Highest Tip

[AquaHawk]

So I`m not trying to be nosey, I`m just kind of curious. What`s the highest tip you have received for detailing a vehicle?

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My highest was about $20. Thanks.


-AquaHawk


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[David Fermani]

I`ve had pretty bad luck with tips actually. I know people get them all the time, but not the case with me. Even when I detail with people that always get tipped, we never even seem to get one. I`m like a friggin jinx. Maybe I charge too much?? :)`


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Besides that, my highest tip has been $300.`

[CosminTX]

20-50 normal , and max around 150 , plus on another ocassion an watch around 3k straight from the store.

[Catch-22]

I always try to tip people in the service industry 20%.

[Scottwax]

$200 during Christmas a couple years ago from a regular. Usually if someone tips, its $10-20 but I`ve had bigger jobs where its $50-100. Tips are great but I never expect them.`

[CosminTX]

a quick update , $250 / one account , still a week ahead of Christmas , never know what santa has...` ;)

[bunkeroo26]

Had anyone ever had a dealership top?

I would imagine that it is only private citizens

and not the dealerships 9 times out of 10.

[Richard Grasa]

$20 is the norm for me, get one for every 3 or 4 details on average. `A few here and there have given a little more, mostly on coating jobs. `Have gotten one $100 tip. `

[AndyWax]

Had anyone ever had a dealership top?

I would imagine that it is only private citizens

and not the dealerships 9 times out of 10.



I have never received a tip from a dealer.


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The most for me is $100. I had a client when I running my business in Utah that would give $100 every time he would use my services. In some cases it was every week for 4-6 weeks.

[bunkeroo26]

In my experience, I have never gotten a dealership tip.

Perhaps this is because of their pricing structure or penny

pincher attitude.


I have found that I get tips from people about 25 percent

of the time. I am always looking to increase this.


When I went to New Orleans, we ate at a restaurant called Deanies

We looked at the fried shrimp platter and asked how many shrimp came on it.

The answer was 12 shrimp. When we got the plate, there was over 25 on it.


I jokingly said that 12 shrimp was a lie. The response sticks with me today.

Under Promise and Over Deliver. I love this saying.


Should we use this attitude to increase tips? It would provide an emotional response

from customers, which turns it into a memorable experience. If all we do is brag

about our quality, then we leave less room for surprise.


We thought that we were getting a great value with 12 shrimp.

What values are you promising, and how do they compare to delivered value?



Great topic Op, and no I don`t think that you were being too nosy.

[mose]

$20 is normal….The biggest tip I have received was a $200 bottle of wine…Opus One! YUM!

[Jean-Claude]

Biggest cash tip was $300+ for myself and my helper.


$100 isn`t uncommon.


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Coolest tip? About a month ago:


http://i.imgur.com/4O42EQe.jpg


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http://i.imgur.com/0L2Ac6i.gif

[salty]

Good customers $20 is the norm. But did did receive a $250 tip this Christmas, from a good customer that has had to cancel a couple of times in the past. So this was nice of him.

[brownbob06]

$20 just this past Sunday.


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Other than that, maybe $10 here and there.