After speaking with Kyle. I am thinking about leaving a business card for the owner of this vehicle.
With a special dedicated note on the card that would offer my services to help them out with the paint transfer.
They are a block away so I could just walk by and talk to them when they're outside or go knock on the door, but I want to practice.
What do you guys respectfully think?
So as I walk by from time to time on my night time walks. I always thought this car was black.
I went over today and knocked on the door. Dressed nicely, with my leather business notebook in hand. The wife of the husband came to the door and started talking to me through the metal door. (Kyle dared me to go do it in person vs leaving the business card on the car lol) So I said, either now or never.
I said, I am the local detailer in town and I live down the street and that I would like to offer my services to remove the paint transfer from the black celica.
So she says, "great, one second" she comes out and while she told me to give her a minute or two. I asked for permission to go inspect the outside of the car. She said sure.
She then comes out, and we start talking, she tells me her husband has been wanting to get the paint transfer removed or repaired. I tell her great, I then bring out my phone and show her the pictures of the paint transfer removal job I did. She liked it, she then asks me how much would I charge. I tell her I could remove it for her husband for $50, but if he contacts me, since I am right next door I wouldn't mind negotiating a deal with him. So I handed her my business card and told her, more pictures of my work are on my Facebook page. She say's great, I'll let him know.
After talking with Kyle, I learned that I should have setup a follow up. Meaning at the end I should have said something like, "Great, What time is your husband going to be home. I could come by at that time and talk to him in person if that would be possible?"
That job shouldn't take me that long, and if I did get that job or something similar. After finishing up that work. I could try and see if they would like the rest of the car match the now shiny corrected spot. There were other things on the car that I saw, but I also didn't want to bombard them with a ton of up sells. I've learned it could be best to just focus one thing at a time and when they start seeing the car come back to life. After being detailed by me, then I could say, "you know, now that your paint transfer is removed and corrected, how about we match the rest of the car for you"
i.e. the headlights were yellowing, probably interior carpet stains, etc...
This was my first time going to knock on the door, but I figured, how could I ever get good at it, if I don't go out and actually do it?
I don't plan on going to every house to house and door to door in my neighborhood hoping for something. Just the ones I see the potential in.
