Some do, some don't.

[Mikey P]

How do you explain this to your customers...

 

[Jimmy L]

People don't know what they buy.

 

[DAT]

Finest Turkish poly rug, fitting for a connoisseur clean.

 

[Mikey P]

Two unobservant dufuses...


Next?

 

[DAT]

I have no idea, all i see is cheap rugs

 

[Fat Mike]

speaking of the ripples?

cant see the lable well on first

 

[Clean Response]

That the cleaning will be more than they payed for it.

 

[ruff]

Are you talking about the warping or dye damage on the multi colored one?

 

[Mikey P]

dye damage

Dont be such a RF.

 

[Mikey P]

lordy, how do you explain that about 50% of woven olven rugs with bindings ripple?


and how do you suggest they deal with it...

 

[Papa John]

Hey-- Fred! I never got my Mikey decoder ring.
Im having trouble understanding what he isnt saying! He left some of his thoughts/message in his brain still.

 

[Ron K]

You explain it before you wash it or you fix it after you wash it. Or better yet you wash and dry it the correct way first. JMO!

 

[Mikey P]

Or better yet you wash and dry it the correct way

sure, how much for that $69 rug to wash and fix?

 

[DAT]

Buy a new one,?

 

[hogjowl]

Hey-- Fred! I never got my Mikey decoder ring.
Im having trouble understanding what he isnt saying! He left some of his thoughts/message in his brain still.

You learn not to care
He eventually explains his idiot self

 

[ruff]

Is the core (not the face yarn) made of jute on the one that warped?

 

[hogjowl]

 

[Mikey P]

 

[ruff]

Well.....in that case:

 

[Mikey P]

Fitting, both are Olefin shit rugs...lol

 

[Trip Moses]

It is one of the small joys in life to tell a customer they just need to throw that rug away

 

[Mikey P]

Clothes steamer to loosen the backing and lay heavy objects on the problem areas

Roll inside out as tight as possible and tie or tape up for a fewdays

Be paitient.


Give away to a homeless camp

 

[BIG WOOD]

Or just charge them $20 to wand over it and tell them the ripples might take months to relax. If that don't work, just buy another one. It's still cheaper than rug washing it

 

[Mikey P]

$25, I'm premium.

 

[The Great Oz]

Easy with a flatbed washer, as the massage of the machine fixes the ripples along with the wash. There are no issues when cleaning, so we clean this type of rug for a buck a square foot. Up to the customer whether they want to pay or spend a little more and buy a new one, and if the rug is in bad shape we offer to throw it out for them for free.

In Seattle, people feel guilty for throwing anything out, so most of these probably end up at the Goodwill.

 

[Ron K]

Or just charge them $20 to wand over it and tell them the ripples might take months to relax. If that don't work, just buy another one. It's still cheaper than rug washing it

And if they trip on the rugs "ripples" your $20.00 special becomes a what?

 

[BIG WOOD]

$25, I'm premium.

My conscience won’t let me charge much more than these prices because it takes maybe 5 min to clean.

 

[Mikey P]

I vac'd, CRB'd and used the Most Balanced Cleaning Combo in the WORLD on so I'm in for 20 minutes, easily.

 

[Mikey P]

and I was wearing suspenders, so it came out even better.

 

[BIG WOOD]

I vac'd, CRB'd and used the Most Balanced Cleaning Combo in the WORLD on so I'm in for 20 minutes, easily.



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You need to be charging $1/sq. ft with that kind of timing