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Working from home (garage/driveway) detailing & paint correction
Why do some (potential customers) frown upon the guy that works from home, as if you are not PROFESSIONAL or that you should should work for cheap.
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Re: Working from home (garage/driveway) detailing & paint correction
Perhaps it's the general mentality that people have toward "professionals" that work from home? They just don't feel they're good. Maybe not trustworthy?
Would you see a dentist/doctor that practiced out of his home?
Would you take a dog to a hom-based vet?
Accountant? Lawyer?
My tax guy works from a small "office" in his driveway.
Until she needed surgery, the family dog was treated by a home based vet (she was mobile as well)
My most trusted mechanic works out of his garage.
My own detailing is done from home/ mobile.
While I may not have issues with home/garage based business, I think many people do.
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Apple was started in a garage, Underarmor in the founder’s grandmother’s basement...
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I've never had a customer walk away because I'm home-based. Then most all of my work is word of mouth and referral so they know ahead of time. The only reason I've had some quotes not come through is they were expecting me to quote them super low pricing for my work.
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Re: Working from home (garage/driveway) detailing & paint correction
Originally Posted by JustJesus
Perhaps it's the general mentality that people have toward "professionals" that work from home? They just don't feel they're good. Maybe not trustworthy?
Would you see a dentist/doctor that practiced out of his home?
Would you take a dog to a hom-based vet?
Accountant? Lawyer?
My tax guy works from a small "office" in his driveway.
Until she needed surgery, the family dog was treated by a home based vet (she was mobile as well)
My most trusted mechanic works out of his garage.
My own detailing is done from home/ mobile.
While I may not have issues with home/garage based business, I think many people do.
My best friend in high school, his dad was a dentist with his office attached to his house. I was at boarding school and over his house for the weekend. I got a 104 temp and was sick as heck and it turned out to be a tooth issue, he performed a root canal, gave me antibiotics and I was fine in a couple days. Thankfully he had a home based business.
Another friend of mines dad made over $200,000k a year as an accountant, his office was at home.
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I personally don’t really care where someone operates out of, as long as they are professional and do good work.
I mean, what is really the difference between a shop location and a garage attached to your house? Other than maybe size, it’s the exact same thing. If you had a reasonably sized detached garage on your property that you utilized as a shop.. is that not professional?
Where exactly would you even “draw the line” is what I wonder in regards to this.
Maybe the atmosphere of being in a shopping center or industrial type area gives the impression of “oh wow, look at all these big businesses around here - clearly this guy is a hot shot.”
I figure Mike Phillips is probably a solid example of how it could play out in someone’s head. All things being equal; if you were to pull up to the AG garage to have him work on your car or brought it to him at home.. I’d say it’s not unreasonable to assume most would feel the AG garage puts off a lot more of a professional vibe no matter how nice his set up at home would be.
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It's all in your marketing pitch: "We work from home to keep our overhead costs low, so we can pass the savings onto you!"
You guy's / gal's can feel free to use that anytime.
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Re: Working from home (garage/driveway) detailing & paint correction
Originally Posted by 215Detailing
as if you are not PROFESSIONAL or that you should should work for cheap.
I don’t really think to much about the working from home thing... If anything, I tend to think more about not having a foam cannon/power washer and your own water supply making a big impact on how “professional” you appear to potential customers. I’ve had times where I’ve been on the phone with potential customers and they ask if I have my own water tank and it’s not a great feeling having to say no..
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