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I consider myself an experienced hobby detailer, just something I do on the side, not even close to a full time job. I am a bit of a perfectionist, and wanting to get more involved in paint correction via rotary, I decided to sign up for a detailing class to hone my skill and further educate myself in advanced paint correction. Why did I take the time to enroll in a class? Mainly due to the fact that there is inherent danger in using a rotary, and if I am doing a higher end car, I want to make sure I am properly trained before screwing around on their paint and possibly damaging it.
Long story short, I took the class, which cost me BIG bucks mind you for a detailing class. I thought I would get advanced tips, training, expertise, etc. which is what they advertise. Well, turns out it was a huge waste of money. I learned virtually nothing. It was more of a car wash class, than a paint correction class, focusing on how to “upsell”, and charge an extremely high amount of money for doing an hour long, half assed detail. It was more of a get rich quick seminar. They spent a majority of the class slamming detailers (they used Paul Dalton as an example) who spend over 8 hours on a car, saying they are essentially stupid doing work a customer will never notice, and how they will charge the same amount of money as Paul Dalton, and get the job done in 7 hours, not 40, therefore they are vastly more successful and business savvy. The main focus was quantity, not quality, to make money detailing. And stressed, and I quote, “Never be a perfectionist! You will be out of business in 2 months that way”.
So I’m curious what the pro’s stance is on this in general, from a business standpoint.
Long story short, I took the class, which cost me BIG bucks mind you for a detailing class. I thought I would get advanced tips, training, expertise, etc. which is what they advertise. Well, turns out it was a huge waste of money. I learned virtually nothing. It was more of a car wash class, than a paint correction class, focusing on how to “upsell”, and charge an extremely high amount of money for doing an hour long, half assed detail. It was more of a get rich quick seminar. They spent a majority of the class slamming detailers (they used Paul Dalton as an example) who spend over 8 hours on a car, saying they are essentially stupid doing work a customer will never notice, and how they will charge the same amount of money as Paul Dalton, and get the job done in 7 hours, not 40, therefore they are vastly more successful and business savvy. The main focus was quantity, not quality, to make money detailing. And stressed, and I quote, “Never be a perfectionist! You will be out of business in 2 months that way”.
So I’m curious what the pro’s stance is on this in general, from a business standpoint.