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It seems counterintuitive that a bigger pad would be smoother. What's the explanation for that?

He may not have even "redyed". He may have put on something as simple as a closely matching shoe polish which is basically just a cheap paint. Or something similar. Or, more likely, he paid a professional detailer to make them look "new" and this is what he got and what you got now.

Yeah, good advice. I went into it only once I was able to fully fund the business with cash and I had six months of rent left over. Maybe overkill because I'm not abandoning the mobile, but I was born poor and I'm not going to do that again. LOL

Yes, I can find it on the internet. Find me one in real life that I can order.

Yeah, every mention of it on Square's website leads back to the hardware page where it is not available. Maybe it didn't work good.

I see the piece you're talking about mentioned very briefly on the internet. It doesn't appear on their site and they've never offered me one.

As to the original question about Clover (or any other processor adequate for mobile), I've looked into this quite extensively. I use Square mostly because it's easy and I've never had a single issue with them except the BT reader being unreliable. They finally relented and GAVE me a second...

What you're seeing in that picture is the box that the BT reader comes in. It also comes with a mag stripe reader. So, the box contains the products you need to accept both but there is no single solution for mobile. That said, I honestly do see the issue. I carry the mag stripe reader (and...

Good luck with whatever you decide Dan!

Where's the guy that told me I wasn't making $5k a month fresh in the business two years ago? LOL Where did that guy go? No, you're right I'm not making $5k a month.

Great thread Dan. We've recently gone through the same thing and decided to pull the trigger. In early September we took the keys on our new place, a ~2100 sq ft space with a roll up door and a roughly 150 sq ft area that we turned into a waiting/reception area. So it's mostly shop. I figure...

I will give you one more pro tip in regards to that pumice. Be careful what you use it on. It's a rock, not a pet hair removal tool. It can really damage some cloth seating.

So, so true. The first couple months, well maybe more than a couple, I thought I was going to die. Add to that the summer heat and the winter cold and it definitely takes a toll.

It's not a detailing business. It's a business. A sales business. Have you owned your own business before? Ever been in sales? Give us your background.

It's funny that you say this because I scan CL constantly for stuff I might want. The IE and SD areas have no less than 6 "detail trailers", the majority of which is your standard open trailer with a water tank, generator and pressure washer strapped to it. And then of course there's the one...

Have you ever mentioned where you live? Although I live in SoCal, it's not at the beach. I have some very wealthy customers but the majority of my customers are just working class stiffs like the rest of us. Maybe they make slightly more than the national average, but I mean if you're making...

You don't. He's wrong. The reason I believe that Dan Tran has been successful has more to do with the size of his town and the lack of competition. When you're the only game in town, it's pretty easy for people to remember your name. I live in a suburb that is relatively newly large...

That's so good to hear. Same for us except reduce those numbers to a 1-2 man mobile team LOL. We're consistently doing $3000+ a week, even on weeks where we decide to take it easy because it's blazing hot we're doing close to that in reduced hours. I actually talked to Yuri last week and I...

$30? $30? I mean seriously, you have somebody give you $30 for something how in the hell are you going to ask them for $300? $500? You're the guy that charges $30.

You're doing it wrong. If you want to set yourself apart from the "mow and blow" car washers why are you concerned with their pricing, what they're doing, the quality of work they do or any of that ####. Who cares? Set your pricing, stick to your pricing, don't discount anything ever, don't...