Saturday, September 10, 2011

Getting the House Ready for Holiday Guests?

Avoid carpet cleaning scams this holiday season- the best way to clean carpets is to hire a reputable service.

You just received a phone call from your sister telling you they have decided at the last minute to fly to San Jose from Los Angeles because they got great deals on the flights and are coming to your house for Christmas.

You are excited and panicked all at the same time. Last minute guests mean you have little time to prepare the house and finish the shopping. As you hang up the phone, you look down at the floor and realize you have notcleaned your carpets in two years (the last time you had holiday guests) and it is embarrassingly obvious.

You frantically begin looking through the coupon package that came in the mail for a "good deal" on carpet cleaning because you have already spent so much on gifts.

Before you make that phone call consider the following tips that may prevent you from inviting the wrong people into your house and making what seems like a "good deal' a nightmare you will regret.

Here are the five most common scams you will run into:

Carpet cleaning "Bait and Switch"- This happens when you use a coupon or get a phone call from a carpet cleaning company telling you they have a "special" running. They will clean the entire house for just a fraction of the real cost.

When they get to your house, they tell you that it was limited to only three rooms or it does not include stairs or any other number of reasons. They will then tell you how much it is really going to cost...often more than double or triple the original quote. It is too late to hire another company and you feel pressured to allow them to do the job...they count on this happening.

Ref: associatedcontent.com

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