Hi all,
Back from Vacation on in Sturgis and the Tetons! Perfect weather and great riding in the Mountains and the Black Hills. This week, I just got back from Dallas. Boy is it hot down there!! We did a grease exhaust seminar for a large insurance company on proper exhaust system cleanings plus going over proper quality control and documentation for exhaust system cleanings. There were extremely receptive to everything and are looking at trying to implement programs to save their insured some premium dollars if the make themselves a lower risk by using companies with the same quality control programs we are currently using and the ones I proposed to IKECA in the Fall Annual Meeting. They are also on our web site if interested. Most if it involves proper use of digital pictures and following up on each and every job including viewing ALL pictures. If we can all start with proper quality control and reduce the fire risks for the restaurants we clean, we can end up saving everyone a lot of money and possible lives in the long run. When the insurance companies see the actual reduction in risk in numbers, they cannot help but notice. The insurance companies should be able to pass the premium savings on to their insured customers. You may have to charge a little more up front to do the jobs right compared to what you have been charging, but it should save everyone a lot more money in the long run on insurance premiums, maintenance costs on fans, reduced damages, etc. !! The old saying, pay me a little more now or pay everyone else a lot more later. Many of our customers actually pay less per cleaning or per year under the high quality program(compared to what they were paying others to partially clean systems) as these systems are a lot easier to clean when done complete and down to bare metal each and every time!! And they stay cleaner longer!! What a win-win situation for all!! Have fun all and keep on grease'n!
Don
Originally published August 15, 2008 on Tales of the Greaser.