7,500.
You could put an ultrasonic sensor in the bay to detect vehicle to enable the system to shut down after the vehicle exits so people couldn’t share the wash as easily if at all. You could also enable a 30-45 minute maximum.
What do you think? Good idea?
Micrologic will have wireless credit card readers available soon and they could make this happen if there is enough interest. Clear credit cards with any clearing house so you could shop for the best rates. No PC required on site.
What if: You could have regular cash pricing that works normally as it does now and you add a credit card system that does count up with a STOP button and display that would charge the customer up to $8 and continues running. In other words charge like $1 / minute and when they hit $8 the price freezes and the time keeps running. Along with that you could invite them to vacuum on the lot for free if they swipe with the same credit card. The vacuum credit card reader could pulse 4 minutes to the vacuum timer. The vacuum credit card reader could also be used to sell vacuum time for pay if the customer didn’t wash.
Earlier this spring we did a direct mail piece that was heavy stock plastic that had a break out gift card preloaded with $10 on it. You could promote it easily with something like that. We sent out 50,000 and got back around 7,500.
You could put an ultrasonic sensor in the bay to detect vehicle to enable the system to shut down after the vehicle exits so people couldn’t share the wash as easily if at all. You could also enable a 30-45 minute maximum.
What do you think? Good idea?
Micrologic will have wireless credit card readers available soon and they could make this happen if there is enough interest. Clear credit cards with any clearing house so you could shop for the best rates. No PC required on site.