Oh, so you're a Detailer? You work for a dealership? - Page 4

Superior__Shine · 09-23-09, 09:59

C'mon. Your being too tough on the poor little hack "detailer" I love those guys. They help me make tons of money.

YouTube - Superior Shine Auto Detailing, new client with BMW & buffer trails 1

RaskyR1 · 09-23-09, 10:20

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Originally Posted by todd@bsaw

Hey now!

LOL! I live with a few guys from Wisconsin and I just like giving cheese heads a hard time.

All in fun bro.

bigmackmiller · 09-23-09, 10:25

You have to admit though...the more cars these guys screw up, the more cars there is for you pro's to fix...lol

bullitt21 · 09-23-09, 10:58

This client just bought this MB. When he was ready to pick it up, it had a few scratches here and there, so he asked if they could fix them. This is the end result of the dealer's #1 products and professional staff. Looks like they ran with twisted wool and 8000rpm and then some. But hey, I probably get 50-60% of my business from clients with brand new cars in the wrong hands. And your right Jakerooni, I can't even look at Craigslist ads without wanting to jump through the screen and throw a wrench at these people. I saw an ad on CL the other day; the guy claims to have been in business for more than 20 years, yet has no website, pictures,logo, etc, etc. All we can do is keep correcting all there mistakes, and I don't mind, it makes me more money. I just feel bad for the person who paid for a new car, not a swirl/buffer trail package.

They even installed deep RIDS and swirls along with many wetsanding marks all over the car. Here's a 50/50 of the front fender after 105 and 83. Keep in mind this is before the 205 and UF. I just can't believe that these swirls were not there before the dealer got his hands on it.

Devilsown · 09-23-09, 11:08

Dude thats bad! The BMW dealership here pays an outside detailer to prep their cars for the show room and lot and let me tell you they all look like that, not that bad but I've actually told the Manager whoever works on the paint needs to learn to polish cause they look like crap. I think I'm going to ask to get a part time job there fixing the crap polish jobs this place gives.

Almost forgot, I would have beat him

I may have landed myself in jail but if I would have put him in his place it would have been worth it.

bullitt21 · 09-23-09, 11:17

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C'mon. Your being too tough on the poor little hack "detailer" I love those guys. They help me make tons of money.

Love that video, I need to make a few of those! Nice.

5150kon · 09-24-09, 06:47

yesterday i offered to detail someones car from one of our vendors, she asked how much and i gave her the rundown, she said o i can have my car polished and done for 50 bucks from the guy at the dealership. i just let it go at that point.

todd@bsaw · 09-24-09, 06:47

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Originally Posted by RaskyR1

LOL! I live with a few guys from Wisconsin and I just like giving cheese heads a hard time.

All in fun bro.

I know.

I lived in Minneapolis for a couple years and if it weren't for my wife and family I would still be there. It was fun going to Viking parties being the only Packer fan!

All the dealerships in my area are getting bought out by one guy, which is putting the general car buyer on edge. You practically cannot buy a new vehicle within 50 miles without going through this dealership. Parts prices have jumped 20% and all their recon vehicles are 'detailed' through his huge used car lot in town.

The sales manager that had me under contract was actually a decent guy and knew that his cars needed a better quality detail than the GM lot down the street, which is why he paid me what he did. He even told me he didn't want to cut me loose because he didn't trust the other detail guys. I have since talked to some of the guys working there and they all say they hate doing cars that come from that lot because they are so picky.

Sad thing is, most of the people I have talked to here that need dealership correction details aren't willing to swallow the fact that they need to pay someone even more money to fix the poor work they already paid for. I personally see a new Charger all the time that called me for a quote to fix the horrible holograms but he never made an appointment because he didn't want to pay more money to get it fixed.

I'm sure I could get tons of business from correcting dealership hack work, but I'd have to cut my prices in half to get them to even consider it and that's just not going to happen.

shine · 09-25-09, 08:02

If it wasn't for the I-know-it-all hacks I guess we would have a bit less business.

rusty bumper · 09-25-09, 11:21

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Originally Posted by shine

If it wasn't for the I-know-it-all hacks I guess we would have a bit less business.

Got to have someone to measure against.

Accumulator · 09-26-09, 09:19

Just to throw a contrarian spin on this thread- years ago, Stoddard Imported Cars had a guy who was good enough to do *my* vehicles pre-delivery. Yeah, I made 'em better, but it wasn't like I was refusing delivery over anything he did (did refuse it over other stuff upon occasion

) and he gave 'em to me nice enough that I just drove 'em until they needed rewaxed.

Not the case these days though..he finished grad school and went on to his real profession

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Originally Posted by todd@bsaw

..All the dealerships in my area are getting bought out by one guy, which is putting the general car buyer on edge. You practically cannot buy a new vehicle within 50 miles without going through this dealership..

That sorta happened in my area, a few guys own most everything. And it's a big part of why I patronize an Audi dealer who's nearly two hours away

We were just up there last week, and I'll say that even though every vehicle needed some correction, at least there were no horror-shows.

A pal of mine bought an A4 from another Audi dealer and sent it to Stoddard over cosmetic issues like we're discussing on this thread (no, I did *NOT* offer to fix it for him

). They did a pretty good job, really improved it at the very least and left it nice enough that I wouldn't be embarassed in it.

David Fermani · 09-26-09, 09:30

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Originally Posted by Accumulator

Just to throw a contrarian spin on this thread- years ago, Stoddard Imported Cars had a guy who was good enough to do *my* vehicles pre-delivery.
Not the case these days though..he finished grad school and went on to his real profession

Just goes to show you that you have to be a Grad shool level detailer to pacify your high expections.