what does your customer do for a living?

ScottWAx- OK, good, thanks for the reply. If he's the guy I think he is he deserves some smooth sailing.



brwill2005 said:
I do get what you are saying, but why would a detailer pay someone else to detail their car?..
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I suppose eveybody gets busy, even pro detailers and maybe people get sick of doing

"the job" to the point where they don't want to do it one minute longer than necessary. I know people in other fields who pay folks to do their own such work (like accountants who simply won't prepare their own taxes because they "leave all that at the office").



Noting that I'm *not* a pro, I paid ebpcivicsi to do my Denali XL as a) my wife had it in Memphis anyhow, b) it needed some PPF applied and he's good at that, c) doing the correction right before the PPF made sense, and d) I wasn't gonna get around to doing that big black thing's post-purchase correction for a while as I was too busy with other stuff. Worked out great, she got back from her trip with the truck all ready to start hauling the dogs :D



...money is not everything, especially if you are not happy with your life.
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That's the absolute truth :xythumbs There are a lot of miserable wealthy people in the world. And IMO you simply *have to* enjoy what you do for a living.
 
My customers all seem to work their *** off. Doesn't matter what they do.



Some of my coolest cars are owned by semi-high profile people, which is why I never have anything cool for the click and brag forum.



I am going to post up a thread about my work truck though, I feel comfortable posting that one. HA HA HA.
 
brwil, I'm the same way. I'm not sure that I see myself detailing the rest of my life but this is a hell of a business to get into if you like to meet people and find something else that you would like to do. I have met some very interesting people with interesting ideas. I love what I do, don't get me wrong but I can't just stick to one thing. I might venture off and keep detailing also I don't know but like you said money isn't everything. I might not be making 200k but I am happy.
 
What I'd like to know is how all of you went about attaining these types of clients? Not that I mind middle class clients in the least bit. Whether its an exotic or daily driver, as long as the customer appreciates quality work and realizes the value they are receiving from the service I provide... what the client does for a living or the kind of car they drive is not really the issue.



On the other hand, I do think that having a good base of high-end clientele works wonders for your image as a detailer. People who have pride in their vehicles and see you working on these high dollar cars will undoubtedly want to use your services as well. It shows to other potential clients that you must be experienced, professional and extremely adept at your trade. I think it also serves to weed out all the lowballers. When a detailer taps into this market is when alot of the work comes to you instead of you having to seek it out.
 
Mostly investment bankers, stock traders, and others in the financial business. One owner of an M5 and a Porsche GT3 owned a farm. Another owner of a couple Ferraris, a Porsche Turbo, and Aston Martin ran "a couple online businesses".



One of my clients from Piper Jaffray told me he has made and lost a company over $26M in one week. The amount of money those guys deal with on a daily basis just blows my mind.
 
Asphalt paver (spends $15-$18k a year with my business :cool: ), computers, finance, doctors, real estate investment, business owner's (majority of my customers), and some more I can't think of right now.
 
brwill2005 said:
I do get what you are saying, but why would a detailer pay someone else to detail their car?
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For the same reason that the plumbing in the Plumber's house leaks, there are short circuits at the Electrician's house, and the Mechanic's car clunks! :D :chuckle: :grinno:



Just kidding, of course... :lol
 
DaGonz said:
For the same reason that the plumbing in the Plumber's house leaks, there are short circuits at the Electrician's house, and the Mechanic's car clunks! :D :chuckle: :grinno:



Just kidding, of course... :lol
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Yea I guess, but you would never catch me paying someone else to detail my cars, or my families for that matter. I have been very busy lately, which leaves me very little time to detail my car; so it stays dirty until I have time to do it myself.
 
todd@bsaw said:
Mostly investment bankers, stock traders, and others in the financial business. One owner of an M5 and a Porsche GT3 owned a farm. Another owner of a couple Ferraris, a Porsche Turbo, and Aston Martin ran "a couple online businesses".



One of my clients from Piper Jaffray told me he has made and lost a company over $26M in one week. The amount of money those guys deal with on a daily basis just blows my mind.
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Yeah i know a few currency/stock traders making quite a bit. Lol @ "online business" (sounds shady...) , But making and loosing a $26M company in one week is quite mind boggling!
 
I don't bother finding out, It's none of my business. If they tell me, I don't bother remembering unless I feel its something I can find a common ground with them. But I won't go posting that kind of information here, out of respect.
 
kaval said:
I don't bother finding out, It's none of my business. If they tell me, I don't bother remembering unless I feel its something I can find a common ground with them. But I won't go posting that kind of information here, out of respect.
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So, are you saying all of us are disrespectful? I'd disagree.

Yes, I am respectful of my clients and it really isn't any body's business what their business is, but you are not pointing to a client or a car and saying, "This is Bob. Bob sells real estate. Bob makes $150,000 a year and drives a Porsche."



Nobody is every going to know who my clients are. A little general information isn't disrespectful at all. I believe it's great for a little discussion as well as some possible marketing help for other detailers out there.



If you would rather not post about what your clients do, then you have that right. But it's a shame you have to passive-aggressively label others as disrespectful for doing so.
 
I like this discussion because it gives me motivation to go to college, get a degree (or two) and work VERY hard for the rest of my life :usa.
 
autobahnshine said:
I like this discussion because it gives me motivation to go to college, get a degree (or two) and work VERY hard for the rest of my life :usa.
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Heh heh...that's my favorite post on this whole thread :xyxthumbs
 
kaval said:
I don't bother finding out, It's none of my business. If they tell me, I don't bother remembering unless I feel its something I can find a common ground with them. But I won't go posting that kind of information here, out of respect.
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You are cleaning their car, you are not their psychiatrist.

I think the point is not to expose what specific people do for their money, his point is to figure out where the money comes from.



I only find out if we speak about it, they all ask me what I do for a living.
 
autobahnshine said:
I like this discussion because it gives me motivation to go to college, get a degree (or two) and work VERY hard for the rest of my life :usa.
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You know, the sad thing is, I've been to college, and I've got 2 degrees - computer science. I once worked for a computer game company, and now I'm doing tech support for a cable internet company. I've been told I can't advance because I don't have certification which I DIDN'T get in the college classes I took, so that I now have to spend MORE time in schooling, taking tests to get certification that I would need to be RE-certified for in 2 years, which means MORE schooling...It's a vicious circle.



Not that I don't think it's important, and learning is something I need to do, but at the same time, I don't want to spend the rest of my life working and then going to school on my own time to get certified to keep my job, then spend the rest of my free time studying to keep my certification - all after I spent 4 years studying computer science topics that are now out of date.



I'm biding my time to leave the company and do mobile detailing so that 1) I can be my own boss, 2) I can refuse the right to service someone if I don't feel that I can do the job to their satisfaction, and 3) because I would get satisfaction out of making a car look GOOD (not to mention that I live in Southern California, where it doesn't rain/snow as much as say, Seattle).



I look forward to all of this!
 
todd@bsaw said:
So, are you saying all of us are disrespectful? I'd disagree.

Yes, I am respectful of my clients and it really isn't any body's business what their business is, but you are not pointing to a client or a car and saying, "This is Bob. Bob sells real estate. Bob makes $150,000 a year and drives a Porsche."



Nobody is every going to know who my clients are. A little general information isn't disrespectful at all. I believe it's great for a little discussion as well as some possible marketing help for other detailers out there.



If you would rather not post about what your clients do, then you have that right. But it's a shame you have to passive-aggressively label others as disrespectful for doing so.
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I apologize for passively disrespecting you. That was not my intention.
 
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