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Evening Workshop #

Posted by Tony Marco on September 19, 2017, 7:49 pm
Edited by board administrator September 20, 2017, 3:06 pm

Hi Guys

Myself and my brother are one of the oldest/last local garages in highbury most of the other owners have sold up and converted there premises to flats.
We grew up and still live in the same area for over 20 years now,
As a kind of thank you We was thinking of having a free Evening workshop where we would invite some of our customers and show them the basic travel checks they could perform i.e oil, water level tyre pressure lights etc. Has anyone ever done something like this before? Any do's or donts?

Thoughts and input appreciated

Tony

Re: Evening Workshop

Posted by Antony Powell on September 20, 2017, 8:20 am, in reply to "Evening Workshop"

Would suggest some sort of disclaimer be signed by the attendee's to state that they accept any advise given is only a guide and that they understand they should refer to the owners manual for specific data relevant to their own vehicle.

Also ensure your insurance covers you for the event and any advise given.

And don't over complicate it keep it simple.

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Re: Evening Workshop

Posted by sean savage on September 21, 2017, 12:12 pm, in reply to "Re: Evening Workshop"
Sean Savage

Opening a can of worms as mentioned there in my opinion. aand why teach your customers how to do a job they pay you to do??
if you want to reqward them give them a loyalty discount off an mot or something like that im sure they would appreciate that and your nights are your own :-)

sean

Re: Evening Workshop

Posted by Simon Kefford on September 21, 2017, 6:41 pm, in reply to "Re: Evening Workshop"
Simon Kefford

I did some 'ladies nights' a few years back. Alot of effort - showing basics and how to read and understand invoices. A few freebies from local factors to give away. I had great response, but never bothered again as I seem to be too busy now 'irony'.

Why not just invite them to come and have a glass of something and BBQ? and a free 'winter pack'.

Saves all the aggro of giving a demo. Chairs - cleaning shop up - teas n coffees. Doing the demo etc etc.

Si

Re: Evening Workshop

Posted by Tony Marco on September 28, 2017, 1:09 pm, in reply to "Re: Evening Workshop"
Tony Marco

Thanks for the input guys, i'll let you know if i decide to do it and how it all goes

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