Ricky352
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I put a thread up here a while ago because i wanted a new job and asked for people opinions. Im got to the stage where tommorrow Ive to phone up and decide wether i want the job or not.
It sounds good so far and I enjoy keeping my own car clean lol. Anyone any experience?
Its for a Charles Hurst Vaux dealer
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DannyB
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Will you be on their payroll or self employed/payed per car?
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Whittie
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diy, self employed mobile service. can make quite a bit
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Wrighty
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i do it on the side when im not on shift, get peoples cars from work, £50 for 2-3 hours work
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Mobby
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quote:
Originally posted by Wrighty
i do it on the side when im not on shift, get peoples cars from work, £50 for 2-3 hours work
at that price you could do two a day and it would be worth it
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Wrighty
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obviously prices vary upon what they want doing and size of car, gotta navara to do next  
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Ricky352
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Sorry forgot to say, its a seld employed/paid per car thing. Im hoping becasue its a big business it would attract a lot of attention.
Will have to do amonths training on £180 a week though - set wage
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Ricky352
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
diy, self employed mobile service. can make quite a bit
Could think about this after being in the job for a bit
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DannyB
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Its ok if your getting payed per car, the worst thing about that is you have to put the work in to get decent cash and sometimes it can be really tiring where as on a set wage your guarenteed that amount every week.When i was a valater at vauxhall i was on a decent wage, nothing special but it got me by.I later moved on to working on my own and the money was far better, had to work hard to get it though.
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Ricky352
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What sort of overheads are there to pay? He said that they would take a percentage etc
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DannyB
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Well you will have to buy all your products wont you, which isnt cheap.Say you charge 40-50 for a full valet, they make take 10-15 per car..all depends really.
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wilson_sri
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Dont work for a main dealer, horrible places to work. Thats where i first started out valeting. And in these payed by the car jobs with dealers they will usually only use you while they are busy, i.e new registrations. Then when there quite will leave you with nothing.
Wages when you first start valeting are awfull, i was on around 5.5-6 pound a hour. But if your good you can work your way up to a pretty decent wage. I know work for a prestige garage theat sell only 20k+ cars, on 11.50 a hour. Which is pretty much as good as a company employed valater will get. To get to that stage though you need a lot of references and really need a good name around your area.
[Edited on 11-05-2008 by wilson_sri]
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nova_gteuk
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My mate done this for a while,
he said its not worth it tbh, once youve paid the tax/vat and over heads etc.
And it can take up to 5hours plus to do a decent job on one car.
My mate does it as a sideline now but cash in hand.
Tax/vat takes most of your hard earned.
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DannyB
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5 hours is abit long, if that was the case you wouldn't earn much.You can do a good job on a car in 2 1/2 - 3 hours if you know what you're doing.
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Marc
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Don't dealership valeters just wash and vac? 
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DannyB
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Originally posted by Marc
Don't dealership valeters just wash and vac?
Service cars yes, bodyshop/new cars/part-ex cars need full valets.
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Ricky352
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quote:
Originally posted by Marc
Don't dealership valeters just wash and vac?
Ill be using the buffer etc
Some quite negative replys. Im on 14k a year now but not enjoying the job at all really (office job) think valeting is the answer? lol
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DannyB
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Its a love or hate thing mate, its one thing valating you're own car but when you do it for 8-9 hours a day its a different story.
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Timbaland
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My uncle is the head guy at Pheonix Honda in Edinburgh and he's on good money, but he's the top guy. He told me to stay away from it as its not a big thing that needs done alot.
IMO i wouldnt go for it, When its quiet, your fucked. If you enjoy cars then get into selling them for Arnold Clark, Shite company but they put you through your training and get you experience then move onto a better company.
I used to sell cars for Evans Halshaw BMW, and was walking away with no less than £1900 a month, during the summer or sales you can earn £3k depending on how much you sell. Plus i got to take any car that was a demo home at night.
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DannyB
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Im seriously thinking about getting into car sales, my mate is a salesman for volvo and he makes a mint, company car, no fuel/insurance costs, gets a basic wage and commision for every car.Brought just over 5k home last month.
[Edited on 11-05-2008 by Danny_v6]
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wilson_sri
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Quite hard to get into sales really, well all depends on qualifications etc. Iv not really got any, and been trying to get into sales for a while. Luckily got a opportunity now, as one of the salesman at my work go away to auction on Tuesday and Thursday and i take over from him. Starting to learn all about it and get some experiance before trying to find something permanent.
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DannyB
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Yeah i might be able to get on at volvo through my mate, not a definate yet but i would definately give it a go.Money isnt amazing all of the time obviously but that wouldnt really matter to me atm.
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Russ
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you earn 14k and have a range rover as a company car :/
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Timbaland
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
you earn 14k and have a range rover as a company car :/
14k is the basic. Doesnt mean i go home with that. 
And i get a company car cos im in field sales.
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Russ
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ah ok, that makes more sense
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