Alex

You can try from your old topic: 

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Happy Father's Day!

Great ideas are always copied...😁

One tip to help avoid these issues is to set up email, text, and/or push alerts. Most larger banks like WF and Chase allow you set these up.

Example:

Our labor rate map is available for all members of ASO and has hundreds (almost 1,000) of entries!

Please take a moment to update your shop labor rate in our tracker located under the "TOOLS" main menu and directly via this link: https://www.autoshopowner.com/laborrates/

Click "Add Labor Rate" to view your current entry. Check out where other shops are in your area!

I'll leave this up and good luck with getting that going. We aren't really for moving conversation to facebook and would prefer to keep it here so if you like, just start a new topic or start a group. You can use the search feature here to see if any of your issues are similar to what others are facing. 👍

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Is it possible you clicked the toggle to view the forums in fluid view?

If not, maybe its a forum category with sub-forums? Those are now in a fluid forum view and you can check of the sub forums on the right (desktop)

On mobile it is one big list it seems... This is the only thing I can think of at the moment.

Happy Easter and Passover!

33 minutes ago, kenk said:

Be sure to put up something  on the website about the death of the long time Motorweek's mechanic Pat Goss who recently passed away at 80. A very good article at

https://community.hagerty.com/t5/hagerty-articles/motorweek-creator-john-davis-remembers-pat-goss-co-star-master/td-p/119233

thanks;  ken

On 2/21/2022 at 9:47 AM, NATURE said:

I was a tech at Sears right after that happened.  Before the scandal they did everything from batteries to motor swaps.  after the scandal all we did was batteries, brakes, suspension and exhaust.  Their training was top notch and there were some good guys there but fear of future legal liabilities caused them to become one dimensional.  At a dealership all of the money is made on the service side so it's possible well run service could have saved Sears in a time when brick and mortars are dying. 

I was also a tech at Sears at the time this happened. I recall them firing all the service writers one day and the rest of us all went into the office, you either stayed or were fired. It was crazy, but I got to stay. I had recently finished Hunter alignment school with Sears and was doing suspension and alignments all day. I went on and moved to the salesfloor and then into management under STG/Sears Tire Group (separated from the full line stores into its own group). I ran a couple of auto centers up to 2001. It was tires, batteries, brakes, suspension and alignments. Jiffy Lube was doing oil changes in our bays and some other maintenance services. It was never the same after that. In its prime, Sears Auto was a power house. 

Merry Christmas!

Yes, supply chain issues all over. 

More: https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/11/16/supply-chain-woes-cause-auto-parts-shortage-wreaking-havoc-on-auto-industry/

22 hours ago, Joe Marconi said:

I cannot reveal all the details yet, but I am in contract to sell my last location. The deal is set to take place by the end of the year. I will use this forum to outline my journey the last 41 years in business and the steps I took to exit out of the business.

Congrats Joe!

@xrac I’ll echo what @Joe Marconi said, hope you guys recover and get well soon!

Happy New Year everyone!

Merry Christmas! 

@Gundy's welcome to ASO! Any particular forms you are looking for?