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[Kenny Hayes]

Meanie! The thrill is over for you.

 

[Trip Moses]

Carpet cleaners have been cleaning stairs for decades.
Why are we still talking about how much to charge?

You mad because you’re charging less than us?

 

[hogjowl]

I’d tell you what I charge if I was insecure about it.

 

[Trip Moses]

I’d tell you what I charge if I was insecure about it.

Insecurity has zero to do with it. It’s just part of a carpet cleaning business forum. I sure ain’t doing this crap for free. I’ve appreciate when people talk actual price. Otherwise how would any of us know. Not everyone reads or contributes to cleanfax anymore. I have breakfast with some other local cleaners frequently and we always talk about fees for services. But if you want to act like you have some superior pricing system and you need to keep it close to chest, whatever.

 

[Kenny Hayes]

BAM!

 

[hogjowl]

I see I hit that nERve I was aiming for.

 

[BIG WOOD]

Insecurity has zero to do with it. It’s just part of a carpet cleaning business forum. I sure ain’t doing this crap for free. I’ve appreciate when people talk actual price. Otherwise how would any of us know. Not everyone reads or contributes to cleanfax anymore. I have breakfast with some other local cleaners frequently and we always talk about fees for services. But if you want to act like you have some superior pricing system and you need to keep it close to chest, whatever.

Who cares what hogman charges? Not me. That idiot vacuums on every job

 

[Cleanworks]

Insecurity has zero to do with it. It’s just part of a carpet cleaning business forum. I sure ain’t doing this crap for free. I’ve appreciate when people talk actual price. Otherwise how would any of us know. Not everyone reads or contributes to cleanfax anymore. I have breakfast with some other local cleaners frequently and we always talk about fees for services. But if you want to act like you have some superior pricing system and you need to keep it close to chest, whatever.

I am $3-5 per stair.

 

[Trip Moses]

Who cares what hogman charges? Not me. That idiot vacuums on every job

That old fart doesn’t bother me. He would be disappointed if I hadn’t said something bitchy back to him.

I see I hit that nERve I was aiming for.

I vacuum every job. Even hard surfaces.

 

[Mike J]

Oh yeah, hot humid morning in Bar stair steam. My spa. Not my prespray, this is from all the residue of the mopped floors.
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They did come out nice. $100 extra for gum removal.
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After



During

 

[KevinD]

I always charged 10X my s.f. price for a basic stair.

 

[Mike J]

To update the PMF 1530DBL is my go to now for stairs. It is saving me a lot of work and the results are stellar. Absolutley the perfect stair tool on larger stairs, and also for cubicle offices with tight desk areas, its the main wand. Just gotta bend a little.

On smaller residential Ive been using the 1530DBL on the treads, and switching to the 6" PMF stair tool for the risers and stair nose.

Cut my time in half, better results, win win.

MikeyP knows....

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[Mikey P]

To update the PMF 1530DBL is my go to now for stairs. It is saving me a lot of work and the results are stellar. Absolutley the perfect stair tool on larger stairs, and also for cubicle offices with tight desk areas, its the main wand. Just gotta bend a little.

On smaller residential Ive been using the 1530DBL on the treads, and switching to the 6" PMF stair tool for the risers and stair nose.

Cut my time in half, better results, win win.

MikeyP knows....

Home - GreenGlides - The Original Carpet Cleaning Glide

Extending The Life Of Carpet…And Carpet Cleaners The Green Glides Difference Made in the USA! Lasts two to three times longer than the imported knock offs. Premium US sourced PTFE. No glue or silicone needed due to our precision fit. Legendary friendly over the top customer service. The Back...

greenglides.com

Which Glide?

 

[Mr Brightside]

50$ is fair I think
Stair tool then detail with upholstery

 

[Luky]

I am $3-5 per stair.

Thank you for the transparency. I figured out that quoting per set of stairs has a better " sound" than charging per step. I changed the price per set of stairs to $80, which brings the price per step to $ 6.7(a lot of houses have 12 steps to a staircase.
When I get a scenario of eight steps, landing, eighth steps,
it's $100 and so on. My point is that customers will rather take my reasoning about how much time, effort and
' expertise' is vested in cleaning their matted, beat-down steps than hearing they have to pay almost seven bucks per one. I believe it's a psychological aspect of the sales pitch.
It works well for me.

 

[Luky]

They did come out nice. $100 extra for gum removal.
Before
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After

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During
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Nice going!

 

[Luky]

I charge $75-95 and clean the riser if needed.

How much do you chrge for a Lazy Boy? Which takes longer?

I can't help but on commercial grade carpet, I use my two jets PMF 802 with a tube sitting on either side of my shoulders for added support. It works perfectly for me, it's shorter (5'9") weighs just a little over 6 lbs, and doesn't cause any fatigue or back pain.

 

[Mike J]

Which Glide?

Hybrid is my go to for upholstery, bareback a lot on stairs. Be careful not to scrape wood surfaces with this one, great edging though.

 

[Mikey P]

Thank you for the transparency. I figured out that quoting per set of stairs has a better " sound" than charging per step. I changed the price per set of stairs to $80, which brings the price per step to $ 6.7(a lot of houses have 12 steps to a staircase.
When I get a scenario of eight steps, landing, eighth steps,
it's $100 and so on. My point is that customers will rather take my reasoning about how much time, effort and
' expertise' is vested in cleaning their matted, beat-down steps than hearing they have to pay almost seven bucks per one. I believe it's a psychological aspect of the sales pitch.
It works well for me.

I agree 100 %


and a staircase is a lot bigger than that sofa that most charge $125ish for..

 

[Mikey P]

A little bit off topic but yesterday I had a tube of super glue split open and pretty much cover 8 out of 10 fingers and with no acetone around it's probably going to be a good week before it all peels off..

 

[bob vawter]

I charge $75-95 and clean the riser if needed.

How much do you chrge for a Lazy Boy? Which takes longer?

Wit or without Marty in it?

 

[bob vawter]

A little bit off topic but yesterday I had a tube of super glue split open and pretty much cover 8 out of 10 fingers and with no acetone around it's probably going to be a good week before it all peels off.. View attachment 123963

Yor dam lucky it didn't squirt in yor eye.....

 

[bob vawter]

I jus charged my extra room charge.....$12.95

 

[Nate The Great]

I jus charged my extra room charge.....$12.95

Back in 1959......

 

[bob vawter]

Back in 1959......

Actually it was early '70s....

 

[Brian H]

Yor dam lucky it didn't squirt in yor eye.....

That happened to a friend of mine. He thought he was putting eye drops in and it was super glue! Fun trip to the ER for him!

 

[Mikey P]

That happened to a friend of mine. He thought he was putting eye drops in and it was super glue! Fun trip to the ER for him!

What happened?

 

[Brian H]

What happened?

He thought he was putting eye drops in his eye and it turned out to be super glue. Apparently he wasn't the first person to have ever done this and they were able to remove the glue without any permanent damage. His eyesight had been failing prior to that and the containers did look similar.

This same guy was using aerosol spray butter on chicken he was grilling, except it was stainless steel cleaner...

He was a successful business man, multi millionaire just had eyesight issues.

 

[Cleanworks]

He thought he was putting eye drops in his eye and it turned out to be super glue. Apparently he wasn't the first person to have ever done this and they were able to remove the glue without any permanent damage. His eyesight had been failing prior to that and the containers did look similar.

This same guy was using aerosol spray butter on chicken he was grilling, except it was stainless steel cleaner...

He was a successful business man, multi millionaire just had eyesight issues.

I wonder how the chicken tasted?

 

[Luky]

$500 for less than 2 hrs cleaning. 15 years plus here. Key was waiting for me for over a month. Sunday is my only day for these, tennants come in Thursday.
Been working every Saturday and most Sundays. Come July I take Wednesdays off and do not work Sundays. No choice now.

It's amazing how our industry works; you can make very nice money in a relatively short time with less effort and your next job is the opposite, you spend more time on the job for whatever reason, and in the end, you realized that more effort and resources were needed than you initially thought. It makes you wonder...
Lightly soiled carpet, easy access, vacant house, and no bodies on premises make our job a pleasant experience, still, we do our magic, but with less disruption. No disruption means better production time and that converts to higher profits. If our life was that easy