| Concord |
| Champion Cleaners charges 11 AED to wash and press a shirt. I think it's ridiculous. In January 2006 the price jumped from 5 AED to 7 AED and in 2007 it went to 9 AED, now it costs 11 AED to wash and press a shirt! I usually do not pay attention to those things but it so happens that before I went on holiday I took 20 shirts to the cleaners and when the bill came to AED 220 I inquired and they said "it's 11 per shirt - price went up". I usually have suits, ties, shirts mixed in so it is not easy to figure out... 11 AED is equal to over $3.00 per shirt where they are paying people way less than $1 an hour (in which time a person can wash and press scores of shirts)... *Note: buy iron* Time to get the F^%$ out... |
| Dubaidude007 |
| You just notice it man? Drycleaning is very expensive in Dubai. |
| reviewer |
| With 220 AED you could have bought a decent iron. :!: |
| ^ian^ |
No it's not... or at least it wasn't. Something that costs 44 dirhams here costs $25 in Australia (80 dirhams). The devil is in the detail though, some things are getting expensive. |
| HP |
| Concord stop being like south east asian , who travel one extra miles to buy cheap potato. |
| reviewer |
Conc's still trying to find a boat to take him there......can you len him your rickshaw..HP.. :wink: |
| BabyDoll |
You mean noone does that anymore? :cry: |
| Concord |
Well they must do it for the excersice. I don't exercise. |
| DDastardly |
| i just can't believe ur complainin that its cost a quid to get a shirt done, in the UK you be looking at at least a fiver |
| Dubai Knight |
| Buy washing machine. Wash clothes. Dry clothes. Put clothes in big plastic bag. Take to small Indian laundry nearby. Pay 50fils per item to have them ironed. Collect when ready. :D :D :D Knight |
| ^ian^ |
Not all of us have small Indian laundries nearby. I wash and iron most of my shirts, but occasionally if I'm having a cbf week I'll take them to the cleaner for the full service. |
| Dubai Knight |
They are everywhere, sure you can find one if you look. But then you live in 'New' Dubai, so no old places there they can set up in. :( :( :( Knight |
| abarawakijess |
| What happened to the good ol' days when you just do the washing and ironing yourself? :shock: There are a few small Indian laundries along beach road that aren't too bad and do a decent. They are a bit cheaper than Champion. Only tried the dry cleaning and not the wash/iron option though. |
| arniegang |
| 11 dhs a shirt is cheap compared to the average Dry cleaners in UK. General price around 28dhs London price around 42dhs. |
| sage & onion |
3 years ago I used to get Wash & Iron, pick-up and delivery for AED 3.00 per shirt. |
| M! |
| five star still do it for 5 pick up and deliver ...... well at least they did until Dec. ... :? this month i had nothing so far... always take about 30 to 40 shirts away at once try them .... => YP |
| studstar |
where is fice star mate? i am on the lookout for laundry rates like these, if you guys know of any,, say in beach road would be a great help, thanks |
| St.Lucifer |
| I still pay abt 3 dhs for a shirt. dry clean - iron pick up n delivery.. ofcourse i live in the old n busy parts of dubai.. bur dubai.. |
| Dubai Knight |
| I still think 50 fils is expensive! 8) 8) 8) Knight |
| gtmash |
tru dat. u can, like, get a plastic cup of tea in ajman for that much. |
| Chocoholic |
| Stop moaning for goodness, sake, wash and iron you own damn shirts, really it's not that hard, and actually quite theraputic. |
| gtmash |
For once, I agree with her (although not 10% on the therapeutic part). It's not like any of you had maids and Indians to do your dirty work for you back in jolly old Queen's country. |
| St.Lucifer |
dont have a washing machine.. not that ..cant afford to buy one.. but dont have enough space to keep it.. Even if it can b kept somewhere.. there'd b no palce to hang all the clothes for drying.. |
| orik |
| It Seems Inflation Is Very High In Dubai. I Would Do It Myself Instead Paying That. |