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Can Companies Like Repair Pal & Open Bay help a New Repair Shop?

Joe Marconi
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My first body shop gave me the same delemia, spend the big bucks for a great location, or save that expense and go to a lesser exposed location. Talked to an established business owner who I thought knew more than me and I asked go to the best location or on a back road? He said that "IF" you are really good at what you do, priced fairly and run a honest business, folks/customers will search you out. I went the off the main road route and did exceptionaly well. He was right, at least in my case that the money we saved rent wise went into equipment and the best materials I could obtain. We were as new as anything, but after every customer we got more, and allowed us to grow at a nice pace. Might not work for all businesses, but just look at the amount of small businesses on side roads, they all can't be doing poorly. And in many cases, I search them out like folks did for me.

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Ya know as we all get older and look back at some of the decisions we have made over the years we find we made a lot of mistakes, some were very costly and others we learned from and kept going. I would have to say now, if I was starting a business that relied on visuals like huge signs and traffic, I would opt for a expensive location. But if I was going to open another stripping business, larger size and cheap rent would win out. Will be interesting to hear other opinions on this topic.

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I still recall a comment from a customer (back in the '90's) re our Porsche repair shop that had a fair location. 

He said: This place is a "find." 

We did well, possibly because we specialized in one car brand.

That owner also bought the land.

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