shreffy
07-31-2015, 11:18 AM
Hello fellow detailers! I'm Shreffy and am from Franklin, Pennsylvania which is right between Pittsburgh and Lake Erie :) I have been detailing cars on the side for 17 years now. I have many return customers and always get referrals. It's all done by word of mouth and I very rarely need to advertise my service :)
My detailing service first started out when I was about 20 years old, when outside of my parents' place cleaning my 1990 Ford Probe like every other day. That was the first car I owned on my own so I took good care of it. One day, a sister of a neighbor of mine pulled out front when seeing me cleaning up my Probe while on her way to her sister's place and rolls down her window and says, "Hey Josh (my first name), I have a doctor friend who just fired his detailer and is looking for someone to take care of his Mercedes. Would you be interested?" I was in awe because I have never touched a high end car before let alone detail one. I said, "Ok, I can give it a try." Then she goes on to give me her doctor friend's phone number. I called him up immediately and scheduled him with me for the following weekend to detail his Benz. He wanted me to come to his house and pick it up then bring it back when I was done. Of course I was nervous! I have never driven a car like that before and now I would have a $90,000 dollar car that I am responsible for. So I took it home with me, cleaned it up real nice for him and brought it back to him. He comes outside of his home and checks out the job I did on it for him and he was real happy with it and paid me in cash. From that point on, I was detailing Dr. Lorenzo's Benz for him every Saturday. I detailed it for a few Saturdays straight for him and THAT got my gears clicking like "Hey, that's only one car and I am making this kind of money from it. Imagine the money I can make doing more cars!" and from that point on I have been successfully detailing 17 straight years now on the side. And in those 17 years, and thousands of cars I have detailed in that time period, I have never ever not once have gotten one complaint from any customer about the work I do :)
This is the first detailing site I have joined and I am happy to answer any questions, give pointers, receive tips and pointers from you all, or just plain b.s. with our detailing brotherhood out there :) Thanks guys and gals! I look forward to speaking with you all :)
~Shreffy~
My detailing service first started out when I was about 20 years old, when outside of my parents' place cleaning my 1990 Ford Probe like every other day. That was the first car I owned on my own so I took good care of it. One day, a sister of a neighbor of mine pulled out front when seeing me cleaning up my Probe while on her way to her sister's place and rolls down her window and says, "Hey Josh (my first name), I have a doctor friend who just fired his detailer and is looking for someone to take care of his Mercedes. Would you be interested?" I was in awe because I have never touched a high end car before let alone detail one. I said, "Ok, I can give it a try." Then she goes on to give me her doctor friend's phone number. I called him up immediately and scheduled him with me for the following weekend to detail his Benz. He wanted me to come to his house and pick it up then bring it back when I was done. Of course I was nervous! I have never driven a car like that before and now I would have a $90,000 dollar car that I am responsible for. So I took it home with me, cleaned it up real nice for him and brought it back to him. He comes outside of his home and checks out the job I did on it for him and he was real happy with it and paid me in cash. From that point on, I was detailing Dr. Lorenzo's Benz for him every Saturday. I detailed it for a few Saturdays straight for him and THAT got my gears clicking like "Hey, that's only one car and I am making this kind of money from it. Imagine the money I can make doing more cars!" and from that point on I have been successfully detailing 17 straight years now on the side. And in those 17 years, and thousands of cars I have detailed in that time period, I have never ever not once have gotten one complaint from any customer about the work I do :)
This is the first detailing site I have joined and I am happy to answer any questions, give pointers, receive tips and pointers from you all, or just plain b.s. with our detailing brotherhood out there :) Thanks guys and gals! I look forward to speaking with you all :)
~Shreffy~