A1 Laundry

After our wedding we looked around for a place to get our clothes cleaned. We stopped at one that was closed, then came to this one that had a note that the owner would be right back. We were about to leave when the owner ran up to let us in.
She was friendly, maybe a bit annoying. We asked about having my dress cleaned and she gave helpful advice, recommending that to save money we should just have it cleaned, skip the pressing and the special box, and just put it in a regular box since all you really need is to avoid light. We were leaving for our honeymoon so we said to take her time, and she said she’d call to give us a quote on how much the dress would cost.
I got a call from her to call me back and that the dress would cost $ 120. I called back and left a message saying that was fine and to go ahead. The next day I got another call, much more annoyed, again with the quote and I again told her it was fine.
We get back and a couple weeks later we didn’t get a call to say if our clothes were done. I thought I’d stop by and they were indeed done. I had to remind the guy at the counter that I had a dress and suit, and he still didn’t pull the dress shirts so I reminded him of that as well. The total for a wedding dress, a suit, 5 dress shirts and another pair of slacks came to $ 169, so I suppose the pricing isn’t bad, if you are okay with chasing down your clothes.
My wedding dress is not 100% clean. The bottom is still quite dirty. To an extent I expected this because my dress was filthy from taking pictures in the rain, but a «hey, sorry, we couldn’t quite get it out, here’s what we did to try» would have been nice. I will be posting pictures of my dress. I also asked for a couple minor repairs, mostly to restitch the bra cups that came undone, and apparently the solution to that was to stick some safety pins through them.
So. It’s a dry cleaner. It did the job (kind of). I wouldn’t trust them with anything important and personally I will be going elsewhere in the future.

Yeah it’s a dry cleaner but the lady working was great. I came in on my way to work Monday to have 3 dress shirts pressed, I hate Ironing. There was a sign on the door that said be back in a jiff with a cell phone number. First impression was awesome, only time for one stop today and the damn person is not even here. I called to see what exactly a jiff really meant and the lady who answered was super nice. She told me I could leave them in the laundry area with my name and phone number and she would call me back when she returned in the next 5 – 10 minutes. I was a little hesitant considering there were people doing laundry and my stuff was basically just sitting there, but I though what the hell.
She called me back in the next 10 minutes as promised and got the shirts ready for me by the next day. She didn’t charge me extra, she said since I worked with her when she was away, she would work with me. When I picked up my stuff I could see the price said $ 17 and some change for 3 shirts, probably cause she sent it to the A1 laundering place, honestly I really don’t know. The point is she only charged me $ 7 bucks, I was really happy and glad I took a chance after a questionable first impression.