It's almost like a joke this carpet cleaning game. The poor retches on this forum scratch around doing leaflets, letters, big adverts. Carpet cleaners deserve to be wealthy with all the effort they put into getting work.
A mate of mine who does a bit of plumbing, doesn't advertise, won't work before 11am because he's a lazy git, is rude on the phone and has a couldn't care attitude about work. Yet the lazy hippos phone never stops ringing, the demand for him is immense!. He screams F off at his ringing mobile.
Talk about an injustice!!!!!
He might be a very good plumber though and playing hard to get makes him more in demand. It's quite a shrewd tactic.