Is the carpet cleaning business dying?
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Topic: Is the carpet cleaning business dying?
Posted By: cmss
Subject: Is the carpet cleaning business dying?
Date Posted: 30/April/2005 at 6:45pm
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Its seems to me like,everybody does carpet cleaning now and people keep lowering the prices, where does it end? what can you guys make a room these days? ------------- mike |
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Posted By: N...1
Date Posted: 30/April/2005 at 7:03pm
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been raising my prices dont know about any one else except Steamer Is the low ball king around here. LOL And Ken Hairass has an imaginary carpet cleaning business that is the highest priced in the whole country.
N1 |
Posted By: dontlikedennis
Date Posted: 30/April/2005 at 7:56pm
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It is called the race to zero, when you have enough morons trying to see who can get to zero profit first! In the good old days only people with business sense and business education got into business but now any monkey can own a CC biz!
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 30/April/2005 at 8:20pm
They're all certified too |
dontlikedennis wrote:Posted By: greg
Date Posted: 01/May/2005 at 11:03am
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low ballers are fading out in our city. apartment blds won't deal with them any more. they would rather pay more and get a proper job. we just got a bld. where the guy before us charged 40 bucks for a 1 br apt we charge 60. they would rather pay that extra 20 and have clean right. more residential customers are getting wise to. imo low ballers never last. ------------- nothing is impossable. it just hasn't been done yet. |
Posted By: JCOOPER
Date Posted: 01/May/2005 at 8:24pm
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lets hope so. ------------- JCOOPER |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 01/May/2005 at 8:27pm
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Problem is, a new one pops up every week |
Posted By: greg
Date Posted: 01/May/2005 at 8:28pm
not here thank god. ------------- nothing is impossable. it just hasn't been done yet. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 01/May/2005 at 8:34pm
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Only in the spring. The they die off all summer long
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Posted By: Steaminpile
Date Posted: 01/May/2005 at 9:15pm
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customers are no better really I listen to the "why so much ?? " every other day
but I'm alot better at sticking to my guns nowadays that I have more work than I can handle and my profits are getting better also ------------- A.K.A. Andy |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 01/May/2005 at 9:24pm
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Way to go. Don't let them grind you
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Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 2:10am
| NO ! ! ! ! As population increases so will housing = more carpets ! ! ! |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 2:21am
| I see more laminate and hardwood going into new homes. It's a trend that will last 10 years or so. People will get tired of it and go back to carpet. |
Posted By: Rick/Magic
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 9:51am
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No...carpet cleaning is still a good business to be in...yes, it seems that everyone is getting into the business...but not staying in it...low ballers come and go all the time...that's why there are always portable carpet cleaning machines available at any pawn shop...I have more business now than I had 5 yrs ago and I have seen low ballers come and go for 25 yrs...I started out as a low baller thinking that I need to be to get business...but I was lucky enough to meet the right people in this business that put me on the right path...ever notice that the "high priced" cleaners are the ones who stay in this business...just like any other business... ------------- 25 years of cleaning carpet and my back hurts |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 3:16pm
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I agree with Rick/Magic....The market will fade out the shoddy operators . . I've been cleaning over 20yrs now and staying busy. The great cleaners get many referrals and they keep coming year after year.... I did have a referral call yesterday.. She wanted a LR and Hall done and fix a couple cat puke stains.. I quoted $50.. and that my friend is on the low side... guess what she said .. " My mother highly recomended you BUT.. I'm gona check around for a lower price ! ! ! She asked if i could do it for LESS. . . I told her that was my min. trip charge..... Haven't heard from her since ! ! ! I explained my cleaning procedure and what to watch out for if she decides to go with the lower priced guy.......
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 5:17pm
I think you should have offered her $50.00 to do the job. Would that have been better for her. Some customers have no friggin' idea what it costs to run a business. |
Posted By: Rick/Magic
Date Posted: 02/May/2005 at 9:27pm
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when someone says to me that are going to check around for a lower price, then I just forget them...I am not interested in anyone who wants a lower price...I will not lower my prices just because you can find cheeper than me...again, it's also the people you DO NOT CLEAN for that make you successful... ------------- 25 years of cleaning carpet and my back hurts |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 03/May/2005 at 2:18pm
| Right R/M. . . |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 03/May/2005 at 10:41pm
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Some times I think that as Professional Carpet Cleaners we loose touch with reality... maybe you should have thrown in NO TAX or Some Free Deo. Gotten the Business and made a friend.... I don't want customers I want a network of friends.....maybe she'll get you a few referrals at regular price... or worse case she gets you a few more cheapies...lol but maybe they get you some good business.... or maybe not...lol
------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 03/May/2005 at 11:05pm
Where is reality anyway
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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 03/May/2005 at 11:06pm
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every customer counts big or small... everyone is a somebody...
------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 03/May/2005 at 11:09pm
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True enough. You never know who you might be dealing with. They may give you a thousand referrals.
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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 03/May/2005 at 11:10pm
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It's happened to me....lol ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 03/May/2005 at 11:13pm
| And me. |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 03/May/2005 at 11:15pm
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any job is just a free deo away from being booked ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 03/May/2005 at 11:18pm
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Whatever works
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Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 03/May/2005 at 11:24pm
RIGHT ! ! ! ! ! !  1000 REFERRALS ???
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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 03/May/2005 at 11:43pm
------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 03/May/2005 at 11:45pm
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Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 04/May/2005 at 12:10am
OH!!   I knew that . . . . .
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 04/May/2005 at 12:17am
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Not in a million years |