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Has anyone heard from Capitol Cleaning Contractors/Famous footwear lately. Usually they try to clean 2 times a year. I haven’t hears from them in a year though. Wasn’t sure what was going on. I have left messages but no one will return them.
They called us and dictated what they were willing to pay and we turned it down.
I think it was around .10 per sq ft. We went and checked out a store and it was huge and filthy. Tons of gum as well. We turned them down.
same thing with payless. we turned down the job when the manager told us that they were authorized to pay .11c a sqft. the carpet was bad.
You know, I was leary about cleaning for them at first too. However, I still average $100/hour when I clean there. Each store is suppose to vacuum and they don’t. Even though it is filthy, the vacuuming makes a HUGE improvement. I then buff as normal. Strengthen up the solution, and the spots come right out. I have never been able to make the traffic areas look that great, but I think it is the soda spills, and real eye sores that they are concerned about. No one is standing there telling me to get that spot or the other. When the store manager signs off, that is good enough to get paid. If they want a 10 cent/sf job, that is what they get. But at the end of the day, when I have cleaned 4 local stores and one about 6 hours away, by the way they pay the fuel and accomodations for the far one. By the end of the day, I am sitting with $1650. Not bad I would say. The next time though, I am going to negociate with them on the Gum and Candy spots though. Try and squeeze a little more out of them.
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