[gwrightson]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Chem-Dry-Stain-Extinguisher_W0QQitemZ330048329173QQihZ014QQcategoryZ11702QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

seems expensive to me, is it any good? 
wonder why they are selling these on ebay

Geoff

[craigp]

i would think they selling it for profit, must be slow, well they are im my area, and i is taking all the work

jokes aside, cant see a domestic custy buying it for that price, they could have alot of carpets cleaned for that which includes stain removal.

[Lavinia]

I was a chemdry man once, I used to sell them for £15 and I thought that was a rip off. I think you can but them in John Lewis as well for £15 or £20.

[jasonl]

I used to be in chem dry too, that is for 12 cans and  £110 is his cost price with the vat, free delivery too. The product is not that amazing either .

[craigp]

why would they sell it at cost?

is some one at the top of CD very rich, sounds like they screw the franchisee's

[jasonl]

yes , the guys that started it in the uk sold out for nearly 19 mill last year.
guy who started in the states sold out for 100 million dollars several years ago.
The STARTING bid is just over cost... probably desperate for turnover to pay franchise fees.

[craigp]

i do belive that is a new CD in our area, he shares it with 5 other CD's !

[jasonl]

Yes , they sell one franchise licence per 60,000 population, and the areas are based on local authority boroughs, so if for example , in Bristol  there are 250.000 people, they would sell 4 licences, thier argument is that there are then 4 people building the brand in that city, meaning that there is a bigger cake for each of them to have a quarter of.
 Does it work better than each having an exclusive area? You would need to be a professor on micro and macro economics to come up with a reliable answer to that. As I see it , it works for some , but not for others.