Raised Minimum
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Topic: Raised Minimum
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Subject: Raised Minimum
Date Posted: 14/June/2008 at 10:17am
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Man with the gas prices going up up and up...I'm glad that I raised the min to $84 for 3 rooms or less.
The call volume has gone way down.
people are fussing a little, but I'm sure they will get use to it.
anyone else raise min calls?
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Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 14/June/2008 at 11:22am
Right on guru....
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Posted By: danmarck82
Date Posted: 16/June/2008 at 12:01am
| keep it raised and don't look back ....Period |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 16/June/2008 at 12:37am
Time to move to the GTA and take Steamer's custys ------------- 
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Posted By: FreshAire
Date Posted: 16/June/2008 at 2:01am
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My Minimum is AUD$110 (about USD$104) and often only 1 room can be done for that price... ...but I suppose at that price the Kenny and Coops Comedy Team would probably tell you all that I am ripping my (happy) Aussie customers off!!! |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 16/June/2008 at 10:55am
That's cuz neither of them have any idea about great customer service -------------
The STD Meter |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 16/June/2008 at 12:26pm
Nope, I would tell you you are not charging enough. My minimum charge is $200 and no carpet is charged at under .50/sq. Most of you guys have a long way to go yet........... ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
FreshAire wrote:Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 16/June/2008 at 1:58pm
Where's my shovel?????? It's getting deep in here -------------
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Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 16/June/2008 at 4:07pm
Just slipping on my waders as we speak.  ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 16/June/2008 at 6:49pm
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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 16/June/2008 at 8:42pm
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Hey Kenny whats your number there... I have some relatives out your way that seriously need a cleaning.
They want only the best
PM me
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Posted By: rick007
Date Posted: 16/June/2008 at 11:56pm
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HEY GUYS- working in cow crap isn't bad as long as you don't fall in it.I KNOW! ------------- happy cleaning |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 17/June/2008 at 1:25am
The way Ken slings it, you'll have to duck to avoid being splattered  -------------
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Posted By: FreshAire
Date Posted: 17/June/2008 at 1:27am
| 50c/sqft is about average, might go a little lower for commercial stuff buy never below 40c and will go up to $1.20 on some jobs... but how did you arrive at a $200 min charge Kenny? What is your justification for it (I have justification for mine!) |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 17/June/2008 at 1:38am
Hmmmmmm......what will his answer be this time???? Is it the 2 minute drying times or the top notch customer service???? Maybe it's the fact that his techs make $100k/year........or maybe Kenny will come up with a new story for us -------------
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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 17/June/2008 at 9:47am
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50 cents a sq foot will never fly... you can get new carpet with install and padding for less than $1.00 per sq ft.
That's how I know people who say they charge that are bullsh*tting.
why would you clean the carpet???
spot clean with windex and replace after 4 or 5 years....LOL
no one will pay 50 bucks to clean a 10x10 room not even with gard and deo pilelifting and grooming ...HELL NO!
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Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 17/June/2008 at 6:56pm
Easy to justify. Doing furnished rooms averages 400 sq ft per hour on average. At .50 that works out to $200 so that works out to $200/hr for the job. Our minimum job is 1 hour's labour. Easy to justify.  ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 17/June/2008 at 6:59pm
yep. We average $200/hr with our trucks. I set our minimum charge as 1 hour. Simple and effective. Calgary has over 20,000 millionaires here so they can afford it. No problem.  ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 18/June/2008 at 12:32am
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Right.....the millionaire story. I forgot that one -------------
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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 18/June/2008 at 10:24pm
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I believe you Kenny
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Posted By: cleanex
Date Posted: 19/June/2008 at 3:14pm
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I'm on the wrong board, all this crap about $200.00 minimum and 1.20 sq ft. I was born in the dark but it was not last night. ------------- DON ELDRED YOU CAN "STAND" ON OUR REPUTATION |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 19/June/2008 at 11:16pm
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Empire sells carpet real cheap...way cheaper than 1.20 per sq ft. the bs here baffles brains
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Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 20/June/2008 at 1:35am
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Nobody here said they get $1.20 per. You have to stop the BS. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 20/June/2008 at 4:13pm
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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 20/June/2008 at 4:14pm
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Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 20/June/2008 at 5:53pm
Wow! I finally found someone that makes my cleaning prices look cheap. I stand corrected.  ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 20/June/2008 at 8:01pm
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You can charge whatever you want if you don't do any work Ken -------------
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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 20/June/2008 at 8:50pm
| at 50 cents per sq ft...it sure would be slow around here |
Posted By: FreshAire
Date Posted: 20/June/2008 at 9:41pm
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Mr Steamer, do I have to show you my invoices? And do you also forget I'm in Australia where we pay $35,000-60,000 for your average truckmounts and $7/USGallon for fuel? If I charged any less I'd be outta business next week!!  |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 21/June/2008 at 6:00pm
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Naw I don't need to see your invoices......but I still find it hard to believe you have customers paying from $50.00 to over $100.00 per room. The average room here is a 10x13 thats 130 sq ft... even at 7 bucks a gallon... still sounds high to me.
but I'm a dumbass
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