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Dry cleaner "cleaned me out"

  • 08-05-2010 5:40pm
    #1
    littlewopper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭


    Hi Guys,

    There is a laundrette on james street dublin. Last month I went in and used the 'self service tumble dryer',,, great service only cost €3.50... The laundrette changed hands recently, now called "Spic and Span",,, now the exact same service (self dry 40 mins) costs €6.00.

    THATS MORE THAN 40 % MORE EXPENSIVE

    joke

    I said it to the owner and his response was " thats why the last fella gave it up " .... real funny

    I cant understand how people think 40% plus increases are acceptable???

    SPIC AND SPAN has lost a customer

    lw


Comments

  • #2
    EKRIUQ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,387 ✭✭✭EKRIUQ


    Maybe he has a point, electricity is expensive.


  • #3
    littlewopper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭littlewopper


    dry cleaners at other end of james street, have same service for 4 euro. will be going there next time,

    Energy prices have reduced in the last 2 years

    Maybe SPIC and SPAN should make the Big Switch.


  • #4
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,878 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Why did the last fella give it up ?


  • #5
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Tumble dryers are evil when it comes to electricity so I'd understand why he put up prices, I'm curious....how exactly is this a consumer issue?


  • #6
    mackmuffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 305 ✭✭mackmuffin


    I don't really understand what the issue is.

    Old shop charges X for a service. New company opens up in the same place and charges Y for a service.

    What's the problem? If you don't like it, there are many more laundry places available.


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  • #7
    Skid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,873 ✭✭✭Skid


    It's not a 40% increase.

    It's a 71.4% increase.


  • #8
    ScouseMouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,070 ✭✭✭ScouseMouse


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    Why did the last fella give it up ?

    Maybe he sold up because he was making no money.


  • #9
    taytothief
    Closed Accounts Posts: 450 ✭✭taytothief


    stupid thread is stupid


  • #10
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    At €6.00 I would hang them out on the line..


  • #11
    dudara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Better suited to Rip Off Ireland

    dudara


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  • #12
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    mackmuffin wrote: »
    I don't really understand what the issue is.

    Old shop charges X for a service. New company opens up in the same place and charges Y for a service.

    What's the problem? If you don't like it, there are many more laundry places available.

    There's always one!


  • #13
    littlewopper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭littlewopper


    SkidMark wrote: »
    It's not a 40% increase.

    It's a 71.4% increase.



    Fair play SkidMark. Even more ground for my point!!!! cheers

    Rip off


  • #14
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    SkidMark wrote: »
    It's not a 40% increase.

    It's a 71.4% increase.

    It's neither. Two different companies charging two different prices . The fact that they have the same premises is irrelevant.

    The new owner never had a previous price so did'nt increase anything.


  • #15
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    Cabaal wrote: »
    Tumble dryers are evil when it comes to electricity so I'd understand why he put up prices, I'm curious....how exactly is this a consumer issue?

    littlewhopper is the consumer and he has an issue with the price of the service.


  • #16
    Yawns
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,255 ✭✭✭Yawns


    He was a consumer of the old laundrette. He went in to the new laundrette saw what was being charged and doesn't like it so will go elsewhere.

    He is not a consumer of the new laundrette.


  • #17
    eightyfish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭eightyfish


    I'm preuming the old owner left because he wasn't making a profit with his prices.


  • #18
    neilthefunkeone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,522 ✭✭✭neilthefunkeone


    http://www.powercity.ie/?par=40-10-DRV61W&pages=1&prod=DRV61W&brands=BEKO

    Instead of 26 trips to the new laundrette!!!!:D


  • #19
    Bogger77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭Bogger77


    neilthefunkeone wrote: »
    http://www.powercity.ie/?par=40-10-DRV61W&pages=1&prod=DRV61W&brands=BEKO

    Instead of 26 trips to the new laundrette!!!!:D
    fail on several fronts
    1) vented tumble dryer, OP would require a vent to the outside of their home.
    2) doesn't include the cost of electricity


  • #20
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    nlgbbbblth wrote: »
    littlewhopper is the consumer and he has an issue with the price of the service.
    Not really a consumer issue that you would expect in that forum. A consumer issue would be more like a dry cleaner damaging clothes etc. The title was the dry cleaner "cleaned me out", but they did not, the OP did not even use the service, they saw a higher price and decided not to pay -no real issue, they are not out of pocket in any way so there was no rip off.

    A lot of these posters would have been better off posting in bargain requests.

    I am not sure who benefits from these "expensive alerts", the bargain alerts forum is very popular for obvious reasons. If the clothes were still wet or damaged or something then it is an issue.


  • #21
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    nlgbbbblth wrote: »
    littlewhopper is the consumer and he has an issue with the price of the service.

    The solution then is don't buy it, by your logic if I go into a shop and buy a Mars bar for say 80c and I think it should be 30c then its a consumer issue...
    :rolleyes:


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  • #22
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    Just to say, a lot of the Cleaners about Dublin use gas for their tumble dryers, not electricity.

    OP, shop around..


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