Comments on: What’s the deal with PBE? http://www.professionaldistributormagazine.com/interactive/2007/11/07/whats-the-deal-with-pbe/ Professtional Distributor Magazine Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:58:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: JonBW http://www.professionaldistributormagazine.com/interactive/2007/11/07/whats-the-deal-with-pbe/#comment-17 JonBW Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:22:15 +0000 http://www.professionaldistributormagazine.com/interactive/2007/11/07/whats-the-deal-with-pbe/#comment-17 PBE shops are in my mind even better than regular mechanic shops, b/c they need the tools a regular mechanic needs and even more that are specifically for body work. Yes there are very few painters that will buy more than a spray gun from you, but the occasional painter is a tool freek like the rest of us, and or works on rods on his/her off time. The bodymen however are about the best customers you can ask for, because there are a ton of mo clamps to choose from, and he also doubles as a mechanic. Most seasoned body men jump on the jobs with the added mechanic labor on them. I was a body man for 8 years before starting my franchise and in that time I spent about $100,000 on Matco and Snapon tools. So if you are a mobile distributor and you are passing up your local body shops, especially independent body shops, then you are doing you and your business a great diservice. PBE shops are in my mind even better than regular mechanic shops, b/c they need the tools a regular mechanic needs and even more that are specifically for body work. Yes there are very few painters that will buy more than a spray gun from you, but the occasional painter is a tool freek like the rest of us, and or works on rods on his/her off time. The bodymen however are about the best customers you can ask for, because there are a ton of mo clamps to choose from, and he also doubles as a mechanic. Most seasoned body men jump on the jobs with the added mechanic labor on them.
I was a body man for 8 years before starting my franchise and in that time I spent about $100,000 on Matco and Snapon tools. So if you are a mobile distributor and you are passing up your local body shops, especially independent body shops, then you are doing you and your business a great diservice.

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