Profiles of you and your business
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Topic: Profiles of you and your business
Posted By: PadMan
Subject: Profiles of you and your business
Date Posted: 27/April/2004 at 8:10pm
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How long you been cleaning carpets?
How long have you owned your own business?
How old are you?
How large or small is your business?
How large or small do you WANT it to be?
How old do you think you will be when you retire?
Inquiring minds want to know! ------------- Converting HWE customer to VLM customers for 30 Years! |
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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 27/April/2004 at 9:12pm
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I think all this info is a little too personal to put on the web...lol |
Posted By: LilNiteRidrhood
Date Posted: 27/April/2004 at 9:50pm
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Okay John I've been cleaning carpets for 24 years I've owned my own business since 1988 I'm 44 years old We put out 7-10 routes each day We want to get smaller as a company I want to retire when I'm 60
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Posted By: Adwa
Date Posted: 27/April/2004 at 9:59pm
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Steamer You are much to talented to waste your money, high energy and time working the wholesale side of this business. Sacrifice a little time and start looking at building your own clientèle. Bit the bullet and get out of this rat race and start your own business cold turkey. Takes guts and you have it. The fact that you feel good doing the proper job for even your wholesale customs means that you could also draw much satisfaction from helping others in our industry. What goes around comes around. Make sure that's a bullet your biting and not me. |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 27/April/2004 at 10:08pm
 ....but when you have kids...car payments...mortgage...bills....it's just nice to have a cheque rolling in...
I have a lot of customers, and I'm slowly making the move, but it takes a lot of time and a lot of money to do it the way I want to. I don't want to Step out Half-Assed...when I come I'll come 100% correct. I've actually put a Marketing Team on the job...you'd be surprised by their findings....lol When I step out...You'll all know who Mr. Steamer is... |
Adwa wrote:Posted By: LilNiteRidrhood
Date Posted: 28/April/2004 at 8:50am
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We know already. You're the guy who doesn't believe in taking out stains. |
Posted By: PadMan
Date Posted: 28/April/2004 at 1:46pm
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Good grief, to personal for the web? Sounds a little paranoid to me! ------------- Converting HWE customer to VLM customers for 30 Years! |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 28/April/2004 at 8:53pm
 I'm just a lovavle guy
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Posted By: LilNiteRidrhood
Date Posted: 28/April/2004 at 11:06pm
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Yeah sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gee thanks for not taking my stains out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who do you think your kidding??????????????????? I can barely type I'm laughing so hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 28/April/2004 at 11:10pm
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Mr. Steamer is the STAINMASTER OF THE GTA. THIS IS BASED ON PREVIOUS POSTS. Just my opinion |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 29/April/2004 at 8:37am
you use your chemicals ...chemicalee one day it will catch up to you....maybe thats why your selling...what are you getting sued or something??? |
Posted By: Rotti123
Date Posted: 29/April/2004 at 10:02am
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Well not just carpet cleaning but.... I've been in the cleaning business since 1993 I'm 34 years old Small business. Six employees plus myself I would like to be a little bigger. Just large enough so that I can do a little less of the manual labour :) I doubt that I will ever retire. Some day when I'm 90 an autoscrubber will be my walker. :) |
Posted By: LilNiteRidrhood
Date Posted: 29/April/2004 at 7:57pm
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Ya Stanley only if you are an idiot and haven't been trained!! I actually teach WHMIS. My employees are WHMIS trained and familiar with the OHSA. Are yours?
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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 30/April/2004 at 1:37am
Is there a more holy carpet cleaner in this world than Lee...I think not call Lee for your next rug healing.... |
Posted By: LilNiteRidrhood
Date Posted: 30/April/2004 at 8:10am
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You are an amateur Stanley. Now go leave the messy stains at all your customers today and hold your head high! If you don't WHMIS train your employees in Canada you are deep crap. For this you call me high and mighty ?!? I follow the law and you make me out to be the ass? Please continue Stanley. |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 30/April/2004 at 10:00am
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Posted By: LilNiteRidrhood
Date Posted: 30/April/2004 at 8:19pm
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Anybody who works for me with any regularity at all is certified Stanley. And by the look of what you THINK you know about me, its someone who does a job a month or two. Certainly not an employee. Try again. Why do you change the subject Stanley? You have two trucks, you must have an employee then. So I can only assume he has been trained for WHMIS, knows his rights under OHSA, covered by WSIB. Right? |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 30/April/2004 at 9:18pm
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Yes Yes we both are WHMIS Trained...all it is .....is good house keeping ...labels and meanings nothing more....but I'm sure you'll find more to say about it..... and we are also required to carry 10 million dollars liability insurance.... how much are you packin Lee..... notice you took your web site of your profile??? why??? No reason....I'm just wondering?? |
Posted By: splash_$$$_dash
Date Posted: 30/April/2004 at 9:27pm
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do you carry ALL "MSDS" in all your trucks at all times? I know a guy who's a great guy and a good carpet cleaner but the dude can't read! You would be surprised at how many guys (usually over age 50) who can hide the fact that they can't really read! |
Posted By: LilNiteRidrhood
Date Posted: 30/April/2004 at 10:29pm
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The MSDS isn't only there for the cleaner. It is assumed that the cleaner has been WHMIS trained and is already familiar with the hazards associated with the products he/she is usingand how to deal with any problems. The MSDS are for emergency services too.
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Posted By: LilNiteRidrhood
Date Posted: 30/April/2004 at 10:32pm
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I carry three million dollars Stanley. I'll bet you $100.00 you don't have business liability insurance for 10 million dollars in effect today. Is it a bet? This is your own insurance not the people you contract for. |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 01/May/2004 at 6:23am
| Sears requires 10 million...cost around just over 250 a month...still thats not bad...sure I'll bet |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 01/May/2004 at 5:14pm
Mr. Steamer: Why in hell would Sears require 10 million for carpet cleaning. that is ludicrous. I carry 5 million and theat becsuse of the restoration side. I could see it if you were into mould remediation. What is your deductible $2500.00? Since you have to name Sears on your policy that is alot of coin. When you have to use up several jobs a month to pay for all that extra insurance is it worth itfor extra insurance? Is that your liability just for your business? Do you have a rider for the extra 8 million you over above what you need? Just inquiring Just my opinion
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Posted By: LilNiteRidrhood
Date Posted: 01/May/2004 at 6:12pm
| I know a guy who subcontarcts for Sears and he has $1 million liability |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 01/May/2004 at 10:19pm
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Well if the truck catches fire or explodes...and burns down a couple of houses...maybe even a town house complex...it would be nice to be covered...lol better more than less they always say |
Posted By: Steaminpile
Date Posted: 03/May/2004 at 3:29am
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Real name is Andy,I'm 33 years old Owner operator of Andy's SteaMachine in Prince George B.C. started suckin rugs in 1999 went on my own in Dec. 2003 was a janitor for about 4 years when I was younger recently added stripping and waxing WHIMIS trained + certified CC with the IICRC 3-4 trucks in the future is my current goal. having troubles keeping up to all the phone calls (musta did something right last year?) quite concerned with dangerous chem's but I DO like to get stains out. why bother showing up if you don't?? |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 03/May/2004 at 2:36pm
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do you get ALL STAINS OUT????? I think not
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Posted By: Steaminpile
Date Posted: 03/May/2004 at 9:20pm
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most |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 03/May/2004 at 11:14pm
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good steamin...get out wood rust for me....... get out toner dust in high traffic area... get out bad pee stains on white carpet.. get out bleach marks get out zit cream get out dried nail polish get out a pool of blood get out dried varnish get out a major paint spill get out stains that the customer already used a tone of prosolve and the color is gone get out an iron burn(how many of those have you seen) y'all need to look up the definition of stain in the dictionary you get out light staining and soil marks, these a stains that will be there FOREVER unless you dye or change the carpet |