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Need quoting help...

August 5 2008 at 9:32 PM
Joe DeSouza  
company looking to have their CGD carpets cleaned - 3,500 square feet; mostly open areas, but there are 6 offices and some cubicles included in that sqfootage...I was thinking maybe 15 cents / foot, but I dont know if that's in the ballpark...I dont want to go too high, but I know the last guy cleaned it w/ HWE, and i'm guessing that had to be in the .17 - .20 range.

I'm asking because usually when I encap i'm charging .08 - .10, but the sqftage is much higher so i'm not familiar with quoting this mid-sized size job!

Thanks for your help

Joe

 
 
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Rick Gelinas

Re: Need quoting help...

August 5 2008, 11:06 PM 

.12 would be my bid for that here in FLA






 Rick Gelinas
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Joe DeSouza

Re: Need quoting help...

August 5 2008, 11:14 PM 

Thanx Rick, I'll try that...

Joe

 
 

Rick Gelinas

Re: Need quoting help...

August 5 2008, 11:18 PM 

That is a fair, moderately lowish price. Which works for this economy.
I'm sure you can secure the account at that rate and make 'em happy too.

Win Win







Rick Gelinas
rick@excellent-supply.com

 
 
Ken

Re: Need quoting help...

August 5 2008, 11:55 PM 

.12 - .15

 
 

Joe DeSouza

would that include....

August 6 2008, 8:03 AM 

would that include vacuuming also? If they need it vacuumed, what should i charge for that?

Thanx

Joe


 
 

Rick Gelinas

Re: would that include....

August 6 2008, 8:20 AM 

Normally I'd try to get them to pre-vacuum for us, and we'd only provide additional vacuming in the high traffic areas (at no extra charge). But if you need to pre-vacuum the entire carpet, I would add .2-.4 more per sq ft.







 Rick Gelinas
rick@excellent-supply.com

 
 

Del Scrivner

Re: would that include....

August 6 2008, 6:47 PM 

.2 - .4 or .02 - .04?

Make you own luck,

Del Scrivner
Owner/Operator
Cowboy's Carpet Care

 
 

Rick Gelinas

Re: would that include....

August 6 2008, 6:53 PM 

.02 cents

And that's my .02 cents.








 Rick Gelinas
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Del Scrivner

Re: would that include....

August 6 2008, 6:58 PM 

Remeber Rick: Zero is a Hero!

(Although he is a bigger hero at the end of the numbers).

Make you own luck,

Del Scrivner
Owner/Operator
Cowboy's Carpet Care



    
This message has been edited by CowboysCarpetCare on Aug 6, 2008 6:59 PM


 
 
Thomas Owens

Re: would that include....

August 6 2008, 10:19 PM 

For a second there I was going to start a vacuuming only business.

 
 
Ron

Pricing

August 8 2008, 8:42 PM 

I just came in from doing 4300 sq ft of office carpets priced at .15 for $645.00 for 3 hours/3 men.
One pile-lifed
One Cimexed
One truckmounted the edges with a wand.
This formula works great for me as we did this over many times at various jobs.
Sorry to say that just a Cimex does not do the job, because the edges need to be extracted.
Behind doors and under desks is where the Cimex cannot reach to satisfaction.
A portable extractor will also work when a truckmount will not reach.
Just my take on this.
Ron

 
 
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