screenman wrote:SeeClearly, as you say many people do not understand P&L as in the post above. Anyone even advertising $15 jobs is helping to give our industry a poor name.
Turnover for vanity, profit for sanity.
You must be campaign manager for Bachmann, lets throw in some misconception, some misleading facts....
why is he giving the industry a poor name? because he is charging less? You do not have problems buying
junk made in china from walmart do you? Was that drill made in china? You didnt get upset over that...
When I told people that I could clean carpets for $50, people like you told me that you are doing a bad
service, and giving us a bad rep, so because I can charge cheaper, that means I am doing a bad job?
I could charge less because everything I had was paid for, I had little overhead, and I did not have a crew..
I could charge $50 and still make money while the bigger guys could not, because they needed more
to make a living, pay their crews, etc...etc....
what makes you think he is doing a bad job for $15/repair? This guy probably got tired of trying
to get $40/$50 jobs when he could just setup tint and offer $15 and let them come to him....
Its called free enterprise, and I am surprised that I do not see more of this as there are always
some out there willing to make a quick buck...if people start doing this, then this WSR will
be in trouble, and your $50/repair days will be over, in the end, this guy does not care how
you feel about him or the industry, he is probably looking to put food on the table the quickest way possible.
If you ask me, he is working smarter, while you have to work harder just to keep up with him....
Just remember, wally has run off many of good local business just by lowering their prices...
wally doesnt care either on who they run out of business, wally is looking after wally, they
are not looking after the small mom and pop businesses, did you complain then too? or
do you proudly walk into their stores and buy their Made from China goods?