"46erjoe" wrote in message
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When we bought our house a few months ago, my wife went through and
cleaned it thoroughly. But she felt it wasn't complete until the rugs
were cleaned. So we called a rug cleaning company we found in the
yellow pages and got a price quote. When they came, they advised that
we get several other features with their service - a deodorizer, a
sanitizer and a soil resistance coating. It ended up costing us twice
what we thought it would.

We are now selling our previous home and we want to get the rugs there
cleaned "professionally" to make the home more presentable.

Two questions: Are all these other "features" really necessary? Did we
get ripped off?

Is there a difference between the companies that use a vacuum hose
attached to their truck and one that just uses the "rug doctor" type
of machine?

I ask this last question because some years ago we called in a cleaner
and they had this huge (and loud) vacuum in their truck with hoses
going into the truck and water input hooked into our spigot. But this
last time around, the guys just came in with one machine that looked
like a big floor vacuum. They sprayed stuff on the rugs and then went
over it with the machine.

What's the best route to go for this next cleaning? Thanks.

The house being sold is empty I right? No furniure in it? Nothing you have
to lift and move?

Buy a good bissell rug shampoer (sp?) cost you maybe 240 bucks tops. Use
it to do all the rugs in the old place two or three times.

Keep it to do your new place and avoid the rip off artists in the
"professional rug cleaning" services.

Do the rugs in your new place yourself maybe 3 - 4 (if you are ambitious,
but at least twice a year) times a year and the'll look great fr years and
years, and the machine will pay for itself in saved fees to the
"professional rug cleanrs".

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Jim McLaughlin

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