rtauto3000

We use www.setmore.com best thing we have done for scheduling it free internet based can be loaded to your smart phone, schedule months out or hrs out can have multiple techs. When someone stops you at the store and ask if you can get them in tomorrow you can just look on your phone and set them appointment right then and there. It also can be loaded to your website and allow your customer to make their own appointments only recommend that for tires, LOF or alignments stuff you can set as hrs and not your mechanical work.

The main things I'd be looking at are: - The gross and net profits over the last few years (GPM for a part store should be ~30% or you'll go broke) Comercial shops they are %30 mark up Cash Customers are %40 - Average turnover and how much dead or low turning inventory they have Very good question i will have to ask them that one - How much space you would be getting (whether there's too much or too little space, there's usually too little) There is never enough spaces - How does the supplier upchain take care of their stores (Give you room to make good profits vs list while still being competitive, good return policies for obsolete/dead stock, having a good warehouse network to get parts to you quickly etc) I Know carquest does take care of them and does have a good return policy - How extensive is your trade customer base (your bread and butter, the guys who will call on you daily) Napa has more of the commerical shops in the area which is about 5 in this small town There's more but this is just off the top of my head. It's no small undertaking, but it could (and probably should) easily be more profitable then your 3 bay shop. We are both doing about the same numbers right now. Parts store did 500K last year in sales and i fell 10K short of that mark so close in sales but expenses add up quicker in the shop so i would say he makes 15 to 20k more a year Thank You for your info and replaying to my post I am waiting on Napa to see what there numbers are. And i also know neither on of the stores push stuff as hard as they should.

Hey guys, looking for some advice if you can give any. I have an opertunity to buy a napa parts store and a carquest both guys are ready to retire. I already have a 3 bay shop with 3 full time guys plus my self. What i am wanting to know is there any other shop owners out there that also have a parts store plus a shop? if so is it worth it or more of a head ache? Any profit in? do the other shops around your town buy from you? I havent got to see either guys year end numbers. I have got them to give me numbers and looks like with out there buildings and looks to be about $250K worth of inventory.

Have had good luck with our bendpak 2 post. 4 post on the other hand not so much, in the first year had to replace all the cables, 2 front posts, the rolling jack design is not the best, I need to repaint my lift already from the rust, my runway ramps are bowing in the middle. I have another lift ordered as we speak and it is not a bendbak it is a challenger 4 post lift. I will buy another 2 post from bendpak but not a 4 post