2012-05-26T01:02:22Z http://blog.alliedcarpetcare.com/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:blog.alliedcarpetcare.com,2010-02-16:e4b87709-9e76-44b9-b866-96c1e4e977b4 Phil 2010-02-17T02:48:00Z 2010-02-17T02:48:00Z We are having some great carpet cleaning specials to start off the new year.&nbsp; 3 rooms cleaned for $59, 5 rooms cleaned for $89 ior entire carpet cleaned for $149&nbsp;Go to <A href="http://www.alliedcarpetcare.com">http://www.alliedcarpetcare.com</A> tag:blog.alliedcarpetcare.com,2010-01-31:c5482534-72d7-44c2-9282-2a6fd893de30 Phil 2010-02-01T06:54:00Z 2010-02-01T06:54:00Z Bait n switch in the carpet cleaning industry is when a company will advertise a promotion or special to get you to schedule an appointment.&nbsp; For instance they will quote you $50 to clean 5 rooms, when the carpet cleaner arrives he says to the homeowner that the promotional price will not get the carpets clean or take the spots out.&nbsp; He tells the homeowner that they will need to pay for the additional chemicals and cleaners that will do the job.&nbsp; This&nbsp;increases&nbsp;the bill by a lot.&nbsp; I have heard of people paying over $500 to clean 3 rooms of carpet.&nbsp; The homeowner agrees to the new amount because they are already inconvenienced with moving the funiture and scheduling time away from their busy schedules.&nbsp; Allied Carpet Care does not use&nbsp;Bait n switch tactics.&nbsp; We clean a lot of carpets where the customer leaves a check for the total we quote over the phone.&nbsp; tag:blog.alliedcarpetcare.com,2010-01-28:11ad0a4f-50a7-480c-973c-25cc864f2d2e Phil 2010-01-28T23:58:00Z 2010-01-28T23:58:00Z Today &nbsp;I went to a&nbsp;carpet cleaning job in which the homeowner had cleaned the own carpets in the past.&nbsp; They had the best intentions when they cleaned, but&nbsp;left a lot of soapy residue behind and it cost them as much money to rent the machine and do it themselves as it would to pay a professional.&nbsp; When I arrived I noticed the carpets were dirtier than normal and I applied a defoamer.&nbsp; The defoamer strips the soap from the carpets and removes the soapy residue.&nbsp; We do not have any additional charges for this service and they were a pleased customer. tag:blog.alliedcarpetcare.com,2010-01-27:c60d3b2d-8d6a-4d16-9dfe-732dd59f5026 Phil 2010-01-27T07:09:00Z 2010-01-27T07:09:00Z Today I was on a job in Boise and the&nbsp;customer had their carpets cleaned in the past by another company.&nbsp; The people were surprised when I removed the rust stain on their carpets.&nbsp; It took me only 10 seconds to remove the stain and the customers thought they would have to live with this stain forever.&nbsp;&nbsp;Another pleased customer.&nbsp; Yes rust can easily come out of carpet if you carry the right chemicals.&nbsp; I use T-rust<BR><BR><BR> tag:blog.alliedcarpetcare.com,2010-01-25:b3cb5e72-1b7a-4378-9ef0-acd0e9012bde Phil 2010-01-26T06:59:42Z 2010-01-26T06:59:42Z Welcome to my blog. Please check back soon for new entries.