Your card fees deserve a second look.

I help auto repair shops in eastern Iowa find out what taking cards is really costing them — and fix it if the numbers are there. The statement analysis is free.

The story

A three-location auto repair shop based out of the Cedar Rapids area was with the same processor for about 25 years.

When they finally let me look at one month's statement, I found them about $9,000 in fees they didn't need to be paying.

That was at one location. In one month.

That cut their card fees by 74%.

I found savings at their other two locations too.

Nobody had shown them those numbers in 25 years. Their processor never volunteered. That's usually how it goes — the longer a shop stays with one processor, the more the fees creep, and nobody ever takes a fresh look.

I'm not a 1-800 number.

I'm Karl Kinch, and I'm based in Cedar Rapids. Shops work with me because I'm a local person — I'm your main contact, and you get my cell phone number: 319-270-9337.

That's true whether your shop is across town or 60 miles out. I work with shops in Cedar Rapids, Marion, and Hiawatha, over in Waterloo and Cedar Falls, and in the smaller towns in between — Lisbon, Mount Vernon, Solon, Anamosa, Belle Plaine, Jesup, and more.

Here's how support works with me: if something goes wrong with the system, your first call is tech support — I only work with processors whose support answers 24/7, and I set that up with you from day one. If support can't get you an answer, you call me on my personal cell — you'll always have it — and I stay on it until it's handled.

Who this is for

  • Independent auto repair shops
  • Tire shops
  • Body and collision shops
  • Transmission shops
  • Truck repair shops

Especially if you've been with the same processor for years and nobody has ever walked you through your statement, line by line.

How it works

1. Send me your statement. Use the form on this site — it takes a minute.

2. I run the numbers. Free, within 2 business days.

3. I show you what I find. If there's real money to save, I'll show you exactly where it is. If the numbers aren't there, I'll tell you that too, and you've lost nothing.

Send me your statement

Forty years in account management, one rule — every number traces back to the source. — Karl Kinch · karl@getsolidcore.com · 319-270-9337