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Originally Posted by WCD
Hopefully, standards are in the future of this industry, which can help the professionals who spend a lot of money on training, insurance, and other expenditures, get the respect and $$ they deserve.
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Just because someone has been trained, is insured & spends money doesn't mean they deserve respect. Respect goes hand in hand with experience, integrity & accomplishments and takes time to build.
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Originally Posted by WCD
I am helping my city with a new license program this fall. No longer will "mobile detailers" walk in and pay $30 and have a license mailed to them within three days. There will be standards and if not met, they don't get to work. If they do, they will be fined by the city.
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Are you referring to mobil detailers breaking laws? I can't believe a city would open themselves up to a possible lawsuit by not allowing someone to operate because they didn't meet a detailing standard. Who's making up these standards and what gives them the right to stop someone from making a living? One person's acceptable standards could mean bottom of the barrel to someone else. I know people in the several different markets & others on car car forums where they consider themselves professionals and I wouldn't even let them wash my car.
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Originally Posted by WCD
Any association should work to promote professionalism of its industry and educate the consumer at the same time. Simply belonging and paying dues is not enough.
It won't be an easy process, but if the pros see standards as a longterm positive, then it will happen. Education works this way now- standards per grade level. Every business should have a set of standards for itself- as the driving force. If you are not working up to a standard, what are you doing?
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Promoting professionalism and educating the consumer is 2 totally different concepts and the latter can't always apply to all consumers. Selling tactics and ability to communicate an industry standard to the public isn't something that all professional detailers are able to administrate. Is this professional detailing association also training people the standard way to dress, speak & operate a business above and beyond learning how to properly detail a vehicle? Sounds like a vocational reform business school.
Are these standards only being pushed onto mobile detailers or will all the auto related businesses need to fit this criteria?