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    Posted: 07/September/2009 at 9:43am
Originally posted by MBCC MBCC wrote:

Hey d**kweeds.... I'm still in business one year after the recession.   I wonder how many of you poor saps are still around?


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Originally posted by MBCC MBCC wrote:

Hey d**kweeds.... I'm still in business one year after the recession.   I wonder how many of you poor saps are still around?
 
Thanks for asking.  Started out a little up and down with the Recession and media scaring folks.  Overall, it has turned out to be a very strong year with significant growth on the commercial side and slower but steady growth on the residential side.  I am currently trying to evaluate the market potential for expansion options in my service areas.
 
How's the Military Base Carpet Cleaning going, besides still being around?
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Originally posted by MBCC MBCC wrote:

Hey d**kweeds.... I'm still in business one year after the recession.   I wonder how many of you poor saps are still around?
Just had my best year in 20 years of being in this business, so things aren't too badCool. Then again, we aren't in recession in Australia.
Dont treat people like customers. Treat them like friends.
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Originally posted by mjd23 mjd23 wrote:

Hey guys, if you're interested in cleaning your carpets without hassle, you might want to try this high traffic carpet cleaner I stumbled on the internet. I hope this helps.
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That will cost about $3 per 1 gal of
prespray..Shocked I dont think so.. It adds
up when you have alot of nasty
carpets to clean taking away from your
bottom line..Shocked The stuff i use comes to
.25cents per gal of prespray which will
clean the nastiest of the nasties easily.. Clap
 
Your cost 12 times as much to use.  Confused
In a year your talking thousands of dollars
you could of saved for your family and
kids.. Approve 
 
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Hey d**kweeds.... I'm still in business one year after the recession.   I wonder how many of you poor saps are still around?
"Quality service guaranteed"
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.12 cents a sq.ft.Hysterical
 
 
 
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I've been using the Enforcer Products and it's doing the great. Try it out too: http://www.thehardwarecity.com/?sku=2624518
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Yeah, that helps a bunch.


About as much as this
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Hey guys, if you're interested in cleaning your carpets without hassle, you might want to try this high traffic carpet cleaner I stumbled on the internet. I hope this helps.
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Ed, I see a ship headed towards the rocks but the damn admiral refuses to look out of the window and will rely on his charts.


The story changes as it develops holes in the leeward sail. If you take a punt out in the open ocean......
I'm still in awe of the arrogance/ignorance blend. But then again, internet fights....




Edited by Just Ol' Willy - 04/June/2008 at 10:49am
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Now, that was really funny, WILLY, and true in many ways too. You are a true Gentleman and friend.
Great and entertaining comment as usual!!!
 
cCANDMORE, Thanks for the communication the other day too. I look forward to more in the near future!
 
BTW, the one most important lesson I have learned over my 37 + years in this Industry is that -----Most experience comes from doing things wrong-but have survived the test of time.-----
 
Therefore, I always recommend that we put more value into our "elders" and focus more on what they say and recommend. Its one thing to "look ahead" and guess what things will be , but its completely another to "look back" and prove what things were.
 
Just something to consider......................................(maybe?)
 
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Originally posted by MBCC MBCC wrote:

Fuzz: One slight problem. I won't "shut up". Ever since I joined this forum with the hopes of sharing a success story it's been nothing but a wheelbarrow full of bullcrap from you and your peers. If this represents your so called "profession" then stick to it. I'll just out perform you and create a "new" professional standard in the industry.   

Your experience isn't worth the paper that it's written on without the proper tact to use it. Fact is I have figured out in 4 months what it must have taken you years. You might say thats arrogant. I say it's confidence in the right measure.

And don't worry, I didn't need to re-invent the wheel to get my business started. There wasn't one.     


Well, there you go. Too arrogant to accept the fact that we collectively might have a bit more insight in the industry than you do. You see little man, a lot of us tried your recipe for disaster, albeit without a fat pension as a fall back on. If you are too stupid or too full of yourself to accept all the years of knowledge and experience, than sail on sailor. Trust me, you'll become bitter and disillusioned in a short while. But then, none of the crew here knows as much as you do, or have any business smarts.




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Hey, hey look
Man, I get seasick even watchin' it on TV!


They want you, they want you in the navy


Oh my goodness.
What am I gonna do in a submarine?


They want you, they want you in the navy

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I'd also like to know how $30 per hour and $41k annually all of a sudden became $8K gross and $5120 net.  Maybe I missed something in one of the posts.  Is there a special super-secret business model for believers?
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I think it’s probably Military Base Carpet Cleaner.  Let’s see, very little experience touting a business plan, complete with trumpets and halo, which enabled him to beat out a guy using a TM.  You don’t suppose being a retired naval officer with 25 years got him that military base contract?  Try to make a living off the base for a few years with 12.5 cents per sqft.  Then tell me about your business model.

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