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    Angry Cleaners Ripooff!

    Ok, so I've been using this cleaners for @ least 4 yrs. now. I always bring in my winter coats, they store 'em for me for the summer. They don't always give me a ticket. A couple owns the place, I'm on a friendly basis (I thought w/the lady). I've given her some plants & stuff.

    Anyway, I go to pick up my coats recently, & 2 are missing (the nicest ones of course). 1 is a long Alpaca coat (similar to cashmere). The lady tells me she thinks I picked it up earlier in the year. She tell me to look at home. I agree, go home look all over (even in my car) & call her back saying no, I don't have 'em. She gets shitty on the phone, yelling she showed me the rack 3 times & they're not on it. I say, whoa, why the yelling? She then says she'll "look" & call me back if she finds them. Like I said, I don't have a ticket, but I did take pictures of them, I didn't keep the sales receipts either.

    The only things I can think of, is maybe calling Better Bus. Bureau, or small claims court, or making an insurance claim?


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    You gotta always get a ticket!

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    That would be a piss off! You might have a problem with small claims just because there is no proof...no ticket or reciept...so it is her word against yours. It reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where Jerry finds out that the owner of the cleaners in wearing his clothes,and his wife was wearing the jackets!!

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    It wouldn't surprise me^, now, knowing what I know now, about them.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Deogol
    You gotta always get a ticket!

    Yes, well, unfortunately, I trusted them. We had done business w/o one b/4.


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    Default Re: Cleaners Ripooff!

    Talk to her husband.It'll make it harder for them to keep a story straight if they have to go back and forth w/the what did you tell hers.
    Look on ebay, do a search for your area, and find sellers. Find one that could be them, their name could be same as email address, or it could be the one that sells coats. Look in the past sellings, and voila. If its been less the I think 90 days it will be there. You can also do a search for past sellings, if it wasnt sold in their area. Its a stretch, but it might turn up.
    Then their are the local pawn shops as well, bring in a pic, and perhaps be ready to pay the owner off.
    Could have also gotten lost, shit happens. You do not need a receipt to make a complaint w/the BBB . If a receipt wasnt offerd or was avoided because you were "friends" that wording would help you. They will want to fix it more if the BBB is on their buts. Even if it was "just lost" by them, you still don't deserve that sort of business!
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    Hey, thanks. Good Ideas. Unfortunately, her husband is a jerk, too. He's yelled @ me b/4, & "forgets/dosen't know English" sometimes.


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    if you wanted to escalate things call the bbb, the attorney generals office, and the police too and file a report with them. cover all your bases. if you wanted to be sneaky about it you could tell the people you call that you had a ticket, and when you handed it to the lady at the cleaners she took it, and then denied giving you one. but i would only do this is you are really positive they took it, you dont want any bad karma(if your into that sort of thing)

    somthing like this happend near where i live ,and a guy was handing out flyers(he might have had a sign too) in front of the cleaners shop (but on public property) warning people about how he was ripped off and i think the cleaners gave him compensation by the end of the day.

    good luck

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    I bet one of their employees stole them. Did you pay for the storage with a credit card or check? Please say you did because then you'd have proof.

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    Sorry that happened. I agree with Kat, if your sure they took it. The thing is... as good business people, they had no reason to start yelling at you out of nowhere. That is really shady. They have some nerve to yell at you since you have been a faithful customer to them for four years.

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