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[Katcat1]

NO. We would be tipping everyone.

[sidsmom]

Tipping at a laundromat?

Nope.

It’s a one-and-done type of service and we don’t know

if she was the one who actually did the service. 

[AuntG]

Thank you for your service. Here is $23.

[depglass]

My dry cleaners/laundry was bought out and the last time I had two comforters cleaned it was 49.00.  It wasn't done on location so it never occurred to me to tip and at that price I doubt if I would have.

[NYC Susan]

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@reiki604 wrote:

I drop off my quilts at the laundry a few times a year. I never tip them and I tip for everything!!! LOL!

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I tip for everything too, and I wouldn't tip for this. As another poster said, it's like dropping off dry cleaning. 

If it was an employee offering to do it because she saw the OP was confused, that would be different.  But this is a service that they offer, not anything above and beyond.

[NYC Susan]

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@GiantsLover wrote:

If I pay for expensive seperate insurance I never tip.

Anything you value if expensive needs to have insurance so if it is ruined or stolen you get $ for that.

I always buy additional insurance whenever leaving anything expensive, or something I really love, with others to be dry cleaned, or washed and dried.

I learned my lesson when my Brother came back from Viet Nam with 2 sets of   Oriental Asian hand embroidered silk pajamas sets, and  two gorgeous silk embroidered kimono robes which were all extremely costly. 1 for our Mom and 1 for me.

Eventually they needed to be cleaned so I took everything to the dry cleaner and did not think to purchase separate insurance.

When I went in to pick everything up they said there was an accident with the  machines so they ruined everything and they trashed all of items,  

They said I was entitled to nothing since I did not purchase the separate insurance from them.

Lesson well learned at a very high cost.  Those items were very precuous to Mom and me since they were a gift from my Brother.

Now I always buy the additional insurance if I want something back without damages.

I also insured my wedding gown which was custom made by a well known designer. when I gave in to be custom cleaned and paper wrapped with acid free paper to be stored away in an acid free gown bag and insured in a cold storage facility.

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I have a close friend who has owned a dry cleaning business for decades, and I can tell you that they should NOT have trashed the items.  How would customers have any way of knowing if they were actually ruined?  "Ruined" is a subjective term, anyway, and perhaps they could have been salvaged in some way.  Or maybe you would have wanted to keep a damaged item for sentimental reasons.  The decision to trash those items should have been yours.  Not theirs.  They didn't own them - You did.  And most certainly you should have received some kind of compensation.  They can't ruin clothing (or make it mysteriously disappear) and not be responsible for that.  

It's similar to when mechanics offer to give me (or show me) the damaged part of my car that they're replacing.  It's a far more trustworthy way to do business.  I would be upset if a dry cleaner ruined my items, but I would be really furious if they took it upon themselves to throw them away.  And then tell me that I was entitled to nothing!  They can't do that.

In any case, I'm sorry that happened to you.  

[esmerelda]

@GiantsLover  @NYC Susan  I doubt very much the items were damaged or trashed. 

[NYC Susan]

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@esmerelda wrote:

@GiantsLover  @NYC Susan  I doubt very much the items were damaged or trashed. 

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I agree.  In this case especially it does seem pretty unlikely.  That's what I was getting at when I said "mysteriously disappear".  

[Pruett]

  no.