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I'll be there this year. Missed the last two.

Get some business cards made up and hand them out liberally. Go to various car shows, car clubs etc. Leave stacks of your cards with car dealerships, repair shops, etc. You'll get a couple of jobs from that, then let your reputation be spread by word of mouth. Be patient.

I'll be there this year. Missed the last two.

Get some business cards made up and hand them out liberally. Go to various car shows, car clubs etc. Leave stacks of your cards with car dealerships, repair shops, etc. You'll get a couple of jobs from that, then let your reputation be spread by word of mouth. Be patient.

Hello Everyone,
 
Just joined the forum. Have found Adam's products to be excellent overall. The instructional videos have been very helpful to me.
 
Thanks!

I found blue Dawn works well

I'll be there. Always try to get to 2 or 3 events a year. What a place!!

Hey Jerry. Welcome from Allentown. Where in Philly? I get down that way fairly often. Let me know if I can help you with anything.

I live in Philly, so it's gets pretty dirty in the winter. lol
Thanks for the advice.

Welcome from Allentown. Where in PA are you. Might wanna try heading out to Carlisle events this year.

Bring them inside. And watch excessive summer heat as well when the time comes.

Welcome from Allentown. Glad to help if you need anything.

I've heard that. I'll definitely have to take a trip down for the next show when the wether is actually warm haha

Hi everyone. I am honored to be part of such a great community. I've heard many great things about Adams and have watched many of their videos, and I must say I'm excited to begin detailing with these amazing products. I hope I can can continue to learn about detailing from the videos and this forum.

I heard about Adams through a co-worker that had a truck he showed. I wasted a lot of time looking at the products but never ordered until recently. After a wash and wax with some cheap junk that we got at Walmart I hated how that paint on my car looked and felt. I watch for them to have a big sale and jumped on it. Needless to say I've dropped more money than I intended but I have no doubt it will be worth it. PA weather hasn't allowed me to get out all the stuff I bought, but I was able to get out the car shampoo and detailing spray last week and wash off the grime. Just those two products alone made the Hyperblue paint on my Crosstrek really pop. Can't wait for the weather to break then I'm tackling our neglected black '05 Tahoe and my wife's black Subaru Legacy. Time to bring these cars up to better than showroom finish!

I just dump some in.

Not me.

I would suggest you practice by coming here and do mine first.

Oh. I thought you closed in honor of my birthday.

If we offered a 50% off sale, then we would be out of business and you wouldn't have any of our great products to use

Skip step 6. It's not necessary. Also I apply brilliant glaze and then top it off with a wax. It allows the brilliant glaze to last longer.

I did a Google search for Adam's Polishes coffee mug to see if any of the retailers had one and this came up.  Puts a whole new spin on the name "Adam's Polishes" 
 
http://www.cafepress.com/+adams-polishes+drinkware

But now you have an excuse to get a nice new one..............and maybe you can convince the Mrs. that there are a couple of other "necessary" things you have to have. Plus if you order it all together you save on shipping!  Tell her you're "saving money".

I'm very sorry you're disappointed with the forum lately Brian. I've been trying to keep my personal life private, but it's apparent that my absence here has been noticed, so I will give an explanation.   My father had a massive acute stroke to the right side of his brain. I have essentially been unreachable to anyone other than immediate family, Adam's Team Members, and email for the past 3+ weeks due to this unexpected and very difficult event.
 
As Adam's begins to grow, especially during these peak summer months, I've been answering phones, emails, and live chat tickets from 730AM to around 7PM EST Monday to Friday nearly nonstop, with an occasional break for lunch or to stretch. The time I have not been doing this, I have been spending the evenings in the hospital, then at my parent's home once my dad was cleared to come home, driving him to doctor's appointments, taking him grocery shopping, and so on. Now that he is starting to improve, I will be back to dedicating more time to the forum.
 
I'm sorry that you feel that I'm making excuses Chris. Hiring summer-time/temporary help for customer service is not always an easy proposition, as we would need to take more time to train the person on how to use systems, and they must have expert knowledge of our products to answer questions correctly. We recently hired more people onto the shipping team to handle an increased amount of orders, which increases our overhead expenses.  We will be looking into having more help on the forums as well.
 
While part of my job responsibilities are to oversee the forum with the other volunteer moderators and admins, there simply have not been enough hours in the day to devote the time needed here lately, and I do apologize. We strive to answer all emails as fast as possible. Some days the emails come in faster than we are sending replies out - calls and emails take top priority, because those are the best two ways to reach us about problems, order issues, and so on. We will work on prioritizing the answering of forum questions into the customer communication workload in order to provide the personal feel that the forums provide to our customers. 
 
With new products, I cannot post answers about a product until I physically have it in my hands. I will not sugarcoat, guess, or make up an answer to a question - I will only answer questions if I have physically tested the product and can give a 100% truthful answer. I will work with Adam and the shipping team to make sure that new products get sent out to me and the other testers in a more efficient manner, so that we can answer questions immediately upon a new product release, and so that we do not have these problems in the future.
 
For the foam cannon, I received mine this afternoon at 2PM, so I immediately went out and verified that it works well with a 1.3 GPM, 1700 psi electric pressure washer. The specs were then updated accordingly on our site. The original specs were recommended from the manufacturer for best results. I was 98% sure the Foam Cannon would work fine with lower GPM pressure washers, as I have tested other brands no problem, but I was not going to post that until I was 100% sure and physically tested the unit. Again, better planning and earlier testing on my part would have provided an answer more quickly, but my mind was occupied on other things. For new product ideas, input, and issues, again I will make sure I find time to address these as well. All of these things do not sit on my mind lightly, as I do want to provide the best customer experience possible.
 
For the Mystery Box for Canadians, that is completely up to adamspolishes.ca as to whether they want to take part in those promotions, and it is best to contact them directly. Our Canadian team is even smaller than our U.S. team, and mystery boxes are a lot of logistics to plan, package, and make sure each one is fair before it ships out. I will reiterate to the appropriate people again about this issue and the thread that I forwarded to them. I never posted a response because I did not have a good response to post.
 
I am sorry that the forum is different than when you joined Brian, and I will strive to make it great once more.
 
Respectfully,
Daniel Tyger

There's more to consider than price and quality. There's sevice, honesty and integrity to name few. I don't personally know anyone from Griots but I do know several people from Adams, both past and present. And I can say this. When it comes to service, honesty and integrity, you will not find a better group of people. Period.