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PadMan 
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 Posted: 13/March/2007 at 2:30pm |
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Depends Ted, do they want you spending your time cleaning, or cleaning up after them?
Most prefer you to spend your professional time, CLEANING the carpet. |
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Posted: 13/March/2007 at 4:13pm |
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Padman,
If I was a cleaner again I would appreciate the customer vacuuming prior to me coming to clean. But experience has shown me over and over that the majority of customers vacuums are very poor and much less effective than an industrial vacuum or pile lifter that I would take in. And those who have excellent vacuums you will find the bag full and not functioning properly.
Few people ever maintain their vacuums. They run them until they do not work anymore. They blame the seller of manufacturer. I understand this because no one likes cleaning a dusty disgusting vacuum cleaner, including myself.
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PadMan
Dr. Low Moisture
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Posted: 13/March/2007 at 4:22pm |
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10-4 on many not being good at it using nasty equipment, but I think the age of CHEAP vacs has actually helped. Nowaday people are buying disposable vacs and are actually doing a better job.
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MR. STEAMER
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Only in the GTA Joined: 03/March/2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 14544 |
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Posted: 13/March/2007 at 7:04pm |
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 .....and I've heard the dentist tell that to a customer before...not a pretty sight
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Hammy
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Joined: 27/September/2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 10330 |
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Posted: 13/March/2007 at 7:24pm |
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Steamer I can understand why you would not want to vacuum with the price you are charging.
You get what you pay for! That is not to say that you do not do a great job! If I was paying top dollar for my carpets to be cleaned and they did not vacuum, I would call them a hack! Unfortunately most people do not know the importance of dry soil removal. I thought I had a decent vacuum until I bought a new one and saw for myself what I was leaving behind 
We are carpet cleaners! Why not clean the carpet with all the steps?? 
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Could somebody just clean my carpets!
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MR. STEAMER
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Posted: 13/March/2007 at 9:50pm |
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Hammy must think this is the red board...I have not seen one carpet cleaner in the whole gta vac first... who are y'all foolin
even guys who charge more than I do don't vac
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Hammy
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Posted: 13/March/2007 at 10:10pm |
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No red board here Steamer!
If I was charging a premium price I would pre vac! That was including empty apts too! No bullsh*t here! |
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Could somebody just clean my carpets!
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MR. STEAMER
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Posted: 13/March/2007 at 10:23pm |
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I love the way the bull comes out...plus the customer doesn't know if it should be vac'd first or not...
bahahahahahahahaha...
I've worked for a lot of little and big companies..
service master no vac
interior care no vac
stewarts out in oakvile
NO VAC
I wonder if the wizard vac's...doesn't say he does on his web sight..
I don't think not vac'ing is a big deal.......like ted says most vacs don't work well
unless it's a big pile of top soil you are really wasting your time
I'll hack away....
and another thing I find it almost insulting when people say "for the prices you charge"
I make a damn good living ...and I sleep very well at night
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Hammy
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Posted: 13/March/2007 at 10:36pm |
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Steamer;
Like I said for what you charge I pick no bones with you for not doing a pre vac! I started cleaning carpets for a propery management company when I was 19 When I was 21 I started cleaning carpets for myself and paid for an education myself If there was one thing I learned was that I had to separate myself from the competition One of the biggest things over the years that new customers said to me was "Wow You Vacuum My Carpets Before You Clean Them" Steamer I am not from the GTA! There is more to the carpet cleaning world than the GTA! I could give two sh*ts if you do not believe me or not I do not have to prove myself to anybody now! If you think that you can achieve good results without a pre vac than carry on! Stir Mud! |
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Could somebody just clean my carpets!
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pilediver
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Joined: 03/December/2005 Location: Sidney BC Canad Status: Offline Points: 3235 |
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Posted: 13/March/2007 at 10:54pm |
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Paul, Tony and I worked on the vacuum cleaner testing team at MikeFest. The $99 Bissell Cleanview kicked the snot out of all the vacuum cleaners except the Sanitaire. Even the so called top of the line professional ones.
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cmaster
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Posted: 13/March/2007 at 11:11pm |
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That Cleanview is available at Canadian Tire for $129. The next vac I buy will be one of those
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Hammy
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Posted: 13/March/2007 at 11:21pm |
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I bought one two weeks ago!
Would you like a pic Steamer? |
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MR. STEAMER
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Posted: 14/March/2007 at 12:59am |
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 stir mud my ass.....
PULEAZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've clean vac's carpets I've clean unvac'd carpets... your not talking to some yahoo that only cleaned 2 jobs in his entire life
the difference is minimal if any..........MINIMAL!!!!!!
I hate to sound like I'm upset...really i'm not...but sometimes I hate to hear the holyer than thou babble bullsh*t....
oh I run 3" suction hose right into the house
I spend 1 hour vac'in getting right into all the corners with my cervis tool
I pre-spray the whole carpet, adding traffic lane to all high traffic areas
I scrubb the carpet and then allow for a 15 min dwell time...
I move pad and block all furniture....... I bring in an adjust wand for under the beds and a furniture lifter for the heavy pieces....
I carry at least 5 arir moves on the truck and place them in every room when I'm done
I go over and double dry vac all areas to help drying with my 2.5" wand and glide
I rake the entire carpet to get the wand marks out and help it to dry
I spot...I dye balah blah blah
I could sit here and fockin lie all damn day...and I charge 100 dollars a room...thats what it would take to cover it all..
to make a difference vac'in would take JUST AS LONG AS TO CLEAN
I WOULD LOVE TO MEET THIS PERFECT NON HACK OF A CARPET CLEANER,BECAUSE I HAVEN'T MET ONE YET
GGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRR
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pilediver
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Joined: 03/December/2005 Location: Sidney BC Canad Status: Offline Points: 3235 |
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Posted: 14/March/2007 at 1:05am |
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Believe it or not I have. His name is Ron Werner of Happy Carpet Cleaning in Sooke BC www.gethappy.ca
He does just that and I have worked beside him on several jobs on both his and my truck. He IS that particular - he is busy - and he gets top dollar. Incredible isn't it Steamer? I know he is the exception. PS he does cheat and doesn't use a crevice tool. |
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