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stellar wrote:TGE-ATW wrote:On the south side of Gravois at Gustine (across from US Bank and the Shop N Save complex), there is an inexpensive place that I have used for clothes. Never had any problems and very convenient to TG South. I would avoid the Orpheum on S. Grand simply because, IMO, their prices are outrageous.
The one at Gravois and Gustine is a National Cleaners. I've taken things there and put a rush on them. They met a tight timeline and did a fine job although it was a pretty simple job. The Orpheum has handled more difficult jobs (stains) for me. It's also been around for about 70 years and I respect that. Respek!
I called the place at Gravios and Gustine and they don't do area rugs, of which I have three. The nice lady at National recommended Woodards in Brentwood. She did however offer to do the curtains we have for $15 - $25 per. Not sure how competitive that rate is -- gotta do some more calling around.
<rant> And regarding how long a business has been around -- I take that with a grain of salt after our recent move. I picked a moving company, Father and Son Movers, based primarily on the fact that they "had been in business in St. Louis since the early 1900's" (and secondarily because they were cheaper than the other place I was considering) and I'm amazed that they are still in business at all.
They showed up 2 full hours earlier than what I was promised, which in some cases would be a good thing, but when you're trying to coordinate activities on a moving day, not so much. They came out with a broken lift on the truck (be mindful I was paying by the hour and they knew the lift was broken when they showed up), had horrible attitudes, terrible work ethic, and absolutely no manners. I'm not asking that the movers give me the warm fuzzies over my choosing them but at least don't be discordant directly to my face when asked to put a piece of furniture in the basement versus leaving it in the room THEY suggest. They told us at the beginning of the move, in exactly the manner you're probably thinking, that "tips weren't required, but if we'd take care of them, they'd take care of us. wink, wink" Shouldn't it be the other way around? They damaged several pieces of our bedroom furniture, placed our mattress on the wet ground, then, to top off their aforementioned mechanical flaws and lack of professionalism, one guy dragged a chair across the (original) hardwood floors in the foyer leaving a path of destruction in his wake.
I'm attempting to file a claim with the company now for ONLY the damage to the foyer floors and the process is as follows: send a letter requesting a claim form to their office in Kansas City, wait for them to return a claim form to me, then resend the completed claim form back to the Kansas City office. In business since the 1900's and still using the friggin' Pony Express to handle claims. <explicative> I have no "Respek" for this company.
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Now that I've taken us completely off topic from what I originally took us completely off topic with, might I suggest to the mods to create a business category based forum whereby local residents can provide reviews/recommendations/opinions/etc of local, established businesses. If such a thing already exists for the St. Louis area, please make it known!
