imported_Picus
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Nice job Ryan - was this the same one you posted about over at e90post awhile back or another one?
Oh my god!
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RAG said:I'm going to think real hard before I accept another overspray removal job...cause I aint exactly hurting for work, so I mine as well be picky about my jobs. Typically, problem jobs are one-time customers...not people who will continue to come beck every 6 months for a buff job
Exactly! Plus, a lot of times, they were reimbursed so it isn't their money anyway and if they can hang on to some of what they got, they will.
You listed the same exact reasons why I will probably not accept overspray jobs anymore. I don't enjoying removing overspray, especially the really nasty stuff, it can be really hard to judge just how long the job will take and most people want a solid estimate, odds are the customer is a one-timer; in fact, I have only one customer in 12+ years full time I have maintained after doing overspray removal. The shop that worked on his car got overspray on it and called me out to remove it and rewax it. The customer was so pleased with how his car looked (and he is pretty anal anyway about how his car looks) that he still calls me out 10 years later a few times a year.
Plus, I refuse to work through insurance. I am not busting my hump doing a job I already don't like and then waiting 3-6 months to get paid.
Based on the pictures though, you did an outstanding job and it sucks the owner of the car didn't even tip you. I had a customer who forgot to send me a check one time, I reminded him about it a week later when it hadn't arrived, he apologized, obviously got it out the next day in the mail as promised and added $25 to what I charged him. He is a good customer, apparently the owner of the oversprayed car isn't going to be. That's business though, got to take the good with the bad and hope the good happens more often.
Hard to say if this one will be back or not - I tried to underbid the job just slightly (failed in this) so I would be sure to get the gig because I though there was a good chance this guy would be back for more...I detail for his neighbor who knows my work and talked me up a bunch, and it's in one of the richest communities in the Country - La Jolla.
What I think ruined it for me is this guy has a buddy that came over to citique my work who used to own a used car lot...and if I know "used car lot owners, (and I do), they feel anything over $150 is overpaying for something like this...and I'll bet everything I got he conveyed this to his friend. I can picture him saying something to the effect - "this guys seems to be doing okay, but I used to have a guy that would have done it for $125."
What I think ruined it for me is this guy has a buddy that came over to citique my work who used to own a used car lot...and if I know "used car lot owners, (and I do), they feel anything over $150 is overpaying for something like this...and I'll bet everything I got he conveyed this to his friend. I can picture him saying something to the effect - "this guys seems to be doing okay, but I used to have a guy that would have done it for $125."
Scottwax said:Exactly! Plus, a lot of times, they were reimbursed so it isn't their money anyway and if they can hang on to some of what they got, they will.
You listed the same exact reasons why I will probably not accept overspray jobs anymore. I don't enjoying removing overspray, especially the really nasty stuff, it can be really hard to judge just how long the job will take and most people want a solid estimate, odds are the customer is a one-timer; in fact, I have only one customer in 12+ years full time I have maintained after doing overspray removal. The shop that worked on his car got overspray on it and called me out to remove it and rewax it. The customer was so pleased with how his car looked (and he is pretty anal anyway about how his car looks) that he still calls me out 10 years later a few times a year.
Plus, I refuse to work through insurance. I am not busting my hump doing a job I already don't like and then waiting 3-6 months to get paid.
Based on the pictures though, you did an outstanding job and it sucks the owner of the car didn't even tip you. I had a customer who forgot to send me a check one time, I reminded him about it a week later when it hadn't arrived, he apologized, obviously got it out the next day in the mail as promised and added $25 to what I charged him. He is a good customer, apparently the owner of the oversprayed car isn't going to be. That's business though, got to take the good with the bad and hope the good happens more often.
kompressornsc
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RAG said:
Nice job! Yes, that's a kompressor coupe (see my name). Sold mine this time last year (and the resale on these is so poor that whatever you charged is probably worth more than the car itself
).