Misti1 | 11-05-2010 12:49 PM | Duhhhhhhhh Ok first I want to say THANK YOU YORKIE TALK..... WHY???? Ok this morning I was going to take the girls to the groomers. We don't go a whole whole lot for two reasons. I do really well with them myself. and on a retired teacher's salary, two yorkies can cost as close to 100.00 per grooming session as you would want to come (That time their regular groomer was booked and I took them to Pet Smart, is was over 100.00:eek:).
So I take real good care of the girls, we get washed and combed out real well once a week with touch ups in between.
So this morning I am facing the groomer (and the bill), I got up and read the thread about tipping the groomer (lord doesn't it cost enough already???)Someone just mentioned in that post that they bathe, dry and comb their kids out and only take them to the groomer for nails and other things they don't know how to do. That was exactly my situation. Also my girls were all messy. Once upon a time I took my yorkie (one now deceased) with hair all tangly, I'm thinking, that is the groomer's job. When I picked my child up he had been scalped BALD. The groomer just flatly said, " He was matted, and surely you don't think WE are going to take the time to comb all of that out."
Since that experience I have always seen to it that they have NO excuses. I always see to it that my kids are perfect when they go to the groomers.
So I decided to bathe my girls, blow them out, comb them perfectly and just tell the groomer they don't need baths, just do the rest of the stuff. Problem was I didn't know how they would feel about that. Would they STILL charge me full price??? Think I am cheap???
Well they were just fine with it. No problem at all. Final charge with taxes for BOTH girl 33.00.. Good lord:eek: That is a LOT less than it had been. I asked about future visits, are you ok with this in the futre? NO problem. I am so thrilled, and I would never have even throught of doing such a thing until I read Yorkie Talk this morning. I just thought that was what they did, how they make their money, and on that day you are at their mercy.
Over the course of a year, this will save me a significant amount of money. So thank you yorkie talk, and some more of you out there might want to look into this. |