Can we talk about how hopelessly outdated laundry machines are?

[Perknose]

Smokers, god damn smokers smoking in the laundry mat. God damn smokers smoking in the laundry mat where I am trying to get my clothes clean. That and the lady who held her little boy up so he could pee in the trash can even though there was a functional bathroom twenty feet away.

On the positive side, from back in the day, what I remember is this one black guy, obviously a laundromat veteran, who raised the folding of his clothes to a professional performance-level ballet.

Snap! Fold! Snap! Fold! Down! And next!

 

[ichy]

lol

as if people needing laundry mats have credit and credit cards

I used to live in a pretty decent apartment building that had a large laundromat in the basement (it was a big high-rise.) It had a machine that allowed you to pay for laundry with a credit card.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Two things that made me feel like I had truly arrived.

A garage and a washer/dryer.

I've lived in 1 apt that I had to use the laundry mat. Did that for about a month before I decided this is BS and bought a house. Not having to go somewhere to wash your clothes rules. I can now strip infront of my washing machine, throw in my clothes i'm wearing, and not have to listen to cat calls and wistles. It would have been OK, if it was chicks doing it, but it's a different story when it's a 50 something cross dresser.

 

[ichy]

When I reflect upon all the things that sucked about being poor, having to use laundry mats rises to the top.

Ugh, back when I had to use a public laundromat there was this one time when this gross homeless lady kept on hanging around it. She wasn't doing laundry or anything, just drinking malt liquor, smelling the place up and bitching about how the cops took her drugs the last time she got arrested. I wish I could have called the cops on her again but I don't think she was doing enough for them to care.

 

[Leros]

This.

I do like my old apartments coin op though as they were so cheap. $1 wash and 75 cent dry. The machines using prepaid card will undoubtedly charge more. I guess it's a trade-off to some extent, but I like having a way to spend my daily loose pocket change (the quarters anyway).

That's really cheap. When I was in the dorms, the coin-op laundromat I used was $2.50 wash, $0.75 per 15 minutes of drying. Washing laundry was expensive. Luckily, I only had to use those machines for a year.

 

[sandorski]

My apartments Laundry Machines take $1 coins. It sucks because I have Quarters piling up since they lost their utility as Laundry Money.

 

[Rudee]

That's what you get for not paying attention in school and getting poor grades. If you would of done better in school, you'd likely have a high paying job now where you can own your own home with your own laundry facilities instead of having to throw your money away on rent and plug quarters into somebody else's laundry machines and bitch about it.


j/k.

 

[OutHouse]

Who would be stupid enough to use their credit card for cash?

if it means a couple hundred bucks a month in revenue to you, who gives a fuck.

 

[DrPizza]

Laundromat A, Laundromat B:

A decides to keep everything the same, and accept quarters only; perhaps have a change machine on premises. Their prices: $2.00 for wash, $0.50 to dry.

B decides to upgrade the equipment to accept debit cards or credit cards. B has to pay $100 per machine for the cost of the hardware, plus wiring, etc. B now has to have an internet connection; something B didn't need in the past. Now, B isn't a fool. B realizes that every time someone swipes a debit or credit card on the drier, the processing company is going to charge him 29 cents for the transaction. B also realizes he has to pay for these upgrades, so at the very least, B will have to increase the price on driers to 75 cents; if not $1.00.

Now, the consumer has to decide: go to the laundromat that accepts swipes of their debit card, but costs twice as much to use? Or go to the ATM, get out some cash, and use the coin machine at the laundromat.


Which laundromat would you rather own, OP?

 

[waggy]

Laundromat A, Laundromat B:

A decides to keep everything the same, and accept quarters only; perhaps have a change machine on premises. Their prices: $2.00 for wash, $0.50 to dry.

B decides to upgrade the equipment to accept debit cards or credit cards. B has to pay $100 per machine for the cost of the hardware, plus wiring, etc. B now has to have an internet connection; something B didn't need in the past. Now, B isn't a fool. B realizes that every time someone swipes a debit or credit card on the drier, the processing company is going to charge him 29 cents for the transaction. B also realizes he has to pay for these upgrades, so at the very least, B will have to increase the price on driers to 75 cents; if not $1.00.

Now, the consumer has to decide: go to the laundromat that accepts swipes of their debit card, but costs twice as much to use? Or go to the ATM, get out some cash, and use the coin machine at the laundromat.


Which laundromat would you rather own, OP?

and A knowing they raised the price to $1 raises his to $.75 and makes more money.

 

[nanette1985]

One of the things I love about the condo I recently moved into - washer and dryer right next to the kitchen. I still get happy every time I use them.

In fact I think I'll go wash something right now.

 

[Fritzo]

Hi, I'm a laundry mat owner. This is my business. I make money by providing a service. Now the machines I have provide that service and customers seem to be happy to pay me for that service. I bought the machines a long time ago and they have been fully depreciated so their cost to me is zero other than some maintenance.

A customer once gave me the bright idea of buying all new equipment. I ran the numbers and his idea was terrible, his idea. I would be out of business within 6 months from the added capital and associated depreciation and operational expense of the new machines so I kicked him square in the nuts and told him good day.

True story?

It just seems to me a customer would spend more if they had new credit card machines instead of relying on bulky currency.

"Hmmm...regular wash or super wash? Well, I don't have enough quarters..."

 

[waggy]

wtf double post so far appart? ugh

 

[sandorski]

One of the things I love about the condo I recently moved into - washer and dryer right next to the kitchen. I still get happy every time I use them.

In fact I think I'll go wash something right now.

I would love to have that, even just a Washing Machine(this is actually possible, unlike the Dryer).

 

[Leros]

True story?

It just seems to me a customer would spend more if they had new credit card machines instead of relying on bulky currency.

"Hmmm...regular wash or super wash? Well, I don't have enough quarters..."

I'm not sure if people who use a laundromat are:

1) Poor and bad at managing money, thus they would freely pay more for the extra cost wash

or

2) Poor and very frugal, thus they would get the cheaper wash everytime.

 

[Sluggo]

Laundromat A, Laundromat B:

A decides to keep everything the same, and accept quarters only; perhaps have a change machine on premises. Their prices: $2.00 for wash, $0.50 to dry.

B decides to upgrade the equipment to accept debit cards or credit cards. B has to pay $100 per machine for the cost of the hardware, plus wiring, etc. B now has to have an internet connection; something B didn't need in the past. Now, B isn't a fool. B realizes that every time someone swipes a debit or credit card on the drier, the processing company is going to charge him 29 cents for the transaction. B also realizes he has to pay for these upgrades, so at the very least, B will have to increase the price on driers to 75 cents; if not $1.00.

Now, the consumer has to decide: go to the laundromat that accepts swipes of their debit card, but costs twice as much to use? Or go to the ATM, get out some cash, and use the coin machine at the laundromat.


Which laundromat would you rather own, OP?

Screw them both it should be free. Occupy the laundromat, clean clothes are a right.

 

[davmat787]

I saw a commercial for a new laundromat (new? remodeled?) in my smallish town the other day. It looks very nice inside and out, has a customer lounge, kids play room, digital tvs, free wifi, granite counter tops, and more.

Unfortunately, it will probably be out of biz in a few months unless there is enough capital behind it to last until profits are seen.

 

[IronWing]

Granite counter tops? Eww, lots of stuff can be camouflaged on a granite counter top.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Hi, I'm a laundry mat owner. This is my business. I make money by providing a service. Now the machines I have provide that service and customers seem to be happy to pay me for that service. I bought the machines a long time ago and they have been fully depreciated so their cost to me is zero other than some maintenance.

A customer once gave me the bright idea of buying all new equipment. I ran the numbers and his idea was terrible, his idea. I would be out of business within 6 months from the added capital and associated depreciation and operational expense of the new machines so I kicked him square in the nuts and told him good day.

the laundry near me recently changed all machines from coins to custom printed laundry cards - same machines, different boxes mounted. they save a ton on maintenance.

 

[Ns1]

Screw them both it should be free. Occupy the laundromat, clean clothes are a right.

amen.

fuck those capitalist 1%'ers

 

[gorcorps]

One of the things I love about the condo I recently moved into - washer and dryer right next to the kitchen. I still get happy every time I use them.

In fact I think I'll go wash something right now.

Installed washer and dryer was priority #1 when I looked for an apartment. Absolutely worth it.

 

[bobdole369]

Hey IDIOTS, it is "laundromat", not "laundry mat". A laundry mat is a rug you stand on when doing laundry - ostensibly for knocked up wives.

That being said - I hope you laundromat users like the herp and scabies and lice. Also how about putting on your shirt and getting a mouthful of frizzy hair that isn't yours.

Christ, why is it so hard for some people to simply stop renting at a place that doesn't have a washer/dryer? My sister in law doesn't have a washer and dryer and she is ALWAYS bumming a load. I would slit my wrists and climb inside a dryer before i ever moved into a place where I had to share a machine where my drawers get washed with other disgusting people. May as well shower at the Y and take shits at 7-11.

Interestingly the city in which I live is called that - because it is the name of a string of car washes the majority landowner owned from up north back in the 50's.

 

[sandorski]

Hey IDIOTS, it is "laundromat", not "laundry mat". A laundry mat is a rug you stand on when doing laundry - ostensibly for knocked up wives.

That being said - I hope you laundromat users like the herp and scabies and lice. Also how about putting on your shirt and getting a mouthful of frizzy hair that isn't yours.

Christ, why is it so hard for some people to simply stop renting at a place that doesn't have a washer/dryer? My sister in law doesn't have a washer and dryer and she is ALWAYS bumming a load. I would slit my wrists and climb inside a dryer before i ever moved into a place where I had to share a machine where my drawers get washed with other disgusting people. May as well shower at the Y and take shits at 7-11.

Interestingly the city in which I live is called that - because it is the name of a string of car washes the majority landowner owned from up north back in the 50's.

You stalkin me?

 

[Ns1]

Christ, why is it so hard for some people to simply stop renting at a place that doesn't have a washer/dryer?

we are the 99%

 

[Squisher]

So, everyone agrees that innovation is a waste of money?