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"JJones4519" <jjones4...@aol.com> wrote in message
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to the laundry for about 3 years to be pressed only. I'm fully capable
(timewise) of doing my laundry (goodness knows, I do enough for the tots)
but I do not have time to iron all of his work items. They pressed them for
years (at a pre–set press–only price–a fraction of laundering) and then all
of a sudden, they decided that they could no longer just press, but since
the items must be re–wetted before pressing (I didn't know this. Is this
crap?), they would charge full laundry and press for them. Thus, I pay
about $3.50 per pants and $2.75 per shirt. I think this sounds like a load,
this 'suddenly' stuff. I don't know if it's because they can't think of any
other ways to get more money for what they do. I can tell you that I'd
rather deal with an out–and–out cost of business price increase any day than
these wild 'sudden' increases! I'm also thinking that in my case, the
laundry doesn't want to go through the hassle of keeping the clean and dirty
laundry separated, so they cause all of the laundry to be washed and make me
pay for their convenience. I live in a very small town and this seems to be
the way that all of the laundries are leaning. I think most of them are
owned by the same people.
Jamie
laundering women's shirts: cost/WDC
jjones4...@aol.com (JJones4519)
1/31/2005 3:43:13 PM
hello washington, dc alt fashionistas: i took some cotton shirts to my regular
drycleaner the other day to be laundered. imagine my shock when they suddenly
wanted to charge me $3 instead of the usual $1–something i've been paying for
years. he claims it takes 15 minutes vs. 30 seconds to press the shirts because
they are (all of a sudden, after 7 years) too small for the thing they put
shirts on to press them.
i thought it was illegal in washington to charge more for women's shirts.
wasn't there a big to–do about it in the 80s?
do you know where in wdc i can take my shirts? i refuse to pay $3 but dread
having to launder and iron them myself after all this time.
thanks in advance!
drycleaner the other day to be laundered. imagine my shock when they suddenly
wanted to charge me $3 instead of the usual $1–something i've been paying for
years. he claims it takes 15 minutes vs. 30 seconds to press the shirts because
they are (all of a sudden, after 7 years) too small for the thing they put
shirts on to press them.
i thought it was illegal in washington to charge more for women's shirts.
wasn't there a big to–do about it in the 80s?
do you know where in wdc i can take my shirts? i refuse to pay $3 but dread
having to launder and iron them myself after all this time.
thanks in advance!
"Jamie" <zuschlag–sequ...@tds.net>
1/31/2005 11:25:32 AM
"JJones4519" <jjones4...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20050131104313.15522.00000...@mb–m02.aol.com...
hello washington, dc alt fashionistas: i took some cotton shirts to my
regular
drycleaner the other day to be laundered. imagine my shock when they
suddenly
wanted to charge me $3 instead of the usual $1–something i've been paying
for
years. he claims it takes 15 minutes vs. 30 seconds to press the shirts
because
they are (all of a sudden, after 7 years) too small for the thing they put
shirts on to press them.
i thought it was illegal in washington to charge more for women's shirts.
wasn't there a big to–do about it in the 80s?
do you know where in wdc i can take my shirts? i refuse to pay $3 but
dread
having to launder and iron them myself after all this time.
thanks in advance!
I feel your pain in this aspect. I've been sending my DH's pants and shirts regular
drycleaner the other day to be laundered. imagine my shock when they
suddenly
wanted to charge me $3 instead of the usual $1–something i've been paying
for
years. he claims it takes 15 minutes vs. 30 seconds to press the shirts
because
they are (all of a sudden, after 7 years) too small for the thing they put
shirts on to press them.
i thought it was illegal in washington to charge more for women's shirts.
wasn't there a big to–do about it in the 80s?
do you know where in wdc i can take my shirts? i refuse to pay $3 but
dread
having to launder and iron them myself after all this time.
thanks in advance!
to the laundry for about 3 years to be pressed only. I'm fully capable
(timewise) of doing my laundry (goodness knows, I do enough for the tots)
but I do not have time to iron all of his work items. They pressed them for
years (at a pre–set press–only price–a fraction of laundering) and then all
of a sudden, they decided that they could no longer just press, but since
the items must be re–wetted before pressing (I didn't know this. Is this
crap?), they would charge full laundry and press for them. Thus, I pay
about $3.50 per pants and $2.75 per shirt. I think this sounds like a load,
this 'suddenly' stuff. I don't know if it's because they can't think of any
other ways to get more money for what they do. I can tell you that I'd
rather deal with an out–and–out cost of business price increase any day than
these wild 'sudden' increases! I'm also thinking that in my case, the
laundry doesn't want to go through the hassle of keeping the clean and dirty
laundry separated, so they cause all of the laundry to be washed and make me
pay for their convenience. I live in a very small town and this seems to be
the way that all of the laundries are leaning. I think most of them are
owned by the same people.
Jamie