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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mike Halliday on July 28, 2008, 05:44:30 pm

Title: bait & switch!
Post by: Mike Halliday on July 28, 2008, 05:44:30 pm

cut & paste the sentence below and put into youTube search ;) ;)

Read fine print when ordering carpet cleaning services


mike

Title: Re: bait & switch!
Post by: derek west on July 28, 2008, 06:18:08 pm

done that, i'm new so might not get it but, now what?

Title: Re: bait & switch!
Post by: Paul Redden Countryfresh on July 28, 2008, 06:31:39 pm

How can people be so gullible 5 rooms for $35 ( £17.50p )
Sad tho taking advantage of old people and charging $750! and turning his carpet red in the bargain.
Liked the way the op wanded round the coffee table and didn't use coasters under the legs. :o
They should be locked away.  >:(

Title: Re: bait & switch!
Post by: Mike Halliday on July 28, 2008, 06:40:53 pm

found a better one!!

try

action news kansas city investigate - carpet cleaning

Title: Re: bait & switch!
Post by: derek west on July 28, 2008, 06:58:34 pm

its ok, worked it out for myself, thanks

Title: Re: bait & switch!
Post by: Barry Livingstone on July 28, 2008, 07:09:54 pm

mike you want to front a video for my web site of should i just use the last one you said ....... ;D ;D :P ::)

Title: Re: bait & switch!
Post by: spindle on July 28, 2008, 09:24:13 pm

dont hear much of it going on here in uk.................

or maybe i'm just not listening.....

Title: Re: bait & switch!
Post by: Barry Livingstone on July 28, 2008, 09:33:21 pm

Na you either have the 50.00 sofa and carpet mob the middle men then the few thats say the get 300.00 for a suit....... ???

Title: Re: bait & switch!
Post by: Ian Gourlay on July 29, 2008, 10:01:23 am

are you saying that those half price leaflets are the prices people pay.

i Dont Believe it to make a living the guys must be under preasure to upsell.

Title: Re: bait & switch!
Post by: spindle on July 29, 2008, 12:34:25 pm

i am sure that these guys do clean for the amount advertised on the flyer......but i think u are right about the need to upsell the extras...(odour/guarding/etc)

but what i was suggesting is that is not on such a scale as this shown in the clips posted by mike.....     if it were bigger news it would be on something like watchdog??

Title: Re: bait & switch!
Post by: davep on July 29, 2008, 02:55:12 pm

There is a guy by me that does it (well he operates by me) only has a mobile number on a really weak flyer so he could be going all over.

I was doing a lounge for an old lady and she said she called him for the 'lounge for £35 offer'

When he arrived he said it would be £80 as it was a large lounge (18ft x 12ft) and was more work then he expected!

He left with nothing..