disposable world

Malarky.

The people who want a carpet repair done  often are the most grateful people out there.

If you don't want to be part of the elite, you don't have to.

However lots of mom and pop shops are having a hard time getting by and often being able to  offer the stuff no one else does is the difference between surviving and not.

Some people try and take out koolaid and rarely succeed, leaving a customer with an ugly  carpet so that they will want to replace the carpet. Others see koolaid as a routine stain that has a 80-90% of coming out.

Some people use ammonianted cleaners on a 5th generation nylon, then the customer wonders why the carpet doesn't perform well, so she replaces it.

Even more importantly is the cost and hassle of replacing flooring. In the average North American home the third highest priced item they will buy in their  lifetime will be flooring(be it carpet, ceramic, wood, whatever). This is of course directly behind  a house and a car.In businesses the cost of replacing a floor is sometimes 3x the cost of the materials because of the moving of furniture, fixtures and down time.

Some cleaners can keep a carpet looking new for 20 years, some can't.

Flooring is usually a reflection of how good your home looks. If you want stains, bleach marks, worn traffic areas then don't learn  the best techniques. Its my experience that the "cadillac" customers expect a cadillac job. I want cadillac customers, not price shoppers.

The most unbelieveable part of your post is when you say we put down the IICRC naysayers. No we are just defending ourselves from the seemingly hostile mouths running down an organization whose only mission is to help promote and devise ways to better our industry. The IICRC does not issue any dividends.

You guys had the nerve to say I made profit from the IICRC. Too much. I help ANYONE who asks, spend about 20 hours a week doing work for three organizations and it costs me a bundle out of my own pocket. You are non stop taking potshots, fire away. I feel good about what I do.

Saved a guy with two yellow chenile chairs he faded two days ago, took me 4 hours. Charged him $85.00. He is thrilled. I like helping people, you seem to have a problem with that.

All of you are still  forgetting something.......you can make the carpet look great only a certain amount of times...........what usually gets worn out and makes the carpet seem used is the padding, no padding= no carpet looks

What elite are you talking about, this is  short term work, we grow old, get tired, fedup, retire......in Canada the season is short and we have to fend off all the cut-throats every season, this is not a business, this is warfare.

You wasted 4 hours for $ 85.00 Great businessman you are, I'm sure he was thrilled, if you are not making $ 75.00-$100.00 an hour in this trade, GET OUT and go pump gas I'll even lower the bar just for you to $50.00 an hour PLEASE DO NOT SAY YOU ARE PART OF THE ELITE.  ha ha ha haha ha  Come on please do not insult my intellegence, your letter started off smart but like all the rest of you out there it just ends up being dumb, and totally empty.

Thanks for trying to make a constructive statement anyway

      JACK          NIGHTRIDER  where the wind blows softly and silently in the eye of the storm

Let me ask you something........is that you in the picure on the left..............You're right $ 85.00 was enough.....after all how much are bananas these days......are you going to tell me that you actually had your employees there too........how many bananas an hour do they cost you...................this is getting better by the second......your subs were there to.......what tree did they fall from..........did you actually read what the heck you wrote before posting it. If you did, I now know why you sit behind a desk, please stay there and have a banana on me.  Try some Ice Cream and Chocolate syrop with it. ummmmmmmm GOOD.

Are your customers not afraid of catching flees from you and your helpers.

     Jack       NIGHTRIDER   when a man thinks stupid thoughts, only he knows how truely stupid he is, but when those thoughts are shared with the world......... we all know

I too am proud of being a cleaner, NO, I don't think it is rocket science but if you do it well it pays like being a rocket science which is good enough for me!

But being the BEST is still what drives me, it should drive all of us.