John T

How do you guys get a marketing service/group to stop emailing you every time they have something stupid to say? I notified these people to stop. It's an obvious scam. I got an email confirming that I will be taken off their list of constant contacts. Yet once again they just keep sending emails to me. Some go to my spam mail and some get thru. Their wanna be's industry related and they just refuse to stop.. What would you do?

Ok I'll look more into post #3. I'll show it to Kathy when she gets back from AC later today. I think she has Spoken to them by phone as well for us to be taken off there list. Telemarketing stuff.

Hey Allison-- my family was at my daughters dance nationals all week in Atlantic City. I was only able to go down yesterday(Thursday) that's the day my daughter had most of her dances(6 of 13). I snuck down to the $10 blackjack table and applied Rob Carey's tactics(man was he our good luck charm) and I was doing OK. My last hand I got two deuces. I doubled down and pulled another deuce so I tripled down. This was my last hand(only had a half hour to gamble). I won on all 3 and left. A quick $250 won and gone.. I gave both my girls a $100 each and then split. Next time you me and Rob hook up again we have to do another couple of nights of blackjack. Robs a genius on giving tips that stuck in my head.. Fun times ahead again:)

What do you do if a company doesn't stop the harassment Especially with faxes? I've told them in the past via phone to take me off there list. I sent emails to them that you can check off area's to get you removed from their list and then I finally threatened them... And that seemed to work for awhile but yesterday I get another one of their emails and today Kathy told me there infomercial once again is on my business phone. I'm guessing these morons will probably send a fax soon. What's your suggestion to stop them permanently that isn't going to cost me $$ because there not worth it for me to spend a penny on. So what would you do outside the law(meaning I know I can work my way to report them for continuous harassment)??

Yes Beth Constant contact is great. The majority of our Vegas event members came from a few solid people's constant contact list that they sent out our info for us. On this one particular company that's in discussion here, there last response was not a standard response. Resilience can crack right thru some of these companies especially when they go overboard with garbage. When your getting fax's, info voice mail advertisements and continuous ridiculous emails from them and even there information makes no sense... Then it's time to knock them down and out. I would love to put their response I got yesterday on the net so people can see how stupid they were. Maybe this time they finally figured it out because there responses are now apologetic. Let's see if they do what's right now instead of still acting like Morons.

Thanks Beth. That's pretty much what I'm doing. I love when they respond back using my name as in "Hi John". I have to say at least this time it wasn't an automated response because they said some things in this email such as they acknowledge the legal aspect of this. Hopefully these Friggin morons can finally figure it out.

I couldn't say. I only watch that show once and thought it was pretty cool but haven't seen it since. My childhood friend is a long Island cop who does stand up comedy for the dep't retirement parties etc and before we were cops he use to go up on stage at comedy nights. I just saw him at another mutual childhood friends fathers(our old hockey coach) funeral. He had us all laughing which was good with some oldtime stories.. His name wasn't Jim Molinelli by any chance?

Its none of anyone business who this is because hey for all I know they like this garbage and they just want to argue. On a more important note once again I got a notification that says I was removed from Their list but this time they said it will take 48hrs. Totally bizaar. Like a roach you stepped on and threw it out and some how it reappears.

Lol.. Nice try Ted.. I plead the 5th-- doesn't that usually mean guilty..lol

lol.. Some of these people want you to shoot them. I remember that from that crack epidemic. I never recalled any screwball wanting to get sprayed with water especially with a quick pop in with a red zero degree tip. I'll plead the 5th admitting to anyone if I ever did that dealing with commercial night work for 15+yrs now especially when I was on my own....

In one of those pictures I have my Powerwashing folder in there with many peoples names on it. I also have if you look close enough my I-Pad next to it. This picture was in 2011. That's my little secret. When I'm out and about I just wifi connect from my phone to my I-pad which always gave me plenty of time to post on these bulletin boards which as some of you can tell I always liked to do:)

Shane you are such a Kiss azz. Your not even close. She's 29 already.

Happy very belated birthday Beth. Hopefully you had a nice sunny day that wasn't to hot like today.

Hey Al I seen these pic links and I've been dying to actually see these pics. Totally awesome bro!! Yrs ago we had one of our customers buzzing us while we were working on his gargantuan deck and all I thought was how cool it would be to be in that plane as well. Very cool experience you got from your customer. Stories like this remind me why I love this business so much. It's some of the great customers we all have.

You guys have always done excellent work for as long as I can remember. Quick question. It's been a short while where I couldn't view any pics. Now I only can only see links. Some are opening and some are timing out on me. Maybe it's my I-pad.

Looks like it's going to be a great Event. If it wasn't for my daughter going away to college for the first time that week we would be there for sure.

I always kept things Transparent so what you see here on the net is the same behind closed doors. Very rarely in my Union days I had to keep something below radar unless it was legal issues. So here's my thoughts briefly(To much to say here and its a work in progress). I'm in the midst of building something Globally and its extremely time consuming. My company is extremely busy winning/losing bids and servicing my Customer base of 18 yrs. Always keeping myself busy because I never sit around and do just nothing except when on Vaca(I like doing nothing there like all inclusives) here is my question to you two. Are you guys locked into certain groups or can you call your own shots? The reason I ask this once again goes back to my Union days. What I did was form numerous alliances. I am a believer if something is good like your products are for example and you guys are for sure, can you branch outwards enough to go your own way or is your mind shut to that?(Money is not offered here to sway your thought patterns because Money can buy most anything but its your thought patterns that matter more). Think hard about this. Do you believe in multiple alliances if you think there good or are you restricted once you commit to 1 or 2 things? How about some others come into this and give your opinions. Do you believe in forming alliances with many different groups or is it 1 is always right and the others are mostly wrong? Do you think its possible to work with others in a group setting?

That's a well thought out response Craig:) What your saying is you want really what most people want where most of us want to help others who will appreciate it and it comes right back to you the same as in it can work both ways for the better. You want to keep this where your at which is on the professional level. I agree with that a 100%. I'm targeting something geared toward mostly commercial if not all and it's somewhat specialized(not parking garages). It's also truly professionals and has nothing to do with homeowners. It's not a "Jack of all trades" thing either. The other thing I was thinking about is what I see and experienced within this Industry with organization mentalities and how that seems to go. Its like there still in somewhat of the "Dark Ages" with the way they go about "Some" but not "All" Of their business. There's dots that aren't connecting and there so bad in some of those area's that it's like there somewhat stuck in the mud.. That is why I was asking you & Carlos what your thoughts are in dealing with them and potentially other ones as well. I appreciate your candid response & it does hit some nails right on the head as to what I was thinking as well.

We used F9 & I have to say it's pretty impressive. Craig's claim about what it does is very accurate. That being said we also mixed some of our own mixes that I would never recommend a newbie or even a pretty seasoned Vet use. We do this because we can rinse with a pretty high volume of water thats higher then most truck setups. Oxalic acid we use on all of our wood restoration jobs and we also buy 15% SH by this skid load to mix our own concoctions. We have used Muriatic acid(rare) and at full strength it can etched concrete(done that). HF to me is to much. It scares the bejeezus out of me because I don't take surprises to well. This stuff eats you inside out where you initially won't know it's doing that(don't like surprises). My deciding factor on HF to not use it even though I was told it works great was when I met this girl who owned her own Powerwashing business. Met her at an ACR RT. I think if she wanted to she may have been able to kick my azz if we fought fair that is.. Another words she was tough as nails and pretty tall & big. It was maybe a month or so later she got HF on her skin and she was hospitalized for many days maybe even weeks. We were told see was in bad shape from this... Lesson here is HF is great for what it can do.. And yes where professionals...but it's so darn dangerous I wouldn't recommend to 99% of the contractors to mess with it in it's pure form.. If you do you can make bank with it but be very very careful.

Now that is the "Kong" of trailers!! That sucker is a beast. Real cool. What types of cleaning do you predominately do with that setup?

I had 2 trailers over the years where I had a hot water skid inside. Man was that great when I did commercial accounts on those cold fall/winter nights. The downfall with the hot water skid was when I did hot summer days and I would be using hot water PW. Even though I paid a pretty penny for the insulator smoke stack piping that went thru my trailer ceiling I had some engine issues such as a warped valve because of the heat build up in the trailer. If vented correctly and the engine is face outwards by a door opening you should be OK but then again your in Florida in your trailer is going to be like an oven with that Machine running in there. if Security is your issue you may want to consider caged upen trailer so you won't have to worry about venting anything.

Nice job Al. You do great work.

Whether your part time Powerwashing with the goals of becoming one day a fulltime Powerwasher, or you do two jobs with Powerwashing being one of them.. don't let anyone put you down like you don't matter. Even within this Industry. Don't buy into a anyone acting Like your second rate. If fulltime Powerwashing is your Field of choice don't let others who went to college and became lawyers for example treat you like your second rate. If your a part timer also don't let others treat you like you don't belong. The worst type I see is people in this Industry who want to try to bring others down within this Industry. There is a faction out there who like to put down others who have to work two jobs to make ends meet for their families. This faction likes to knock down even fulltime Powerwashers who don't feel the need to get certified in there field to be considered legit. They also like to knock down anyone who questions them about anything. Keep this in mind.. All you guys matter. Whether your fulltime,Partime,Female or minority owned don't let these people treat you like your second class citizens. We have enough problems to deal with in life but one of the most despicable things is to to see some of your own in leadership positions trying to badger you into feeling like your not worth squat because you don't buy into fattening their pockets. Welcome to the maze of life within this Industry. Follow your conscience and also due your own due diligence. Stand clear from the ones who's sole purpose is to make money off of you with nothing in return. Another words watch your back as well as your fellow full time or part time Powerwashers because we are all in this Industry together.

Sure thing Thad-- you guys definitely have something special there. Hey little secret- I ran into someone today while I was at a mandatory walk thru during a bidding process in NJ. This guy knows Chris and Alex well. He's predominately a window washer that also does Powerwashing-- small world.

I hear ya Beth. "Who loves ya Baby" Telly Savalas -Kojak :)