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the perils of our work 10th September 2010 11:22 AM
Oh Trena, I've had tears rolling my face

Favourite is the cucumber facing north westerly.

erm, any chance you can name and shame so no one ever goes near this cowboy outfit again!!!!

Funniest thing is I'm not even sure if he was joking or not..... i mean we all here things about rogue traders, but jeez that just beggars belief!

I'd like to think it was just a bored carpet cleaner that had no work for the day trying to add a bit of humour but ..... part of me thinks not.

As for naming and shaming i think they have done a good enough job of that themselves on the said forum and suspect they dont realise just how public these comments are.

Rest easy Steve, they dont cover our area, we'd run em outta town if they did
the perils of our work 9th September 2010 3:06 PM
hi guys,
thought i would give u a little insight into our day to day hazards.

this snippet is from a forum for carpet cleaners..... its had us absolutely wetting ourselves

We cleaned a 100% wool carpet today and used too much hot water. The whole carpet shrunk about 1ft all around the room.
The customer was not at home so we lifted the carpet out into the garden and tried to stretch it back using a garden rake which we broke.
The carpet was all rippled and badly distorted when we fitted it back.

Any advice.

and now for the replies.... such a helpful bunch...

1. Matt, you made a schoolboy error!

What you should have done is left the carpet in situ. Then you should have drilled holes all along one of the outside walls of the room, threaded rope through it and used your van to power stretch the carpet back onto the grippers.

Simple really

2. Just get some crayons and draw a new carpet onto the floor

3. Carpets shrunk to this degree can be completely restored to normal size by applying Cheshire Cheese to the affected areas.

Broken garden rakes can be repaired by spraying white vingar onto a cucumber, agitating each end of the broken rake with a kettle, then pushing the two bits back together, in full sight of the cucumber, which must be facing north westerly. For best results, the cucumber should be wearing a tutu.

Try it, it works.

4. have you thought about telling your cuzzie that youve done there rug clean, unfortunatley you stretched it slightly?
as for the rake just bin it and plead the third amendment
i mean seriously did the carpet clean up well??? yeah???
whats all the fuss about
marc (spot the author of this one )

5.NO. Find a local builder.
Fit carpet to two of the walls, then get the builder to bring the walls in on the other 2 sides. Simples

6.WTF

Roll yourself up in the carpet and hide...
and finally response from the original poster

7.Hardly helpfull considering the situation we are in.
Luckly we found some yoghurt in her fridge, which we shared with a wooden spoon (teaspoons were in dishwasher).
Carpets still ruined though and shes not happy.

and you lot wonder why im slightly insane
SEO's 6th September 2010 5:22 PM
yes we have had a lot to contend with, thankfully more ups than downs.
we are really proud of how things have turned out, we are finally make a name for ourselves as a company to reckon with, lots of referrals and returning customers which is brilliant!
long may it continue
SEO's 6th September 2010 2:57 PM
Steve,
he's been working me way too hard, burning candle at both ends.
business has taken a huge leap and we are taking bookings well in advance too which is brilliant

seriously back to the SEO company that called offering to put us on front page google, blah blah blah.... ending call with offering me a part time job working for them i find very scary indeed!
let's face it... without the help of you guys here our site wouldnt be where it is now yet they think i can help them to improve THEIR site.
Hardly a testimonial for the services that they were trying to sell us in the first place .
whats your view?
Tunes that motivate 4th September 2010 5:07 PM
Currently have M&M's latest album in the car for get to work inspiration. I may not be the sterotypical gun toting gangster, but he does write a good tune, although does he have to swear quite so much

How hip am I, getting down with the kids.. yo yo yo...


Careful Steve or you'll be needing a new hip
How to promote your site quickly 20th August 2010 12:36 AM
What does your average PPC cost?

For us if we want PPC, and say the keywords "IT Support London", it's roughly
How to promote your site quickly 20th August 2010 12:05 AM
pay per click has to be the fastest option surely.

We recently started using googles ppc advertising and so far we are very pleased at the increase in calls/ bookings and the small amount it is costing.
Has increased our online presence no end.
which reminds me I suppose that I ought to also add MLS directory too.

Who??? never heard of them
I'm for Freeindex as the best one and some others but cant drop a link yet. I have a web page with a list. Saves people hunting them down individually.

that would be good to see..... i can check if theres any ive missed
Insane Rain!! 12th August 2010 6:36 PM
You can always rely on Trena to cheer you up!!

I do try .... some would say very trying
dunno what they mean im sure