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Costly Mis-conceptions about Carpet Cleaning
MISCONCEPTION #5: The company that offers the lowest price is the company you should hire.
No Way
I’ve seen so many problems arise from lowest price companies that I suggest you NEVER hire the company that quotes the cheapest price. The two most common problems are:
(1) Price may not be for the services you want performed. The company may be equipped to remove only the dirt from your carpet. But you may want bacteria, fungus, pollens and tobacco residues removed as well.
(2) Price you see advertised may not be the price you pay. Many homeowners have learned that the low price they saw advertised lasted only until the carpet cleaner got into their home. Then they were pressured into paying a lot more for a variety of add ons.
Some carpet cleaners even break the law by using illegal bait and switch tactics.
MISCONCEPTION #6: Any honest carpet cleaning company should be able to give you an exact price quote over the telephone.
I wish this were true, but it isn’t.
Honest, reputable carpet cleaning companies almost never price carpet cleaning by the room. Instead, carpet cleaning is usually priced by the square meters. So if you’d like me to tell you the exact cost of cleaning your carpet, I need to know the exact number of square meters that you want cleaned.
To get an accurate measurement, I use a measuring wheel to calculate the exact size of the carpet area.
Take a look at what is involved in carpet cleaning in this video and you will understand why a quote over the phone is impractical.
No Way
I’ve seen so many problems arise from lowest price companies that I suggest you NEVER hire the company that quotes the cheapest price. The two most common problems are:
(1) Price may not be for the services you want performed. The company may be equipped to remove only the dirt from your carpet. But you may want bacteria, fungus, pollens and tobacco residues removed as well.
(2) Price you see advertised may not be the price you pay. Many homeowners have learned that the low price they saw advertised lasted only until the carpet cleaner got into their home. Then they were pressured into paying a lot more for a variety of add ons.
Some carpet cleaners even break the law by using illegal bait and switch tactics.
MISCONCEPTION #6: Any honest carpet cleaning company should be able to give you an exact price quote over the telephone.
I wish this were true, but it isn’t.
Honest, reputable carpet cleaning companies almost never price carpet cleaning by the room. Instead, carpet cleaning is usually priced by the square meters. So if you’d like me to tell you the exact cost of cleaning your carpet, I need to know the exact number of square meters that you want cleaned.
To get an accurate measurement, I use a measuring wheel to calculate the exact size of the carpet area.
Take a look at what is involved in carpet cleaning in this video and you will understand why a quote over the phone is impractical.
