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Old Mar 1st 2007, 9:10 pm
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Whilst very big business in UK what is the market potential Sth C. Blanca?
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Originally Posted by vox populia
Whilst very big business in UK what is the market potential Sth C. Blanca?

Doesn't look like anyone knows but I would have thought there would be a market for it, are you thinking of going into business in Spain doing this?
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Originally Posted by vox populia
Whilst very big business in UK what is the market potential Sth C. Blanca?
There maybe, but all the garages have two or three diy washes and vacuums, and near us the Spanish on Sundays use the supermarket car parks for their car cleaning.
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There maybe, but all the garages have two or three diy washes and vacuums, and near us the Spanish on Sundays use the supermarket car parks for their car cleaning.
I used to use the fire station when I cleaned my car....my brother was the station officer before he retired ..... you can't beat a fire hose for those hard to reach areas
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there are a couple in our area that I know of
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I have a Karcher cleaning system which I offered the neighbour to use but he still prefers to go to the local garage and pay 3 euros
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I have a Karcher cleaning system which I offered the neighbour to use but he still prefers to go to the local garage and pay 3 euros
I think its part of the social scene ;-)
There is a drive through one near us 4€ and always a queue there.
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I think its part of the social scene ;-)
There is a drive through one near us 4€ and always a queue there.
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Originally Posted by vox populia
Whilst very big business in UK what is the market potential Sth C. Blanca?
Flamenca Beach Centro Commercial has a car valeting place, current costs are from €15, but I've no idea what that would entail. They offer Engine clean, upholstery clean, leather seat cleaning, polishing. This from a flyer on my car yesterday. They also say, 'we wash you car by hand'. So must be a market for it.
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Originally Posted by vox populia
Whilst very big business in UK what is the market potential Sth C. Blanca?
A typical price for a full valet is about €30.

This is for a complete hand clean outside and inside where the car looks like new.

In the UK it would cost about 4x that for the same quality.
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