Opinion on Mobile Car Detailers, Inc in Raleigh area?

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MCD said:
Think what you want about AA but it is not a product that should be used by a "professional

detailer". As for a "Wash & Wax", we offer a Wash & Wax and an Interior Detail. Regarding

Majestics, detail supplies includes more than chemicals. We get maybe 25% of detail supples

from them, wash mits, wax pads, spray bottles and so on.

Obviously its working, our customers love the poducts we use. Business is going so well

now, we pick the cars we do. We turn down as much work as we do and were constanly

busy. For a "Mobile Detailing Business" to be what it needs to be, you need twice as much

work as you can get to. Good luck to you guys, here's a link to some of our comp's

web sites.
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ok so you do wash n waxes but you never leave swirls behind? what wax are you using becuase i really would love to save my time and back . there are plenty of very well qualified professional detailers here that use aa. as a matter of fact id say you have to be pro to use it to its maximum. ive done plenty of test panels side by side aa low shine high shine original ect ect. next to 303 108 hyper dress, and although i prefer top shelf the initial appearence is rarely drastic. im only telling you this because you come off like a know it all who seems to still be learning. dont judge a product by what you can do with it, judge it by what its capable of.
 
zippymbr said:
Read the rules! You are not allowed to post direct links to your own website. :rules:
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If you took the time to look at the links you would have seen that they were links to 2 other Mobile Detail Businesses in Raleigh, not "my business". This is exactly what you did

with my website, so please explain the difference if you can?
 
MCD said:
If you took the time to look at the links you would have seen that they were links to 2 other Mobile Detail Businesses in Raleigh, not "my business". This is exactly what you did

with my website, so please explain the difference if you can?
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I did look at the links and they break the rules period. If you look back at my posts you will see that I have said nothing about your website. I called your intentions into account and wondered why you posted here in the first place. Detail on. :waxing:
 
zippymbr said:
I did look at the links and they break the rules period. If you look back at my posts you will see that I have said nothing about your website. I called your intentions into account and wondered why you posted here in the first place. Detail on. :waxing:
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I still don't understand where your coming from? I came on here to defend my company

after SOMEBODY else posted it on here. I than did the seem with 2 other websites that have nothing to do with my business. You still haven't explained the difference.
 
I'll take your clean car challenge.



http://autopia.org/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=878



139 pages and 1657 examples of clean cars I have detailed, including my 626.



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didnt check that site till just now..... complete detail 150.00??? when can a line be drawn as far as what a complete detail is? hand wash wax exterior int shampoo glass inter dress clean wheels shine tires? thats a complete detail?



if thats the case there would be no need for this site, why do so called detailers get away with misinforming the public of what a full detail is to begin with, this is another obsticle to overcome in the sales part of my job. if youre a regular customer to these guys and aproach a true detailer arent you going to be a bit skepticle? polish? whats that funky overpriced garbage youre trying to sell me? clay on my car you gotta be kidding? why seal isnt that bad?



these are all questions i have to answer pretty much anyhow but this doesnt make it easier. imo thats false advertisement, you give the guy 150.00 dollars for a complete detail and the end result is a waxed surface? thats it? are you kidding me?



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im done ranting, i assume some of you agree with me. i come to this site for help in bettering myself and by doing so i have come an extremely long way, there is no need for his kind in here as he gives detailers a bad name.
 
eh maybe im being too hard on the guy so i apologize, im sure you do a great job at what you offer and maybe thats all that matters.
 
As long as your customers are happy, I guess you will do fine. I would hope, however, that you read through this site and see what other pros are doing. Look at it as a chance to elevate your business to the next level. I'd been in business a full 7 years full time when I found this site and it has made me a better detailer in every way possible. :)
 
yeah if youre customers happy thats true but at the same time its a mirage they are happy with considering they dont know what theyre looking at. i believe there are hundreds of people out there that use wash wax detailers often and will continue to as they believe thats the best it gets, thats bad for my business and yours. its ok to be selective but not without being properly informed, i would call that trickery, stop using the term "full detail" and continue working hard at the packages you offer.
 
VaSuperShine said:
didnt check that site till just now..... complete detail 150.00??? when can a line be drawn as far as what a complete detail is? hand wash wax exterior int shampoo glass inter dress clean wheels shine tires? thats a complete detail?



if thats the case there would be no need for this site, why do so called detailers get away with misinforming the public of what a full detail is to begin with, this is another obsticle to overcome in the sales part of my job. if youre a regular customer to these guys and aproach a true detailer arent you going to be a bit skepticle? polish? whats that funky overpriced garbage youre trying to sell me? clay on my car you gotta be kidding? why seal isnt that bad?



these are all questions i have to answer pretty much anyhow but this doesnt make it easier. imo thats false advertisement, you give the guy 150.00 dollars for a complete detail and the end result is a waxed surface? thats it? are you kidding me?



:argue :argue :argue :argue :argue :argue





im done ranting, i assume some of you agree with me. i come to this site for help in bettering myself and by doing so i have come an extremely long way, there is no need for his kind in here as he gives detailers a bad name.
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The only so call detailers you could be talking about is yourself. We actually

have a real business that pays taxes, has insurance, is licensed and payed top dollar

for advertising along the way. Our prices are the lowest in Raleigh out of the 3 detailers

in the phone book that people can actually get up with.

As for our website, that give's people a general idea about services. 19 out of 20 people

call and depending on the situation(everyone one is different) we explain about things

like polishing, clay bar, buffing and what not. I've been detailing since 1980 and I'm

sure I've buffed, polished and clay bar as many cars as any of you. We go the extra mile

to make sure our customers are given only the best, top quality detail. Charging any less

would be a joke, people understand that things such as buffing are an extra charge. I'm

not sure where most of you live but in Raleigh,North Carolina, a detail on a Suburban

for 150.00 dollars is a good deal. Our average customer lives in a $500,000+ house

and their cars are normally garaged, so in a lot of cases polishing is not required.

As for learning about detailing on here, no thanks. Detailing is like anything else, practice

makes perfect and there is no better way to learn than hands on experience. As for you

guys, I wish you luck in your detailing adventures but I can tell from what I've read that

most of you will continue to struggle and come on here and ask each other why? :sosad
 
Garaging a car does not mean it does not need to be polished. There are very few cars of trucks in this area that could not beneit from a good polishing no matter how they are stored. Most swrils are a result of washing not sitting out in the sun. As a detailer I want to restore a cars paint to like new condition and help m customer keep it that way. On the other hand most of the "details" I see from detail shops and dealerships here in Raliegh/Durham include the installation of buffer trails, hollograms snd swrils. Unless your are polishing to correct the defects that almost all cars have you are short changing your customers. I would love to see a full sun pic of a $150 detail!
 
Zippy: Please learn how to spell RALEIGH before you talk about it. The bottom line is most

of you are what us "REAL PROFESSIONAL DETAILERS" call "fly by nighters". You are without a doubt the worst thing to ever happen to Mobile Detailing. You can't afford advertising like a real company so you go around begging where your not suppose to.

I've had many customers tell us that "wannabe detailers" are constanly bothering them.

One of the first lessons in any business is you have to pay to play. If you can't afford to

be a real business for your customers potection, as well as your own, your screwing

your customer, the detail industry and yourself.
 
FYI: According to "Professional CarWashing & Detailing" magazine(Sept. 2004 Edition) the

national average cost of a complete detail consisting of: Hand Wash, Hand Wax, Interior Cleaning, Shampoo floor mats, Upholstery shampoo, Tires/trim dressing is $169.45. That

is the "Ardex 2004 Benchmarking Report" on page 64. Remember that price is for 2004,

it's bound to be a little higher now. Because we are PRO-CUSTOMER, we keep our price a little lower than that. It keeps our customers happy and helps to assure us that we are always busy. We well also polish or buff a vehicle no extra charge if it is a regular customer otherwise it is an extra charge. That it is national standard for detailing. If you'll

really know how to detail a car and your doing all that extra work for nothing the only person your short changing is yourself. I need to get back to detailing, I had to bring my older dog to the vet. Happy detailing to you all.
 
lol mcd youre too funny, oh and if using clay as a verb you shoul djust say clay as opposed to "we clay bar cars". you seem to be quick to correct ones spelling yet seem to have little concern for your own sentence structure. i polish garage kept cars very often, i dont spend anything on advertising anymore as there is absolutely no need. having a spot in the yellow pages does not make you professional by any means the work does. oh and you sound very professional the way you blindly verbally attack some of this countries best detailers. you speak like a kid with beginers termonology. why wouldnt a professional have before and after pics on thier website? that seems a little fishy. you dont look very old either if one of the kids in the picture on your website is indeed you. and please answer me what professional would come to a board like this with a lame uncomfortable clean car challenge, please answer me that im dying to hear. :confused:
 
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