[calmore]

I charge around £125 per suite.
Usually £25 per seating area for sofa's and £30 for chairs.
Add £75 to £95 for a protector.

This is a three seater, two seater, one seater plus a footstool.

[*paul_moss]

Dependant on  the flock and soilage ,I would charge around £150 to claen and add £75 for protector ( deal price offer)

[HolmansUKLTD]

flock and soilage 

I love that phrase

[*paul_moss]

Nick flock off 

[calmore]

Talking of stain protection, I have found that people who purchased a "Stain protection GUARANTEE" when they bought the suite new never want to buy a proper "stain guard".

People don't realise the difference between a "stain guarantee" that the stores offer and proper "scotchguard", the fact that one is merely an insurance policy and the other a genuine chemical applied to the fabric and believe that "stain protectors" are therefore crap.

Has anyone found a way to overcome this? I find it impossible to convince some customers that there is a difference.

"Well I purchased stain protection and it didn't work"

"No, you purchased an insurance policy, not a stain guard"

"No I didn't, they told me it was scotchguard and it's crap"

etc..etc..

[rich hand]

I have to say I didnt realise that about stain protectors and stain insurance Calmore.

75+ for  stain protection is bursurk Paul, it costs me £10-15 and 10 minutes to correctly apply stain shield professional to a suite and I charge £45.

Btw I clean ALL surfaces leaving NO dirt and I dont take a break. Suites rarely need a seperate vac in my opinion. I am FAST, Ive been a sprinter for 10 years.

[calmore]

Well, we fell for it about 10 years ago..

Bought a sofa from a famous sofa chain store and paid ££££s for "Stain protection". It was sold to us as being "similar to scotchguard" in that the furniture was "protected" from stains..

It wasn't until 6 months after buying it that the sofa was stained so we contacted the store. It was only then that we learned that we'd actually purchased an insurance policy! What's more the Insurance policy had exclusions in it that meant that almost all stains were excluded! Anything "alkaline" or "acidic" were excluded from the guarantee meaning only "neutral" stains were covered!

[calmore]

Dependant on  the flock and soilage ,I would charge around £150 to claen and add £75 for protector ( deal price offer)

Well I quoted £175 for the clean and £50 for protection, so the same price in total. However, they didn't opt for the stain protector