Randy you are such a blowhard and a hypocrite.
Rule #1 of OPing
Posted by RandyRoyer on January 07, 2006 - 06:39 PM -
Sounds good to me.Ban them.Then shut down the blue board,and let Evan deal with them.
Atleast then they have to email each of us one at a time with their BS and insults.I think there is bitterness due much to high Truckmount payments.John,I really think the "blue board" has probably hurt your business.Guys looking to get op,encap,or Vlm equipment find your site and get blasted repeatedly by these guys.If they happen to get on the board before calling you,chances are that customer is lost for good.I recently met a new cleaner that purchased equipment from another sourse, even after I had specificly referred you.Unfortunatly it reflects on your company when non-hwe guys get harassing emails after registering on your site. Some take this all too serious,and I think it hurts your sales unfairly.The whole point of BBS marketing is to make sales,
these clowns are taking money out of your pocket with all this bashing.
Home Depoe Buys Chem-dry
Posted by RandyRoyer on January 09, 2006 - 04:29 PM -
Join forces in the War against HWE.This is going to be a neat thing to watch over the next few years.The publicity concerning low moisture cleaning alone will benefit the op/encap cleaners.I think Shaws position on Hwe and requiring certified firms starting in 2008 just got shot to Heck.
E: What is your average
Posted by RandyRoyer on January 09, 2006 - 07:38 PM -
Encapping residentials $30.00 per room.Commercial range 10 to 40 cents depending on the size of the job or the amount of work they give us.
RE: When to use Abstraction
Posted by RandyRoyer on January 10, 2006 - 08:40 PM -
Steve,John always has it right.He started cleaning carpet back when they would hang the rugs from the tress and beat them with big sticks,prior to rinsing in the RIVER NILE
: A New and Better Name for OP
Posted by RandyRoyer on January 17, 2006 - 01:04 AM -
I like "The hot water extraction REPLACEMENT." or Super soakerless cleaning (SSC)
Sure cool to OP clean! -40 degrees at 2pm today...
Posted by RandyRoyer on January 22, 2006 - 04:44 AM -
Yep,no more cold weather stress here either.Over the years I tried so many different methoeds of truckmount winterization,small keroscene heaters,camp sytle propane heaters,electric heaters and long extension cords.I remember having to go find keroscene after a Christmas Eve service because the temp was dropping fast.I drove around with my then girlfriend for a couple of hours before I found a station that wasn't sold out.I remember her saying "Randy,don't you think there is a better way? " What an idiot I should have married her,she probably would have dragged me into VLM kicking and screaming.LOL
: For those who pad & HWE- BURN YOUR BRIDGES!
Posted by RandyRoyer on December 29, 2005 - 05:08 AM -
Good point Coby! An extractor (steamin demon) used to be on the truck 100% of the time just in case,now it never is except for greasey grimmy restaurants where I scrub/extract.That may change too ! I love being able to leave everything on the truck in the winter, except sprayers/chemicals/small spotting extractor. The winter load/unload hassle is a lot less (a few minutes)and a total BREEZE compared to unloading/winterizing the truckmounts (the last of which I finally was able to sell at a MAJOR LOSS last summer, after 2 years of being mothballed on a pallet waiting for a new home.NEVER again will I "invest" in one of those MONEY SUCKS).NEVER!
Apartment Cleaning....
Posted by RandyRoyer on December 29, 2005 - 05:58 PM -
Some guys see wand marks in their sleep.Thats pretty cool,learning the business at 11! I wish I could have.How much money would have been saved starting out with op instead of truckmounted hwe.Thats a really depressing thought.
Apartment Cleaning....
Posted by RandyRoyer on December 29, 2005 - 05:58 PM -
Some guys see wand marks in their sleep.Thats pretty cool,learning the business at 11! I wish I could have.How much money would have been saved starting out with op instead of truckmounted hwe.Thats a really depressing thought.
RE: IS IT SAFE?
Posted by RandyRoyer on January 01, 2006 - 09:44 PM -
Great this is going to be a gay friendly BBs that understands the special lifestyle issues of HWE addiction.I don't know which one is worse.
A marketable new name for the OP method?? Pt 2
Posted by RandyRoyer on January 04, 2006 - 06:46 PM -
The GEURKINK methoed.You just need to teach the entire marketplace how to pronounce it. LOL
If you can't figure out what to call your cleaning methoed,just stick to Hot water extraction,steam cleaning or super soaker cleaning. (Mold included at no extra charge.)
OP for a year now
Posted by RandyRoyer on January 06, 2006 - 09:13 PM -
FORREST, I CAN'T carry a tune,but have experienced the same situation since going VLM.I was thinking on the way home its going to go down to 22 degrees tonight, if I still ran TM's I would be doing the anti-freeze/heater thing tonight.What a relief not having to go through all that.To say nothing of all the maintence bills,downtime and cancelled jobs. Regardless of what the
IICRC & SHAW Industries say VLM is the wave of the future.
Confessions of a carpet cleaner.....
randy royer on August 09, 2005 - 12:59 PM
I must admit I still do feel the need to defend my decision to purchase 2 truckmounts, even though The LAST ONE I will ever own was recently sold. The money I "invested" in truckmounts would have easily purchased a summer home, a used FERRARI, or made a heck of a contribution to my retirement program. Since going low moisture my cost have dropped, referrals have gone up, the amount of time I spend doing Non-revenue producing equipment maintenance has disappeared, the training time for new hires has dropped by more than half, and most important my net (Randy gets to keep Money) has skyrocketed). John if you had to live with the nightmares of being a truckmount operation for just a couple of years, you would understand why Truckmounters sometimes seem defensive. (getting beyond the emotional issues can be though LOL). They have made the decision to allow their operation to become a fixed cost, high overhead, complicated business. They are locked into a "in the box I am trapped "mentality. There is no healing that until one admits THERE IS A BETTER WAY, that happens to be more profitable. With respect to low moisture cleaning taking longer, that is a joke. Often it takes less time and hardly ever longer. We switched truckmount customers (both commercial & residential ) with no problem, which shocked me. I wish I would have admitted this to my self earlier. The only time we hwe now is for serious urine contamination (where we are using OSR) or restaurants (agitation with counter-rotating brush rinse with steamon demons.
Sincerely,
Randy Royer
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