A bait and switch carpet cleaner is a cleaning company that offers a low price to get in the door and when they enter your home they do whatever they can to get the homeowner to agree to a much higher price. Many of these scammers will use high pressure tactics to switch the price. Many homeowners feel intimidated and will give in to the much higher quotethat they are now being presented with. The easiest way to avoid this type of situation is to know what to look for when hiring a carpet cleaner.
Here are a few things to avoid when hiring a carpet cleaning company
1) Coupons offering a low per room price with a free demonstration of deep cleaning.
Never let anyone do a demonstration of anything on your carpet. They will make a clean spot on your carpet and tell you that if you want the rest of your carpet to look like the demo it is going to cost alot more. We have seen$ 35.00 for five room coupons turn into hundreds of dollars.
2) Fine print informing you that deep cleaning will cost extra.
This means that unless your carpet is in almost new like condition your price is going to be much higher than the price you were quoted.
The carpet cleaning industry has a poor image due to these bait and switch companies.The good news is that with a little research you can find a reputable cleaning company in your area, look for online reviews and ask for referals. A good carpet company will have no problem with this request.