As if the laundry and dry cleaning business in the US wasn't tough enough, there is this:
Increased Wire Hanger Prices Hurting American Dry Cleaners
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hooverwheelaway
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...Has to be done...
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dirtybuck
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LOL!
I knew exactly what it was before I moused on the arrow.
I knew exactly what it was before I moused on the arrow.
I thought the exact same thing!
Yay! Had to be done.
The small businesses will always get hit the hardest. Tariffs aside, the weak dollar and price of oil will increase the price of everything. Everything.
Yay! Had to be done.
The small businesses will always get hit the hardest. Tariffs aside, the weak dollar and price of oil will increase the price of everything. Everything.
As almost everything that is not well thought through, this tariffs may instead put the *American* wire hanger manufacturers out of business, instead of protecting them -- think about it, so far the hangers were so freaking cheap that everyone put them in the recycling bin (one hopes) or garbage and got *new* ones at the cleaners. Now if (god forbid!) people start bringing them *to the cleaners* to be reused, as it would be more rational, there'll be no need for *new* hangers. All that has to happen, and it's not that far fetched, is that the cleaners keep charging what they were charging before if you bring the hangers with you, and raise the price to cover the new hangers if you show up with the clothes only. Very few new hangers would be needed then.
Why? Why? Christina? Get out of that bed...
I return the hangers. Don't know if they are reused. They'd look better longer (and probably make i through more "re-cycles" if they were not painted.
It would be nice to be able to bring back the platic wraps too for recycling.
I return the hangers. Don't know if they are reused. They'd look better longer (and probably make i through more "re-cycles" if they were not painted.
It would be nice to be able to bring back the platic wraps too for recycling.
ooops sorry bad proof-reading
oldhouseman
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The cost
increase of course will get passed on. Hard times are not coming friends, they are here already and seems to be getting worse. I think the jacka**'s in public office would do well to read history and not repeat past mistakes. But they won't learn from the past and work for a better future. I hope everybody here in the US is going to vote in November.
increase of course will get passed on. Hard times are not coming friends, they are here already and seems to be getting worse. I think the jacka**'s in public office would do well to read history and not repeat past mistakes. But they won't learn from the past and work for a better future. I hope everybody here in the US is going to vote in November.
washerboy
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you can recycle wire hangers?
I've tried several times to put wire hangers in my recycle bin. We have one turck on Thursday that dumps the garbage can and then another truck that picks up the recycle bin. The recycle pick up folks also take my wire hangers out. I called waste managmenet and they said hangers were'nt recyclable??? I had a friend that moved and needed hangers so I gave a ton of them to him. I perfer the plastic hangers, I get them 12 for a dollar at the Dollar General. They seem to hold up pertty well and dont leave hanger creases in the shoulder part of my shirts.
I've tried several times to put wire hangers in my recycle bin. We have one turck on Thursday that dumps the garbage can and then another truck that picks up the recycle bin. The recycle pick up folks also take my wire hangers out. I called waste managmenet and they said hangers were'nt recyclable??? I had a friend that moved and needed hangers so I gave a ton of them to him. I perfer the plastic hangers, I get them 12 for a dollar at the Dollar General. They seem to hold up pertty well and dont leave hanger creases in the shoulder part of my shirts.
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Plastic??
..oh NO! Wooden hangers that are wide for shoulder area support of the garment only. Cedar ones are great also. When I do have something dry cleaned I remove the wire hanger and replace it with a wood hanger before it goes in the wardrobe cabinet. Other than clearing out something stuck in a vacuum cleaner hose I haven't found much use for them. I take them back to the cleaners but I'm not really sure they reuse them.
..oh NO! Wooden hangers that are wide for shoulder area support of the garment only. Cedar ones are great also. When I do have something dry cleaned I remove the wire hanger and replace it with a wood hanger before it goes in the wardrobe cabinet. Other than clearing out something stuck in a vacuum cleaner hose I haven't found much use for them. I take them back to the cleaners but I'm not really sure they reuse them.
Bring the hangers back.
I've always brought my hangers back to the cleaner's/laundry and I've even had some that have taken 10 cents off the price of laundering a shirt for each hanger you brought back. I even bring hangers back that are from other cleaners. They always say 'Thank you'. -Laurent
I've always brought my hangers back to the cleaner's/laundry and I've even had some that have taken 10 cents off the price of laundering a shirt for each hanger you brought back. I even bring hangers back that are from other cleaners. They always say 'Thank you'. -Laurent
I tried
last year when I was in the 'States. The drycleaner literally sniffed at my offering (perfectly clean and in absolutely pristine condition) and snarled "but people would not want your used hangers".
Long as recycling is seen as inferior, instead of saving money and resources, there is no solution to our raw materials problem.
Over here in Germany, I always request "no hanger, please" and get one anyway, 'cause it would cost to much to do me separately from the rest.
They won't take my hangers back either, by the way...the paint used on them makes them "Sondermüll" - toxic garbage! and the city charges too much to take them away.
OK, that's kinda creepy.
last year when I was in the 'States. The drycleaner literally sniffed at my offering (perfectly clean and in absolutely pristine condition) and snarled "but people would not want your used hangers".
Long as recycling is seen as inferior, instead of saving money and resources, there is no solution to our raw materials problem.
Over here in Germany, I always request "no hanger, please" and get one anyway, 'cause it would cost to much to do me separately from the rest.
They won't take my hangers back either, by the way...the paint used on them makes them "Sondermüll" - toxic garbage! and the city charges too much to take them away.
OK, that's kinda creepy.
iheartmaytag
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I so rarely use a cleaners, but I would have no objections to taking a hanger in for each garment I had cleaned.
I think it would be like Aldi's, they charge for bags. Cleaners that don't wish to add cost to the service can charge a "hanger surcharge."
I think it would be like Aldi's, they charge for bags. Cleaners that don't wish to add cost to the service can charge a "hanger surcharge."
Wire hangers are not recyclable. I don't know why, but they aren't. I've often thought about how much sense it would make if dry cleaners promoted returning your hangers. And like Steve said above, if they didn't paint them they could be recycled more times.
We have eaves around the entire perimeter of our home and I use portions of wire hangers for hanging plants and for a few other little jobs but most end up getting tossed.
I have a small collection of old wooden hangers that I keep in the guest room closet. No wire hangers allowed in there!
We have eaves around the entire perimeter of our home and I use portions of wire hangers for hanging plants and for a few other little jobs but most end up getting tossed.
I have a small collection of old wooden hangers that I keep in the guest room closet. No wire hangers allowed in there!
neptunebob
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I remove the wire hanger and place a wooden hanger before it
Somebody sounds like Joan Crawford here!
Somebody sounds like Joan Crawford here!
whirlcool
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After we saw Mommy Dearest we got rid of our wire hangars. For most shirts/blouses we use the plastic ones, for coats, pants and sweaters we use the wooden ones. We thought there must have been something to it, and you are right, wire hangars do leave marks on the clothes from hanging on them. They kind of distort the shoulder area.
Was Joan Crawford Bi-Polar? That certainly was some rant that she did (or should I say Faye Dunnaway) in that movie. Was the real JC THAT bad?
Was Joan Crawford Bi-Polar? That certainly was some rant that she did (or should I say Faye Dunnaway) in that movie. Was the real JC THAT bad?
iheartmaytag
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NO WIRE HANGERS!!!
Yes, Mommie Dearest
Yes, Mommie Dearest
actually,
Faye underplayed her. From all I have read and heard, she was quite the, um, er, shall we say
Drama Queen?
She is certainly the role model for many gay men, sadly. Her films, together with Sunset Boulevard are required viewing for all of us.
I am awfully hesitant to use the term bi-polar, over here at least it is the "Psychology Today" flavor of the month for just about everything.
But she was definitely not quite right in the head, no doubt about that.
I have a dear friend who is married to one of those people who believe in psycho-analysis and astrology. She thinks my interest in old machinery (I have a KM-3 sitting out on the counter and in daily use, for instance) is a symptom of messiness and the inability to adjust to the current age.
Or some such bullshit. My homosexuality is an unresolved conflict with women, etc, et al, ad nauseum.
Scary when you think someone who actually believes in astrology decides who goes to the psychiatric ward and who doesn't.
As I said, her husband is one of my dearest and oldest friend, so I make allowances.
But I often have the suspicion: "it takes one to know one"...
Faye underplayed her. From all I have read and heard, she was quite the, um, er, shall we say
Drama Queen?
She is certainly the role model for many gay men, sadly. Her films, together with Sunset Boulevard are required viewing for all of us.
I am awfully hesitant to use the term bi-polar, over here at least it is the "Psychology Today" flavor of the month for just about everything.
But she was definitely not quite right in the head, no doubt about that.
I have a dear friend who is married to one of those people who believe in psycho-analysis and astrology. She thinks my interest in old machinery (I have a KM-3 sitting out on the counter and in daily use, for instance) is a symptom of messiness and the inability to adjust to the current age.
Or some such bullshit. My homosexuality is an unresolved conflict with women, etc, et al, ad nauseum.
Scary when you think someone who actually believes in astrology decides who goes to the psychiatric ward and who doesn't.
As I said, her husband is one of my dearest and oldest friend, so I make allowances.
But I often have the suspicion: "it takes one to know one"...
Oh man, Keven, like my email advised, we are coming from the same place a lot of the time. I absolutely believe that the "it takes one to know one" axiom applies very often to other men who do not profess to be gay. Especially the homophobic ones. You have to wonder how they ended up with such excellent gaydar if they are supposedly straight, don't you? Sometimes I wonder if I'm too "straight acting" for similarly inclined guys to figure me out and yet the 'phobes seem to be able to hone in on things just fine. They don't even realize they're blowing their cover while visions of an entirely different kind of blowing are coursing through their minds.
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