Friday, July 31, 2009

Funny Stories

Rags are a commodity that everybody needs and uses. Whether you buy them from us or any other rag company or make you make your own with old tee-shirts or underwear. So, throughout the years of being in the rag business, there have been a few funny stories that our drivers brought back to us after being out there delivering.

One of the most memorable ones was the one about the cross-dresser. Our driver went to deliver a bag of rags and out comes this scruffy-beard-looking guy, dressed in dress, high heels and a blonde wig on, to accept the 25 lb bag of rags for his auto mechanic shop. He didn't even shave his beard or for that matter his legs. Now, come on. A woman, as a general rule, shaves her legs when she is going to wear a dress.

Now, dogs present a problem when business owners have them in their properties. We had, past tense of course, a driver that was afraid of dogs. This big dog (could have been a small one), attacked him, or so he said, when he was making his delivery. Instead of controlling the dog like Cesar Millan does in the "Dog Whisperer", he hits the dog with a clipboard and almost kills the dog, or so the owner of the dog says. We lost that customer of course.....

The moral of these two stories is:
Men out there, please shave your legs when you are going to wear a dress. Please. It's not pretty otherwise. And last, about the dogs. Control yourself and your dogs and watch Cesar Millan, you learn a lot from him.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Per Pound Pricing

Our pricing structure is by the pound. Sometimes this creates a little of confusion to our customers. When they see a 10 lb box, they don't think they are getting many rags, but in reality, one pound of, oh let's say, huck towels is approximately 64 pieces per box. Our rags vary in weight and volume according to the type of rag that it is; some of them are thin, some are medium and some of them are thick. When a rag is made of thin fabric, you will be getting more quantity per pound, than another type that is thick and larger in size. For example, our terry wipers are thicker and larger in size, so a 10 lb box has approximately 20 pieces. Different rags are used for different jobs. All the rags we carry are of the best quality available and we offer a satisfaction guarantee to all our customers.

Another thing to consider when you are looking at our pricing is the fact that shipping is free in the contiguous United States. There are no shipping charges. So at the end when your purchase is made, the price in the website is it. No other charges will be added.