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title: "Goose Creek Gazette: Veteran Signs on as Christian Brothers Automotive"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/8b4fafcc-407b-431a-bfbf-8cf91ebb6f5e
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/goose-creek-gazette-veteran-signs-on-as-christian-brothers-automotive-10949
category: "Repair & maintenance"
industry: "Automotive"
segment: "Repair & maintenance"
published: 2017-03-08T20:15:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:32:57.338Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/c98da86896358ac02d3a380498f839a15826.jpg
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# Goose Creek Gazette: Veteran Signs on as Christian Brothers Automotive

**TL;DR:** Christian Brothers Automotive welcomes new franchisee Chris Hamlin, a former Marine, who is drawn to the franchise's success rate and reputation for improving the automotive industry. Hamlin's store aims to offer full transparency and superior customer service.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-03-08. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/goose-creek-gazette-veteran-signs-on-as-christian-brothers-automotive-10949).*

## Story

After spending years as a production manager, former Marine Chris Hamlin opted to find a more lucrative position to support his growing family. Opportunity is what drove him to join the growing automotive industry and one of its most successful franchise opportunities - Christian Brothers Automotive. Of the 155 stores in 22 states, not a single store has failed.

Aside from their sterling success rate, the company also prides itself on improving the overall reputation of automotive repair as being untrustworthy, something Hamlin has experienced numerous times.

“This industry has got a reputation…its really easy to get taken advantage of,” Hamlin said in an interview with the Goose Creek Gazette. “Most people don’t know a whole lot of what goes on inside their car…I have walked away going I just got taken advantaged of.”

Hamlin ensures that his Christian Brothers Automotive will offer full transparency and an inviting atmosphere to ensure superior customer service remains the primary focus.

“We work very hard not only to take care of people, but to educate them,” Hamlin said to reporter Rickey Ciapha Dennis Jr.

Overall feedback from the community has been encouraging, with the support of the mayor and heavy traffic flow within its first week in business.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Automotive (sector)
- Christian Brothers Automotive (company)
- automotive industry (topic)
- veteran entrepreneur (topic)
- franchisee signing (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/goose-creek-gazette-veteran-signs-on-as-christian-brothers-automotive-10949). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/8b4fafcc-407b-431a-bfbf-8cf91ebb6f5e).