Part time tinter needed in Mesquite TX

[tintslut]

If I decide to return my tintjob to Bestbuy within the 30 day timeframe, is there still a 15% RESTOCKING FEE ?

[Guest VOLTRON]

40 a year isnt bad murph but didnt you say its parttime? Dont think they are going to make 40 a year parttime, but if they do im in the area and would consider it, hell 20 hrs a week at 40 a year im game.

[KYStang]

Anyone who has been around this site as long as I have should have known that I would be throwing my 2 cents in before it was over!

HERE WE GO:

I'm a member of another site that is car related (just read on, you'll understand...). Every time I go there and catch up on the latest gossip, someone is preaching about "this" group races their cars by magazine specs, "that" group only knows the numbers they publish in magazines. They're basically calling other drivers "magazine racers". Yet as soon as someone comes on and says that their car did something out of the ordinary, the first place the members go is to the magazine! Well "this" magazine says your car can only do this, well "that" magazine says your car can only do that.

If you look back through this site, and believe me... I HAVE!!! You'll find people complaining about the hours they work during the summer and how there is nothing to do in the winter months. Don't get me wrong, I'm knocking on 20 years in this business and I assure you I can hang with the best of them when I have to. I don't even know a fraction of the people on this board anymore, but I do share a common interrest with most of them, and that is making customers happy. We all know that can be a challenge at times!

I encourage anyone trying to start a new business (or part of business) these days! You look at the world we live in... Prices of everything is going up by the minute, yet minimum wage hasn't changed since the early 90's (Yes, it's still $5.15 for those who don't know. I filled my truck up last friday night to the tune of $92.00!!! To someone making minimum wage, take out taxes and whatnot, that's a half a weeks work in a tank of gas! Whether Best Buys method is right or wrong, they are offering a stable income with benifits!

It took me 18 years to open my own shop and there are times I wish I never saw a piece of tint! There are also times I would jump on an opportunity like this one! You really only have to ask yourself one question... If you're not willing to accept changes, how in the world did you ever end up spending so much time on a computer???

Good luck in your search Murph! If the Best Buy in my neighborhood tries to develope this program, I'll be there with bells on to investigate! I have many suggestions that may make the process a little easier on the installer as well as the custmoer, but that's for another day in another post!

Hope I haven't offended any of the "regulars" here, but hey, nobody's perfect!

[Guest Murph.]

If I decide to return my tintjob to Bestbuy  within the 30 day timeframe, is there still a 15% RESTOCKING FEE ?

[*]311746

You have 7 days to return the tint. 100% refund on tint, no refund on labor.

There is finer points to the warranty.

[Guest Murph.]

40 a year isnt bad murph but didnt you say its parttime? Dont think they are going to make 40 a year parttime, but if they do im in the area and would consider it, hell 20 hrs a week at 40 a year im game.

[*]311760

No that was in reference to a $19 and hour position at full time. Some one said $19 was not good money. Show me a McD's that pays that.

[Guest Murph.]

Anyone who has been around this site as long as I have should have known that I would be throwing my 2 cents in before it was over!

HERE WE GO:

I'm a member of another site that is car related (just read on, you'll understand...).  Every time I go there and catch up on the latest gossip, someone is preaching about "this" group races their cars by magazine specs, "that" group only knows the numbers they publish in magazines.  They're basically calling other drivers "magazine racers".  Yet as soon as someone comes on and says that their car did something out of the ordinary, the first place the members go is to the magazine!  Well "this" magazine says your car can only do this, well "that" magazine says your car can only do that.

If you look back through this site, and believe me...  I HAVE!!!  You'll find people complaining about the hours they work during the summer and how there is nothing to do in the winter months.  Don't get me wrong, I'm knocking on 20 years in this business and I assure you I can hang with the best of them when I have to.  I don't even know a fraction of the people on this board anymore, but I do share a common interrest with most of them, and that is making customers happy.  We all know that can be a challenge at times!

I encourage anyone trying to start a new business (or part of business) these days!  You look at the world we live in...  Prices of everything is going up by the minute, yet minimum wage hasn't changed since the early 90's (Yes, it's still $5.15 for those who don't know.  I filled my truck up last friday night to the tune of $92.00!!!  To someone making minimum wage, take out taxes and whatnot, that's a half a weeks work in a tank of gas!  Whether Best Buys method is right or wrong, they are offering a stable income with benifits!

It took me 18 years to open my own shop and there are times I wish I never saw a piece of tint!  There are also times I would jump on an opportunity like this one!  You really only have to ask yourself one question...  If you're not willing to accept changes, how in the world did you ever end up spending so much time on a computer???

Good luck in your search Murph!  If the Best Buy in my neighborhood tries to develope this program, I'll be there with bells on to investigate!  I have many suggestions that may make the process a little easier on the installer as well as the custmoer, but that's for another day in another post!

Hope I haven't offended any of the "regulars" here, but hey, nobody's perfect!

[*]311788

Thank you for one of the nicest post I have read here.

[KYStang]

Guess you can sign me up as one of the "dummys" that continues to post on this thread.

The more I think about this, the more my brain hurts! I understand that the kits are bought ready to install and I can see the advantages as well as the disadvantages to this. I'm not going into all that, the members here have done a super job of that up to this point!

Here is what keeps going through my mind! I don't know who or where these kits are being assembled, but I'm sure just like everything else, they will eventually perfect this process and get the cost down to a level that a shop could literally have every car ready to install before it gets in the shop. Especially someone with the capitol that Best Buy has!

In a perfect world, which we all know doesn't happen in tintland, I can do 4 four-door cars in an 8 hour day. Just for arguments sake, suppose I had my film ready to install when the car rolls in the door, well, that will take about 20 to 30 minutes off my install time of each car and give me an extra couple of hours during the day. At $50 a kit, which I'm sure is the retail price, I would spend $200 a day on film, and save 2 hours.

I hear the average car is about 25 - 28 square feet. With film costing around a $1.00 a foot off the roll, that's not that big of a difference. With the extra time I'd save tinting with premade kits, I could do an extra car each day and that would mean more $$$ in my pocket.

THE NUMBERS:

Old School:

4 Four-door cars retail at @175 each... $700

Cost of film @ $28 to do each car... $112

PROFIT......................... $588

Premade Kits:

5 Four-door cars retail at $175 each... $875

Cost of film at kit price of $50... $250

PROFIT........................ $625

Even the most seasoned tinter would have to admit that the numbers don't lie. In a five day work week, that's an extra $185 I've put in my pocket! ALMOST $10,000 a year! Don't get me wrong here, I know in the real world things don't work like that and I'm not saying that this "kit" method of tinting is going to take over the market, but you have to consider the facts. Granted this is a whole new realm of tinting that I'm just now learning about, but I'm not so closed mind that I don't actually learn about the method before I jump to conclusions because I stared out tinting camaro rear windows with 5 - 7" strips of film in the early 80's!

If you understand that last statement you have to be a little more open to new ideas! Where would this industry be today if we were still installing film like we did 15 and 20 years ago. I don't mean to sit on a soapbox and preach here, but give a little more thought to new ideas before you jump in with some comments that you may regret later. I bet I can do a search and find SEVERAL posts where someone is saying "Dry shrink a back window? Dryer sheet what? You've lost your mind!" "I'm all about baby powder" or "I'll never switch from wet shrinking!"

We all joke and poke fun at anyone with a new idea and occasionally, they turn out to be right! This could very well be one of those situations! I'm not saying it is or isn't, but only time will tell. I know if the Best Buy in my neighborhood starts tinting windows, about half the shops in town will close or start slashing prices to compete. A single Best Buy has more foot traffic in a day that most of us do in a year. The volume of people would eventually pay off! No matter what the method, they are in a store they trust and will pay a little extra to have a "familiar name" doing the work on their car.

I don't know much, but I do know this! With the economy in the shape it's in right now, anything is possible! Again, I'm sorry if I have offended! I hope everyone in here is successful in whatever they attempt to do! If nothing else, remember this... No matter what you think you know, competition is GOOD for your business!!!

[Guest Murph.]

We get the tint from www.prolinestyling.com . It's Madico tint cut here in the US. California to be exact.

Our prices are higher than most of you. We have a select customer base. BBY is simply adding more services to meet their needs. In California they are testing onsite mobile installation. In many markets we do Home Theater installation.

Those of you with a plotter know what a time saver it is. Friday I am doing the front windows in a Rendezvous. Cost of film with installation is $75. It will take at most one hour. That's with taking the door panels off. Why bother you say? Because it's eaiser for me. Local shops charge $50 to $60 for the same job. People choose us because they are BBY customers with Reward Zone and Best Buy credit cards.

[tigerstripe]

Guess you can sign me up as one of the "dummys" that continues to post on this thread.

The more I think about this, the more my brain hurts!  I understand that the kits are bought ready to install and I can see the advantages as well as the disadvantages to this.  I'm not going into all that, the members here have done a super job of that up to this point!

Here is what keeps going through my mind!  I don't know who or where these kits are being assembled, but I'm sure just like everything else, they will eventually perfect this process and get the cost down to a level that a shop could literally have every car ready to install before it gets in the shop.  Especially someone with the capitol that Best Buy has!

In a perfect world, which we all know doesn't happen in tintland, I can do 4 four-door cars in an 8 hour day.  Just for arguments sake, suppose I had my film ready to install when the car rolls in the door, well, that will take about 20 to 30 minutes off my install time of each car and give me an extra couple of hours during the day.  At $50 a kit, which I'm sure is the retail price, I would spend $200 a day on film, and save 2 hours.

I hear the average car is about 25 - 28 square feet.  With film costing around a $x.xx a foot off the roll, that's not that big of a difference.  With the extra time I'd save tinting with premade kits, I could do an extra car each day and that would mean more $$$ in my pocket.

THE NUMBERS:

Old School:

4 Four-door cars retail at @175 each...          $700

Cost of film @ $xx to do each car...                $112

PROFIT.........................                                  $588

Premade Kits:

5 Four-door cars retail at $175 each...            $875

Cost of film at kit price of $50...                      $250

PROFIT........................                                    $625

Even the most seasoned tinter would have to admit that the numbers don't lie.  In a five day work week, that's an extra $185 I've put in my pocket!  ALMOST $10,000 a year!  Don't get me wrong here,  I know in the real world things don't work like that and I'm not saying that this "kit" method of tinting is going to take over the market, but you have to consider the facts.  Granted this is a whole new realm of tinting that I'm just now learning about, but I'm not so closed mind that I don't actually learn about the method before I jump to conclusions because I stared out tinting camaro rear windows with 5 - 7" strips of film in the early 80's!

If you understand that last statement  you have to be a little more open to new ideas!  Where would this industry be today if we were still installing film like we did 15 and 20 years ago.  I don't mean to sit on a soapbox and preach here, but give a little more thought to new ideas before you jump in with some comments that you may regret later.  I bet I can do a search and find SEVERAL posts where someone is saying "Dry shrink a back window?  Dryer sheet what?  You've lost your mind!"  "I'm all about baby powder" or "I'll never switch from wet shrinking!"

We all joke and poke fun at anyone with a new idea and occasionally, they turn out to be right!  This could very well be one of those situations!  I'm not saying it is or isn't, but only time will tell.  I know if the Best Buy in my neighborhood starts tinting windows, about half the shops in town will close or start slashing prices to compete.  A single Best Buy has more foot traffic in a day that most of us do in a year.  The volume of people would eventually pay off!  No matter what the method, they are in a store they trust and will pay a little extra to have a "familiar name" doing the work on their car.

I don't know much, but I do know this!  With the economy in the shape it's in right now, anything is possible!  Again, I'm sorry if I have offended!  I hope everyone in here is successful in whatever they attempt to do!  If nothing else, remember this...  No matter what you think you know, competition is GOOD for your business!!!

[*]311849

here comes another "dummy"

here goes a few Questions

1) are you going to order a kit for every car that is out there?

2) what if someone dosnt show up? maby you dont have thoes but I do

3) do you order extra incase you screw up? maby you dont but I do

3) what if the customer decides at last minute and wants to change the shade to light all arround?

4) what if the car you ordered is wrong?

if you read my posts I think people need to learn how to tint if they want to offer it.

YES there are changes in the future that are comming, and no one can stop them.

but to be limited to only precut and shrunk tint can damage a tinters future.

and looking at the madico price sheet their film is less then quoted

dont forget to figure shipping per roll and shipping per kit.

and if any of the above questions come true there goes your $$$ down the drain

I really hope things work out for murph with the tint and if bby up here was hiring I would probably apply.

for 19.00 hr and no responsibility people would be nuts not to.

but I stand by my fealings of LEARN IT ALL if you want to do it right. then take the shortcuts.

dont take offence remember this is the internet

[blade]

keep in mind...customers come here and read these posts. we don't need them knowing what we pay for film.