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Nice job but to me you underprice yourself IMO. I love the way the carpet striping looks, just is the finishing detail to me
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I dont think hes under pricing himself. He made what, $25 an hour for that. Plus this is his first time doing it.
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Yep, this is my first year and I'm still getting my name out there. Plus, this package is the most appealing to customers because of the price, so it should bring in a lot of money.
Also, I'm getting quicker and quicker, so this shouldn't take more than 3 hours once I get a good system down.
This package was priced $70-$90, but I went ahead and raised it to $90-$110.
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Meant it as a compliment more than as a criticism, many car washes around me run about $100 for a job that would not be as nice and not include some of the smaller "details" that he does like the headlight treatment. If the price is bringing you clients and it is your start then I understand. Hopefully they come back and then you can "upsell" them a couple of items that take little time but add a decent profit.
Guess it is pricing yourself into the market and getting established. Good luck
2001 Mustang Cobra Vert, Lazer red clearcoat,weekend toy
2001 Infiniti QX4, pearl white two tone
PC 7424 with XMT products and CCS pads
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Very nice job! That car looks slick. Interior looks great too, and always love 'em carpet stripes!
Looks likes your business is doing pretty well. As you continue to impress your customers, more work will come thru "word of mouth", which is the best kind of referral. Congrats, and all the best to you as your business steadily grows.
Alban B-)
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Before even reading what the others wrote, I serisouly think you need to bump up your pricing. You should be aiming for $40+ an hour for the great job that you do. Whether youre new or not, if you do work that deserves it, then go for the money. You will very discouraged in this line of work if youre not making your potential.
Just my .02
Like I said though, AWESOME detail man!
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Great work Greg, and I think the pricing is fair, maybe a tad low, but fair nonetheless. In the midwest, you'll be hardpressed to get $40 an hour for detailing. Shoot, a full interior/exterior with a PC takes a good 6-8 hours, and no way would customer's pay $240-$320 for that, not a chance. Greg is nearing $30 an hour, which, to me, is a great spot to be in when mobile detailing. No overhead, low expenses, etc. Depending on how slow/fast I get a car done, I'm as low as $20 an hour, to an inteiro detail I did at about $40 an hour. Avg would be no more than $25 for me though.
Besides, if he can whip that car out in 3 hours and make $90 bucks, who can say that's not a well run business, where the owner is both making good money as well as offering competitive prices. Just imo of course.
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You charge what the market allows and what your service can provide. Greg if you are happy with what you do and the income you make to do it...its great! Nice work BTW...and I also like the carpet striping too!
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Originally Posted by alban61
Very nice job! That car looks slick. Interior looks great too, and always love 'em carpet stripes!
Looks likes your business is doing pretty well. As you continue to impress your customers, more work will come thru "word of mouth", which is the best kind of referral. Congrats, and all the best to you as your business steadily grows.
You said it alban61, that is so true. You guys should see the number of people at work that have come up to me saying could you please detail my vehicle...oh get this a girl at work just purchased a vehicle and remember that brand new Pontiac G5 that I detailed well the owner told a bunch of her friends and I'll be busy for a wile hehehehe. Any who, a girl at work just purchased a new BMW (I think it's a 325i??) and she want's to sell her old vehicle, so she want's me to detail her old vehicle so she can get more money out of it and detail her brand new BMW....sweet...all by "word of mouth". Well just thought I'd share the power of word of mouth. When you do good work people notice it and share it oh and if you do a bad job people notice that too and express the disapointment too.
I really like the way the carpet looks, very nice work you do buddy. I enjoy all your details.
Thanks for sharing.
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