Dry vacuuming before wet cleaning

good point. We have just never given this much consideration. excuse type i have a wiggling 8 month old in my lap

I agree selling vacuums is a great idea. But it does not fit in with our business model. I really do not see how in this day and age of consumer awareness a person would buy a vac from a crapet cleaning company. Many have made big profits here.

And one of these days, I will sell new carpet again I guess.

Yes to your question Mr. Rice.  I love to sell.  I guess it is in my blood.

A salesman never starves, no matter how bad the economy gets.  In fact the worst off the economy is, the more sales jobs there are.

A rainbow is $800 I think.  And I heard they sell them at that.  Dyson is around $500 or more from what I have seen in the big box stores.  So, I guess we would be looking at $399.  That is what I would sell them for.  Should I say that is what I have sold them for.  And my label goes on each one I sell.  But that is me in my business, each person decides how to conduct their own business.  Most guys are too busy trying to get to the next job to go for the vacuum sale.

What is the profit on the sanitare..?

Personally Sanitaire commercial. 

There is a reason for taking a vac into a job.

Make sure it looks mean and says commercial on the vac or bag.

Now, sell it to them.  Nothing beats your commercial vac.  And make sure it is a make/model they can't buy without you.  In otherwords, not sold in stores, too powerful for the average person to use but nothing cleans like this vac.

I would get a good commission on one every time I sold a unit a Miller's Carpet Care in the L.A. area.  Learned tons about upselling from them.  We would book cheap, get ourselves in the door and sell sell sell. 

Just make sure you show them the proper way to vacuum.  Lord knows their mothers didn't do it for them.