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I’ve been using Autovitals for almost a year now. At first it was more overwhelming (or more work) than a handwritten inspection. Over the months, What I have found is that, A good tech savvy technician will complete an digital inspection with Autovitals between 15 minutes to 30+ minutes depending on how much work the car actually needs. Because of the digital inspections technician comments, easy to understand green, yellow, and red color prioritization, and photo taking, I really cant see my shop living without it now. It has become our right arm in selling preventive maintenance jobs, that we were never able to sell before, even though our customers were told over and over that their car needed it on the hand written inspections. The digital inspection is absolute and indispensable service writer upsell tool. The customers appreciate the extra effort, and many of them bring the inspection paper copy back to the shop to remind me about the remaining work they want done on their car.
The great thing about ANY digital inspection with PHOTOS (no matter who you choose) is that it is something of substance. Its a tangible show and tell service value that a customer can truly appreciate, actually see, and understand sitting on the laptop or mobile device from their house or at their workplace. They don’t have to come to the shop to see what is wrong with their car. Another great thing about the digital inspection, is that you don’t even have to close (upsell) with a digital inspection report, All you have to do, is give them a price, and they will almost always say yes to what you recommend.
I have seen both the Bolton and Autovitals printouts, and I can honestly say, that I prefer the Autovitals print out and digital screen shots, because they are easier to understand. Autovitals has been the way to go for our shop. I am very happy with our decision.
Nelson V
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Cheapest texting is done by a cell phone you own.
I use this method, and I haven’t regretted it yet.
I post the shop number to call me back at, and the customers use the shop number instead of my cell number.
Nelson Vargues
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101 MUST HAVE Features for your Automotive Shop Management Software
101) does the program integrate with the QuickBooks hard drive or online version?
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Worldpac is the best….. 10 out of 10.
Its free, doesn’t cost anything to use, and integrates with some shop management systems.
They set the standard of what a parts catalog should be, and they haven’t stopped improving year after year.
They even survey their members as to what needs to be improved.
All their competitors, wish they could be like them.
Nelson V
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I believe you only should pay for the number of hours he attends school. 8 regular hours max per day, regardless if its night-time or day-time hours.
The rest is voluntarily up to you.
Nelson
