Young detailer from Atlanta

nyyankees22 said:
If you are up for building your customer base, try craigslist. 7 out of 10 will be in pretty rough shape. Also these are the type of people that aren't looking for perfection, BUT its money, and its more customers. Eventually you will be able to weed those people out, trust me. 1 or 2 years dealing with the crappy cars and you will eventually move up to nice vehicles, and people who care about them. As far as your problem with what you are making. If you are upset about what you made, the way you can look at it is "Well, that $60 basically paid for my last supply order" or something along the lines of that. You can put that money towards something to make your job easier. There is going to be a point where you have enough customers to not have to work 7 hours for $60. You will be able to tell them "No, I'm sorry I can't do it for that price" I've gotten to the point where I tell them, Ok if you can find somebody cheaper go to them, go bring it to someone else. And they wont. People who want their cars detailed the right way will pay the extra money to have it in the hands of a skilled detailer. They will know your work is worth it and not feel ripped off in any way. Every car you do, just think you are one car closer to being at the point I am talking about. Stay positive, it doesn't take all that long when you put out good work.
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Yeah man, I just gotta keep doin my thing and time will be my biggest helper it looks like. Also, it doesn't hurt to get lucky and land a job with a rich guy who tells all his rich friends haha:)
 
AtlDetail said:
Hahaha, it's like the hack of the year award or something.



Btw, David, do you know a rather wealthy guy down there in Florida named Alan Jay?
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The classes AM offer are actually kinda informative. I think anyone would learn something from them. I have certification from all four of their manufacturers btw.



Are you talking about the Alan Jay who is in the car business?
 
David Fermani said:
The classes AM offer are actually kinda informative. I think anyone would learn something from them. I have certification from all four of their manufacturers btw.



Are you talking about the Alan Jay who is in the car business?
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Haha well that makes me look like a ******* then huh? The site looked kinda sketch from the link you sent me but shows me wrong. Where are the classes offered?



Yes, the one with a ton of dealerships
 
They constantly train people all over the world. Get in touch (call) with Rick Schmidt and he'll let you know when he'll be in your area. The classes are free.



Are you friends with Mr. Jay?
 
David Fermani said:
They constantly train people all over the world. Get in touch (call) with Rick Schmidt and he'll let you know when he'll be in your area. The classes are free.



Are you friends with Mr. Jay?
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Ok cool, thanks for the info.





Not really but I have met the guy a couple of times and he's very nice. We have family friends that live here who are like best friends with him and my mom will sometimes go down there with three other women and he'll treat them to a ladies weekend or whatever. But what I was getting at is that he apparently has a very impressive collection of around 50 cars and was wondering if you had done any work for him?
 
Not yet, but I'd like to get ahold of him and talk shop. I'm sure his collection is in dire need of some Autopian love. Hook me up!!!
 
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