Am I getting screwd by my dry cleaner?

[Repsychler]

I think you should post this travesty all over the interwebs. Hell, we're talking about two dollars and ten cents here!

[stormstarter28]

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my parents owned a dry cleaners for twenty years. this is entirely standard.

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90% chance you are Korean. Amirite?

EDIT: You are from A Whale's Vagina, so revising to say 95% chance you are Korean.

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sorry, white.

[stormstarter28]

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Storm - Just cuz it's an industry standard, does it mean I'm not getting screwed? $1.85/shirt is expensive no? Also, Chamois shirts can be machine washed and dried. Why is it so special when I take them to a cleaner?


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I'm not sure I follow what you mean by "getting screwed". If everyone charges about that much, and you voluntarily take the shirt to them to clean, I don't see the problem here. My parents would have informed you that it would be more expensive when you dropped it off to avoid this problem.

My parents charged $1.75 per shirt, and a chamois shirt probably ran about $3.50. I don't recall the exact explanation for this, but I believe the heavier shirts simply took more time/effort to clean and press.

[Boris]

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I think you should post this travesty all over the interwebs. Hell, we're talking about two dollars and ten cents here!

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hey jackass - i go the cleaners about once a week.

[El Diablo]

Boris,

These guys also don't realize how often you wear your sweet chamois shirts!

BTW, I wonder how many people are pronouncing chamois wrong.

[Toro]

chammy?

[tuq]

shammy
cham-wah
sham-wah
cham-oys

EDIT: also sham-oys

[Toro]

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shammy
cham-wah
sham-wah
cham-oys

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haha, I actually meant shammy.

[SlamminP]

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I run into the same thing. That shirt has to be done with a different process than just wash, dry and iron, so it costs more. Mine cost $5.00 so I'd say you're getting a bargain.

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How do dry cleaners iron shirts? Do they have some kind of machine? Cos I just got my nice Burberry slim fit back and they did a horrendous job ironing.

[stormstarter28]

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I run into the same thing. That shirt has to be done with a different process than just wash, dry and iron, so it costs more. Mine cost $5.00 so I'd say you're getting a bargain.

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How do dry cleaners iron shirts? Do they have some kind of machine? Cos I just got my nice Burberry slim fit back and they did a horrendous job ironing.

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The shirt is either placed around something similar to a mannequin that shoots out steam, or the mannequin is sandwiched between large sheets of iron that do the steaming.