I have a 2 year old Pontiac Solstice which only gets dirty from being in the rain. Not long ago, I took it to an auto detail shop locally for a wash, vacum the inside, clean the windows, wipe down the dash and upholstry, a $25.oo special. Well, from a distant it looked good so I drove home, a few friends were there and we were looking at the job,,,,, not so good on a closer look, it wasn’t a bad job but more attention to detail could have benn done.  I called the shop, one of the owners apologized and said the next wash is free. That was okay with me because as a business owner we can not always be 100% in control of what our employees do and I felt this was a good business decision. I had already scheduled with the shop to completely detail my company truck, a 10 year old Silverado with bells and whisltes. It has been mechanically maintained by a professional mechanic its entire life, but the inside wasn’t treated as nice. Me and my helpers have spilled sodas, dropped food, been wet and muddy, etc.. I inquired about my truck coming back to me the same way as the car only at a price of $275.oo. I was assured that was not going to happen and that my truck would look excellent when the job was done. Well, it did. I knew the outside would look better after a wash and wax, but I did not know the inside would come as clean as it did. Both inside and out, this truck looks as if it just came off the show room floor, an excellent job was done by Sam. I am glad to do business with this company and would highly recommend them for all of your car wash blues. AutoWorld is located at 2018 Scenic Hwy (124), Snellville, Ga. 770-972-4030, this is the intersection with Dogwood. Brothers, Mark and Jeff, own the shop, call them, you will be glad you did and let them know you read my blog, thank you.

For many years I had Progressive Insurance on my company truck and thought I was getting good rates but did not look farther for more competitives prices. Last summer I bought a new car, met with the agent for Progressive to get prices and set up a policy for that car. As I was setting at the desk looking at the computer screen with her, a very interesting thing happened. I told her to add the car to the exsisting policy and inquired about a policy discount. When she pulled up the  info, Progressive was not on the screen, I was told these were the best rates and I was being lead to another company with what I thought was some high prices. I demanded she go beyond that and go directly to Progressive which she did,,, at that point she acted both dumb and dumbfouned, like “Oh, here it is”. Well, these prices with Progressive were $288.oo less, each 6 month policy period,,,, $576.oo less for the year. Because I was going to get the car in another 10 minutes, I paid for the Progressive policy but knew I was going to shop around,,,, both this agent and Progressive was going to lose my business. Two months later when my truck policy was ready for renewal, I contacted the company who had my homeowners policy, with their various discounts, I doubled the limits of coverage and saved substantily by doing so. When the new car policy came due, both the agent and Progressive lost my business, probably for ever. The new company now has all of my insurance, saves me money, and has a better rating than the old company. I highly recommend insurance bundling with one company, but first do your homework, find the people you like working with, the company that works best for you, and take charge your stuff.