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Everything posted by totalautocare
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I think it's important to still call on many of the basic services to either just say thanks or it was good to see them again. The big thing being an excuse for an additional reminder of who you are in there life. Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk
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I've never heard of repair shop solutions. You use them? Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk
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What do you do to increase your ARO and why? Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk
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What do you do to increase your car count when you want to up it and why? Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk
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Everyone has a different opinion of what is the best scan tool. What's yours and why. Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk
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Digital inspection sheet?
totalautocare replied to lakesidetire's topic in Auto Repair Shop Management Help? Start Here
We've began creating our own on the side. Its simpler than many think. We're still in beta phases yet. Well said and very true. Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk -
Customer's buying their own parts
totalautocare replied to Jonathan Ganther's topic in Pricing, Discounts, Labor Rate
Absolutely agreed. Instead of playing "let's make a deal" with the wrong customers, get out there and shake hands/kiss babies with the right people! Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk- 115 replies
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Customer's buying their own parts
totalautocare replied to Jonathan Ganther's topic in Pricing, Discounts, Labor Rate
Here's one for everybody. Does your shop insurance actually cover it? To many of your surprise, it won't! My reply is generally, sorry sir/ma'am. Insurance won't cover it if something happens to you and I can't put you in a situation like that. "But Bob's tire will.." Sir/ma'am. Does Bob's tire know that there insurance likely won't cover you for your supplied parts? Let's get you in, treated right, covered by our part and labor warranty with insurance covering you! Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk- 115 replies
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Digital inspection sheet?
totalautocare replied to lakesidetire's topic in Auto Repair Shop Management Help? Start Here
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Digital inspection sheet?
totalautocare replied to lakesidetire's topic in Auto Repair Shop Management Help? Start Here
We've simply had the most simplicity and stability in techs taking pics and videos of the recommendations and sending them to the company email which we forward to the client. Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk -
Digital inspection sheet?
totalautocare replied to lakesidetire's topic in Auto Repair Shop Management Help? Start Here
Digital is the way to go however the problem is the bugs and the blame. We subscribed to Bolt On for one quarter and our experience was allot of bugs and we were blamed for the incompatibility of the relationship. Unless I publicly complained, resolve times were non-existent. We even subscribed to a product that never worked out of the gate and the issue never got resolved. Upon discontinuing the relationship I was told the product that never got used couldn't be sold as new so I had to eat it as well as the setup costs that they couldn't complete either. At the end, I'd believe pictures and videos will fill the gap of communicating to the customer and building trust. Its just a matter of a technology company with fewer "bugs and blames". Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk -
Finding a shop
totalautocare replied to brian61's topic in Auto Repair Shop Management Help? Start Here
Be willing to see a building you want and go talk to directly who is in control of its ownership. It doesn't have to be listed for sale to get sold! Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk -
Production assistance needed
totalautocare replied to andresauto's topic in Accounting, Profitability, & Payroll
$520 per day, I'm assuming that's after tax, insurance, benefits.. Breaking things? Can I ask, how does it add up to that? I'm trying to really organize our p&l. Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk -
Post your shop's website!
totalautocare replied to Alex's topic in Management Software, Web Sites & Internet
www.thetotalautocare.com Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk -
Production assistance needed
totalautocare replied to andresauto's topic in Accounting, Profitability, & Payroll
Have you reached any conclusion Andre? Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk -
Production assistance needed
totalautocare replied to andresauto's topic in Accounting, Profitability, & Payroll
I appreciate your mindset of "how good can it be" as apposed to "good enough". Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk -
Communication is a lost art
totalautocare replied to mspecperformance's topic in Customer Experience & Reviews
To help your guys, the mindset can be "if they won't give the full information, they will likely not be the consumer we're looking for." I've met allot of rebuttals from staff and other business owners but I've also worked for some of the best sales companies in the world and they consistently prioritize profile creation/updating at the top and it only makes sense. You may lose some folks but you win the great majority of extra time that can be spent creating and maintaining customers that are interested in the relationship, not just the transaction. Also, one of the best sales tools I've ever encountered is recording a phone conversation and letting the employee listen to himself and critique himself on his phone conduct. Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk -
We've had serious problems with bolt on. I think they're a few years ahead with there technology and a few years behind with there functionality. Love the ideas, hate the outcome. We recently cancelled 100% of our services with them and we subscribed to ALL of them for 4 months until we bagged it. Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk