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Humidity: 83%
Sunrise: 7:12 am
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Beware of Bait and Switch Tactics!
  Be aware of companies using "bait-n-switch" techniques! You’re ready to have your wall to wall carpeting professionally cleaned and want to get the best job for the best price, right? You may have received a coupon or via direct mail, advertising $10 per room! or $60 - $80 for 3 to 4 bedroom house. What a great deal, huh? How can they afford to charge such a low price? We can tell you with all certainty, THEY CAN’T! The gas alone, to get to your home would make this a losing proposition for the ‘company’. Then there are cleaning agents, set up and tear down time, and the actual job labor—a firm charging $10 or $20 a room would soon go broke. How/why are they charging this price? The answer is simple—Bait & Switch! Here is a typical scenario: Once inside your home, you are informed that the advertised price is for ‘basic steam cleaning’--in other words, clear water. Take it from me; you cannot properly clean even a lightly soiled carpet without proper cleaning agents, such as pre-conditioner, emulsifier & various spot cleaners. Oh, they have these products on their truck, but if they USE them on your carpets, your $10 a room price just went up to $100-$150 Then, there’s the high pressure add on sales (Scotchguard tm, deodorizing) as well as a charge for moving any furniture. Throw in the ‘nominal travel charge’ and the 2 rooms you thought you would be paying $20 to clean have just cost you $300 - $450, not to mention the lousy job performed by the inexperienced technician you’ve been sent! These companies hire right off the street and pay on a commission basis. Commission on what? On all of the up sell, of course! They’re routinely sued, go out of business, and resurface under a new name. Save yourself the trouble! Remember the old adage—You get what you pay for! This video below is from US news but this same scenario happens in New Zealand too.
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