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Originally Posted by 300C2NV
See, the thing about this is it all depends on your clientele. I have high end clients who I have to detail their S500, S600 Mercedes, 7-series and 6-series BMW's, Corvettes, Porsches, Vipers, etc. THEY WANT THE BEST THEY CAN POSSIBLY HAVE, and wash, wax, and vaccuum (as you stated you do) would NEVER cut it. You've got to take a full day to completely clean a car flawlessly. As jMatt said, " And that's not even remotely close to a wash, clay-bar, scratch removal, polish, glaze, sealer, show car wax job."
Maybe your clientele in Tupelo is a little bit different then mine in Little Rock, who knows though. Not here to shoot down people.
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exactly. most of my clientel is you average daily driver. guys who i used to work with in a factory, people ive met at shows, people who've seen my flyers..etc. and thats what i wanted. im not trying to be will castro or wash some yuppie *****s s550 with dasani and hand made soap. bump that. im trying to offer a decent detail that looks good and lasts, but without all the stuff that most people dont require. yes, for my own car, i do clay bar, carnauba..etc. if a client asks for it, ill do it for them too. but the majority of my business my customers dont ask for that.
if you wanna know the truth, i had a guy ask me once at a show if i would be interested in detailing his truck. i hadnt ever done it for profit before so i got his number and told him id call him with a price. well, i called a few local detail shops, got prices, and asked what those prices included. very few of them actually did the full procedure as jmatt described, and all of their prices were above $100. to me, thats still ridiculous. for the market i was shooting for anyway. i mean if your sitting on a trailer queen, one off, special edition something, that just sits in your garage like a yard ornament, i can see where youd want it to stay clean. but for my clientel, who actually use and drive their cars daily, yet want them to keep a good paint job with a nice shine, theyre gonna get dirty. and its just not economical to pay $175 bucks everytime it rains. thats where i come in.
im not here defending or promoting my business, i have repeat customers that do that for me. all im saying is, paying that much for a detail is ridiculous, especially when you can get up for a minute and do it yourself.