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Somebody yesterday said the were quoted $170 for ceramic?! I told them there is a good chance you’ll get something thats much lower quality.  Theyll probably glue trash bags to their windows for that price. 

Challenge accepted
 

When I was doing sunroofs back in the day I grabbed a pic ax and popped a hole in the roof ( instead of drilling a pilot hole), most said I don’t want to watch this anymore. On a side note of the rest for tint....I have a plaque that says; if you have to ask if it goes on the outside it is 40.00 extra; if I have to talk to you it is 100.00 extra; if you have to watch it is 400.00 extra, they seem to get the point. I generally provide pick up and delivery as a courtesy, he’ll, my wife has nothing else to do....

We should all join together and put good reviews to ourselves, yelp is bs! i too have reviews that are fake, someo even mentioning other shops. yelp calls me 10 times a month trying to sign up for they're paid services, heard it was a nightmare to get out of once you sign up!
Hows the tint biz in reno btw? 

That right there is why I never read reviews online about a company! Normal people don’t write them! You have to give discounts or some people pay others to write good ones, and most of the bad ones are just ignorant, unhappy people with too much time. 
Sounds like he has moisture in his tint (which in most cases will dry up)
and maybe have the shock sensor turned down.
niether problem is something that couldn’t be explained and or fixed with a simple phone call!

As far as pricing, I would charge more or the same.  I used to consider that my overhead was low, but the fact is that the iobs are harder and more hassle doing it mobile. Also, once I noticed several shops that do mobile were charging an extra $50+. Again, make them pay for the convenience.   
 
As far as custys watching...most annoying thing! I usually just clean to bore them.  If somone asks me shiat while im hanging film I ignore them.  Sometimes i feel like its not nice, but im not there to talk or put on a show...just to get a quality install. 

Pics..... some twist when they have a round base.

As far as pricing, I would charge more or the same.  I used to consider that my overhead was low, but the fact is that the iobs are harder and more hassle doing it mobile. Also, once I noticed several shops that do mobile were charging an extra $50+. Again, make them pay for the convenience.   
 
As far as custys watching...most annoying thing! I usually just clean to bore them.  If somone asks me shiat while im hanging film I ignore them.  Sometimes i feel like its not nice, but im not there to talk or put on a show...just to get a quality install. 

As far as pricing, I would charge more or the same.  I used to consider that my overhead was low, but the fact is that the iobs are harder and more hassle doing it mobile. Also, once I noticed several shops that do mobile were charging an extra $50+. Again, make them pay for the convenience.   
 
As far as custys watching...most annoying thing! I usually just clean to bore them.  If somone asks me shiat while im hanging film I ignore them.  Sometimes i feel like its not nice, but im not there to talk or put on a show...just to get a quality install. 

Good for you!  Seriously, was there any time in the past where us tinters called the shots and made them bend over?? F’ dealers!!! Who needs who?? They need us and we dont need them!  Next time anybody calls me and says, “ i work for a dealer and can give you lots of work”....I’ll say 2 words....f’ you!!! Click!!!

As far as pricing, I would charge more or the same.  I used to consider that my overhead was low, but the fact is that the iobs are harder and more hassle doing it mobile. Also, once I noticed several shops that do mobile were charging an extra $50+. Again, make them pay for the convenience.   
 
As far as custys watching...most annoying thing! I usually just clean to bore them.  If somone asks me shiat while im hanging film I ignore them.  Sometimes i feel like its not nice, but im not there to talk or put on a show...just to get a quality install. 

Then when you get done you get to start on these.

That makes me just wanna give up! If there was a tint hell thats what you would be tinting....forever...and ever. 

used to do all the dealers in my area til a mobile tinter came along.  never really needed them but i did the work at a discount(this was years ago)
so the mobile guy starts working with the dealers and as i find out that they gave him work, i would call them and explain that our deal is now off.
now when they call, i charge retail PLUS.  the plus is whatever i am feeling that day or time.  also, stopped taking POs so never get stuck or wait for money.
 
great to have the upper hand.
 
i love when they tell me that the only reason i am doing the work is that they were desperate to get one done and that i'm too expensive.  hahaha

I dumped all my dealerships !  soo much work out there and I don't need  their stress with all the HEAT cases that they try to keep customer happy by throwing a tint job in for free....I was charging them full price...but getting the p.o. and having the salespeople call with their need it done now timeline !
no stress with my appointments now !

We do work for a few shops, but no dealerships...it is a headache I don't want.  All that pre-load crap can be for someone else that wants to work for nothing.  In your situation, I would of done the same thing or double my regular price for their work and only accept same-day payment.  Had a dealer once drop off two vehicles promising more, then when it was time to pay they wanted to send out a check.  Nah son, talk to your boss and get a credit card otherwise you're not getting the cars.

Long story short(er). Used to work for this large dealership... Did their accessories and Tint work on the side. Brought them home literally every single night. Let them order and stock their own film. Cut prices.. went out full time for my self years past everything was peachy.  Recently they send literally all the Tint work to the $99 guy down the road. Call me to fix screw ups. Stopped  calling for spray in liners-also to another cheapo down the road-also call me for screw ups. Other than that in months and months the only calls I get is for the crap no one else knows how to do... in depth audio/video or esp remote starts on new vehicles. As bad as all that is they screwed me out of a grand at the beginning of the year!  As long as I’ve been doing this I thought I’d protected myself from this sorta thing!  Well finally had it and in a bit of a rage got a call from them wanting... you guess remote start. Told em I had no desire to do it nor the desire to conduct ANY business with them in the future. Got calls from management- expressed my many concerns and by the end of the conversation told em to F*** OFF!  Did I screw up guys?  Honestly?  I stay 7-10 booked out through the entire year and further at Christmas and tax season...  has anyone else hit a point where it wasn’t worth it with a dealership?

The f250 with no matrix 3 piece and pop out window is the vehicle i hate to tint the most! Tried a few ways and clean 3x to have windows that look like they werent clean.  Did a 97 dodge with solid rear bg with no matric. Cleaned that f’ing thing 4x times and still got trash.  Again, worse vehciles to tint!

Better get your friend to buy you a new car . He ruined this one

In GA only two shops I know of that only do legal...one is because of the law and the other is God related.  Personally I do not get hung up on what is legal because that has to do with the state you are talking about.  What is illegal to you can be perfectly legal to me and vice versa...that doesn't mean the shade is necessarily unsafe.  I have seen a tinter that installs 30% legally in their state hound another for doing illegal installs because they installed a 50% in a state that requires 70%.  Like really?  This is why we stick to 15 & up on sides/rear and 50 & up on windshields.  IMO if you can't safely see out of those shades with our optically clear window films, then I doubt a slightly higher legal shade would be much different.  We do not do 5% even on legal applications like over privacy glass on SUV/Trucks simply because we feel it is too unsafe.  Plus 5% people tend to only want entry level film, so that is not the customer I want anyway.  In the end, all tinters/shops will choose to go the route they feel is best for them even if others see it as stupid.

Price hike ... accounts for additional labor and hassle factor.
 
Won't get a 2018 install on a 1990 vehicle.

easy to tint,  just hard to tint clean  LOL
the old seats and headliner I always mist,  dust storm as you crawl inside.  the old crusty rubber BG gasket will never be clean,  why I cut again on inside to make sure it is a perfect fit.   now lets talk about GRAVITY.  If you squeegee water up,  it must come back down and will bring trash.  why I avoid the sides and top 1 inch and take water down.  hard card with something absorbent to soak up water on top and sides.  I have wedged the bottom out on some for water drainage,  if by chance a finger pops up on bottom, it will suck up trash.  extra soap, min mist to hang.  the front vents I wedge the inside rubber to remove the decade and rusty residue.  the vent rubber is U shaped and the glass is pounded into the metal frame.  gives room to hide light gaps.  light mist again and try to take slip out the exposed edge.  wrap a ez or tri-edge to get edges and avoid debris from getting sucked back in.

Tint or not, if you’re a meth head, you will get caught sooner or later, and deserve it when it happens. Those are the ones driving around at 3 am anyway and the police know it

Utah Highway Patrol is brutal when it comes to enforcing tint laws! They literally get off on writing tint tickets. We just did away with annual safety inspections so now troopers are even more strict. Bringing lots of biz my way however.

My dad always told me “Never break more than one law at once.” Usually this will keep you out of trouble.

If you’re gonna traffic meth, don’t break tint laws. If you’re gonna break tint laws, don’t traffic meth. Simple as that! Haha

I tell em all the time if you're gonna be doing anything illegal in here you need to look as legal as possible.