anyone worked in a drycleaner before?

[andylawcc]

I have some dress shirt that I do not want to machine wash (actually, I just do not want to iron them ). anyways, so I was shopping around and found out in the same area, one shop charges 3 dollar for the same shirt which would cost 1 dollar in another shop.

how come? I mean, dry-cleaning is still dry-cleaning right, does the "you get what you pay" theory works here?

 

[olds]

One has a larger boat payment.

 

[amol]

you forgot about this thing called competitive pricing


that, and some people want to rip you off

 

[bradruth]

The amount you pay is inversely proportional to the amount of wetness of the cleaning. That $3 job is as dry as a bone. The $1...you're gonna have some moisture.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: bradruth
The amount you pay is inversely proportional to the amount of wetness of the cleaning. That $3 job is as dry as a bone. The $1...you're gonna have some moisture.

<---- likes moisture

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: bradruth
The amount you pay is inversely proportional to the amount of wetness of the cleaning. That $3 job is as dry as a bone. The $1...you're gonna have some moisture.

how bad is that bit of moisture though? i mean, the shirts I am going to dryclean can be machine wash anyways so the wetness shouldn't matter. I supposed they won't shrink due to that bit of moisture right?

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
One has a larger boat payment.

meaning? ? ? ? :tehconfused;

 

[TechnoKid]

the $3 is usually dry cleaned and pressed.
the $1 is usually washed (laundered) and pressed. or at least that's what i'd think.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: bradruth
The amount you pay is inversely proportional to the amount of wetness of the cleaning. That $3 job is as dry as a bone. The $1...you're gonna have some moisture.

how bad is that bit of moisture though? i mean, the shirts I am going to dryclean can be machine wash anyways so the wetness shouldn't matter. I supposed they won't shrink due to that bit of moisture right?

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
One has a larger boat payment.

meaning? ? ? ? :tehconfused;

Never listen to Click and Clack?
One charges more for the same service because he needs more money.

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: bradruth
The amount you pay is inversely proportional to the amount of wetness of the cleaning. That $3 job is as dry as a bone. The $1...you're gonna have some moisture.

how bad is that bit of moisture though? i mean, the shirts I am going to dryclean can be machine wash anyways so the wetness shouldn't matter. I supposed they won't shrink due to that bit of moisture right?

:shocked:

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Never listen to Click and Clack?
One charges more for the same service because he needs more money.

but for 3 times the price? I mean, do the shop owner really think consumer won't shop around? i know business owner (not just dry cleaner) would charge more than the competitor, but not 200 percent more. I would expect within the dollar range.

I have 8-9 shirts to dryclean, had i not check around that's almost 20 bucks gone.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: bradruth
:shocked:

<---- cleaning n00b, pls enlighten meq

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: bradruth
:shocked:

<---- cleaning n00b, pls enlighten meq

I thought it was pretty clear that I didn't know what the hell I was talking about.

 

[HappyPuppy]

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Never listen to Click and Clack?
One charges more for the same service because he needs more money.

but for 3 times the price? I mean, do the shop owner really think consumer won't shop around? i know business owner (not just dry cleaner) would charge more than the competitor, but not 200 percent more. I would expect within the dollar range.

I have 8-9 shirts to dryclean, had i not check around that's almost 20 bucks gone.

You haven't been around the block very many times, have you?

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
One has a larger boat payment.

Or a bigger Mercedes.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: bradruth
I thought it was pretty clear that I didn't know what the hell I was talking about.

? :? okay... heh.

 

[NickelTitanium]

Bring some Kimchi with you. They will give you good deal.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: NickelTitanium
Bring some Kimchi with you. They will give you good deal.

BAN! that's teh r@ci3t!!! ;p


HappyPuppy: my point is, if you go grocery shopping, milk would cost about 2.29 a gallon at walmart, which is probably the cheapest you can find; the same gallon of milk would probably be only 2.99 at 7-11, which is probably the most expensive. the price difference between the two extreme is 30 percent max.
now dry cleaning is obviously not a necessity compare to milk, but i can't think of anything else that it could cost that much less when shopped at the competitor.

 

[Shawn]

how does dry cleaning work?

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Supercharged
how does dry cleaning work?

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