Great googly moogly! Is dry cleaning always this expensive?!?!?!?!

[Ryan]

Just got 3 quotes from various places across town - all $70+ to dry clean 3 queen sized comforters Is this normal?

 

[Toasthead]

It depends on what they are cleaning OFF the comforters

 

[Mojoed]

Yea that sounds about normal I guess. I paid $45 to have two king-sized comforters cleaned this summer.

 

[Billzie7718]

Originally posted by: Toasthead
It depends on what they are cleaning OFF the comforters

Blood?

 

[Koenigsegg]

Originally posted by: Billzie7718

Originally posted by: Toasthead
It depends on what they are cleaning OFF the comforters

Blood?

You missed the joke.

 

[Billzie7718]

How much to dry clean and press say 10 dress shirts? Any idea?

 

[Stifko]

Wash them in a big washing machine. Why would you wanna dry clean quilts?

 

[Billzie7718]

Originally posted by: Koenigsegg

Originally posted by: Billzie7718

Originally posted by: Toasthead
It depends on what they are cleaning OFF the comforters

Blood?

You missed the joke.

No I didn't ... It was a referrence to American Psycho

 

[Mojoed]

Originally posted by: Koenigsegg

Originally posted by: Billzie7718

Originally posted by: Toasthead
It depends on what they are cleaning OFF the comforters

Blood?

You missed the joke.

He's new here, give him a month to catch up.

 

[Billzie7718]

Originally posted by: Mojoed

Originally posted by: Koenigsegg

Originally posted by: Billzie7718

Originally posted by: Toasthead
It depends on what they are cleaning OFF the comforters

Blood?

You missed the joke.

He's new here, give him a month to catch up.

I R teh nue




... P.S. Cats suck.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Stifko
Wash them in a big washing machine. Why would you wanna dry clean quilts?

Too big to fit in my washing machine - it's huge.

 

[misle]

I take mine to a laundry-mat that has a huge washer. Costs about $3

 

[Stifko]

Originally posted by: Ryan

Originally posted by: Stifko
Wash them in a big washing machine. Why would you wanna dry clean quilts?

Too big to fit in my washing machine - it's huge.

okay so take them to a laundry place that has huge coin-op machines. For 3 of 4 bucks you can wash them in the machines. Thats what I'd do.

 

[dabuddha]

You need a coupon. Or do what I do, have parents that own a dry cleaners chain.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Stifko

Originally posted by: Ryan

Originally posted by: Stifko
Wash them in a big washing machine. Why would you wanna dry clean quilts?

Too big to fit in my washing machine - it's huge.

okay so take them to a laundry place that has huge coin-op machines. For 3 of 4 bucks you can wash them in the machines. Thats what I'd do.

Well - one of the comforters is a down, so I just dropped it off. I'm going to go to coin-laundry for the other two.

 

[Stifko]

I think you could've put the down quilt in the machine too.

 

[MisfitsFiend]

You should be able to wash the down one - I just did,a nd it came out all right. What does the tag say?

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: MisfitsFiend
You should be able to wash the down one - I just did,a nd it came out all right. What does the tag say?

Dry clean only on the tag - although, everywhere I check online says you can wash down if you have a large enough washer. Oh well - the place I dropped it off at said 20 bucks, so not that much of a hit I guess

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Ryan
Just got 3 quotes from various places across town - all $70+ to dry clean 3 queen sized comforters Is this normal?

we charge by size of comforter

a king down-filled is 22+tax

a queen down is 20 + tax, and we havent raised those prices in years.

its typical, drycleaning services are expensive, and for very good reason.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Ryan

Originally posted by: MisfitsFiend
You should be able to wash the down one - I just did,a nd it came out all right. What does the tag say?

Dry clean only on the tag - although, everywhere I check online says you can wash down if you have a large enough washer. Oh well - the place I dropped it off at said 20 bucks, so not that much of a hit I guess

alot of down comfs reccomend drycleaning only

i almost never do, at work. my manager tried washing hers at home once and it broke the washer (tangled around the agitator). if you have one of the new, large, front loaders it should be ok. otherwise id never even think about it.

in a normal home washer, even a large one, there probably isnt sufficient room to allow it to get the cleaning it should get.

 

[sygyzy]

I always thought dry cleaning for clothes was $1-3 each time. I was charged $5 for a sweater and $5 for a pair of pants. What gives?

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I always thought dry cleaning for clothes was $1-3 each time. I was charged $5 for a sweater and $5 for a pair of pants. What gives?

typical prices now average about 4.50 or 5 bucks an item. we charge $5.50 for a pair of dryclean pants, $6 for starch (the finishing required takes a little more time) $2.25 for a laundered shirt, and about $12 for a typical womans dress

if it was cheaper, it was at a discount cleaners, where attention to cleaning, finishign and stain removal are nowhere near as good as at a regular cleaners.

 

[DrPizza]

I usually avoid dry-clean only clothes, only because I inevitably put them in the regular wash and sometimes ruin them.
But, we just dropped our down comforter off at the dry cleaner - $25. I have no problem whatsoever with that price.

 

[Mday]

comforters are larger than coats. Dry cleaning is done by weight and size, usually, and gender. Hence women's clothes are more expensive to dry clean cuz the demand is higher in women than men.

 

[ZOOYUKA]

Sounds reasonable to me.