I just did some specialized washing this morning; the bath mat. No biggin!
Went across the street, into the commercial laundry I visit once annually for the
same bath mat. The lady said the place is being refurbished. Ok. I saw ½ of the
machines that looked empty but she said they were out of order and she
was the “helper? who worked there.
The prices had risen. Ok. $1.89 cents for the large washer. Hmm. Not $1.50 or
$2.00 but 1.89. Odd.
Do you have a card? I have a credit card, yes. NO, our machine card. Nope, did not
know I needed one.
The machine that sells “cards“ sell them with dollar increments of use on them.
Ok, so I need to put $2.00 on the card since no coins are used, no credit is returned
and the machine costs 1.89. I run the machine. Colors? Light whatever?
Huh?
She pushes a button and I begin my 17 min wash and rinse cycle.
The bath mat is actually clean at 17 minutes; I am amazed. Tried to do it by hand
yesterday and I bombed out.
Next, over to the dryer. A man over there [just 3 customers in this 50+ machine
laundry] is talking about his card only has 27 cents left and the machine is
.28 for 7 minutes of drying. Odd, 7 minutes; and odd -.27 for that time.
I give him my card to use with now $3.00 minus 1.89 and .27- so gets a free drying on me.
My card now has 27+27=54+ 1.89=2.43 used on it, thus, 57 cents credit. I can sell my card,
or add more $ to it and wash more, or dry 2 cycles on it.
I think his cards and prices are not legal and they seem unethical. I do agree I was
told about this in advance and the walk up the street, 6 blocks to the next laundry, is not
worth it to me.
So, readers, is his card system ethical and his pricing ethical?
