[paul@ctcs]

Whilst cleaning the carpets in a high street travel agent today, I noticed the local Chem-Dry franchisee sitting outside in one of the parking bays with his hazard lights flashing
He cant be very busy as he was there 3 hours 
I guess this must be a chem dry method of marketing with the unnecessary use of hazzard lights to draw the eye of the passing shoppers.

Paul

[Karl Wildey]

I think Chem-Dry has had its day, one minute cc, then in restoration, Has the bubble burst?
Its now been sold off, why?
How many ex-chems do you know?
Our local one was sending the boys out leaflet dropping, and now this from Paul.
Interesting to see what the future holds?

[Big_Fish]

The only regular Chem-Dry advert that we knew of around here stopped a couple of months ago. We have seen a slight increase in enquiries since but mainly small jobs & price shoppers. Not sure which area of the market they had the most work from but the advert and 0800 recorded consumer message were so incredibly boring I'm always surprised that it ever worked at all.
I'm not sure what the state of play is with C-D or if they even still exist.

Nicky

[Mike Halliday]

My local C/D lives in a £250,000 house drives a new jag and his wife has a very nice car, I see thier adverts everywhere.

I bet C/D read this board and laugh thier heads off at all the daft comments made about them : :

Mike

[Ian Gourlay]

Mike,

I agree with you Our local Chem Dry is also doing OK.

I have noticed that their have been the odd postings from Chem Dry operators claiming they are finding it hard to find new customers.

I think this is just the individual, not the company.

I was pleased to read it as it meant Chem Dry operators experience the same trials and tribulations as the rest of us,

[Matt Read]

I did a job for a lady who cancelled a chem dry booking recently,they wanted £4.50 per sq metre which  is very high for norfolk.I would guess most cc's operate on around half that here.

[Glynn]

I live in a £300,000 house and drive a Rolls Royce, wifes got a new astra bertone conv.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

The 1 I live in is £340 000 1 just sold for that a few weeks ago, 2 houses worth £150 000 let to students and a new freelander also a dry cleaning business, the future is yours it's up to you!

Shaun

[clive]

£250,000 just about gets a 2/3 bed semi down here

Clive

[Len Gribble]

Think CD are doing ok and will probably do better now being taken over, read an article in one of the financials papers on the CE of homeserve defiantly not a fool!

Which name stands out within the franchise network with Joe public, wish I had their brand name, getting there locally GRIBBLE what a name and who can forget that!

A mate of mine just brought a house just out side Sevenoaks £500k owes £400k cant afford to have new carpets or have them cleaned did give a mates price and a free 6 month clean the stumbling block he thought I was taking the Mick by charging him for the spotter £9.99.

Len

[David_Annable]

I live in a 25K house and drive a G reg ford escort.

Am i doing something wrong.

Dave 

[Len Gribble]

David

My extension cost that in 85 my wife also drives a G reg car era 1990 said ant we.

Len

[Chris Bailey]

I had a little chuckle the other day having read on the demise of C-D, perhaps I shouldn't have, but it brought a smile... I passed one of my local C-D's and noticed that half the sign writing had been ripped, and I mean ripped, off the side of his van.

If particular Mr C-D man is reading this - Sorry!

[John_Flynn]

I rent my house and the Bailiffs are knocking on the door

[Dave_Lee]

I live in a £28K house, thats what it cost in 1986 anyway, the back garden is worth that alone now. Not had a car since I wrote it off. Chem Dry!!?? who cares!
Dave.

[Dennis]

I live in a 25K house and drive a G reg ford escort.

Am i doing something wrong.

Dave 

You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt.

http://www.phespirit.info/montypython/four_yorkshiremen.htm

 

[Ian Hare]

Dennis......
you had a paper bag??
you were lucky............
we used to dream of luxury like that......
etc etc etc.........

[Phil Marlor]

Glynn, I dont believe you!

You could buy Preston for £300.000.

In Stevenage you would get 3 bricks a roof tile and a front door for that amount.

Phil

[Glynn]

Yeh but I dont live in Preston.

[Phil Marlor]

Sorry, Leyland.

Phil