Originally Posted by
Robert Thoreson
Hi all, I just found this forum and still have alot of reading to do but my main reason for joining is I'm not sure how good I am. Without making too long of a post, I work in a professional shop, the owner has 40+ years experience, helped develop pdq, and has had many successful businesses. He is semi retired now and employs me and my "manager". He always has high praises for us and claims we are the best anywhere. But ik there is alot to learn yet. There are many shops In the area and I do admit, we are better than them but I feel we are on a different level. They are the 4 hour and done shops. We do scratch removal and chip repair plus the interiors. We charge $40 a hour and our average bill is around $300-$400. We don't get alot of business that way but we also do cars for a local dealership. We charge them 32 an hour and spend 5-10 hours on each of their cars. I have no one to compare myself to and don't want to embarrass myself in the real world.