Any of y'all use a laundromat? How much does it cost?
I just plunked $6 in quarters into a machine to wash my clothes (edit: and another $1 for the dryer), and I feel like I'm getting ripped off.
Too much. I see no reason why laundromats should not be nationalized
6 for the washing machine, 75 cents for the dryer
Everybody here should look up the user manual for the model of commercial washing machine/dryer you use. Often times, they won't change the password or key slot to unlock the settings and you can just give yourself a free cycle. That's what I do
Often times, they won't change the password or key slot to unlock the settings and you can just give yourself a free cycle. That's what I do
applies to anything with a passcode or secret menu tbh. Building access control/intercom panels especially I've noticed. Though it seems like it would get you kicked out if they ever notice. Depends how oblivious the owners are ig.
6 for a wash is a lot. I travel for work and the hotel machines were 6 for a load (wash+dry) and those tend to run high
The dryer turned out to only be a quarter (edit; per five minutes, took me twenty to dry my clothes completely), I assume because if it was much more people would hang their clothes up or something.
That's wild lol
being poor is expensive
Holy shit
I’ve had my own washer/dryer since graduating college. $7 is like, almost double what it would cost me to run it every day for a month.
Thank you capitalism iPhone innovation
USA here, it's like $4.50 for the smaller machines and $7.00 for the bigger machines. The $7 machines can just about fit 2 weeks laundry for two people, for the smaller machines my roommate and I have to usually do two machines. The dryer is $0.25 for every 6 minutes
there was a recent post about buying the key to open your laundromat's machines and get free washes, I'll see if I can find it
EDIT: here it is https://hexbear.net/post/2062681
EDIT2: the post says laundromat machines are different from the ones in rental buildings but I'm not sure I understand why?
Also note I asked a friend of mine who owns a laundromat and he said that he doesn't have this issue, apparently laundromat machines don't usually work this way. I looked into buying one of those instead but honestly it was easier and way cheaper to just re-key the lock.
If you have space for one of them, there are combination washer/driers to be had. That said, growing up, we only had a washing machine that lived in the bathroom and drying was done on a drying rack.
I ended up buying a collapsible air drying rack and a separate portable washer+spin dryer for my old rental place.
The washer drained into the shower and lived behind the bathroom door once I got some extra hoses for it.
The dryer ended up living in front of the water heater cabinet for the upstairs unit.
The whole kit payed for itself after about 20 weeks with how much the Laundromat was charging.
It’s part of my apartment complex, but it’s $1.50-2 for the washer and $1.50 for the dryer.
That seems like they set them at the going rate decades ago. Probably the only upside to lazy landleeches.
Might be. I’ve only lived one other place that didn’t have in unit laundry and it was the same price, but that place was owned by the same company so that doesn’t mean much lol
Wash companies are the scum of the earth, especially if they work with landlords
It's always best to either find someone you know who has one that can let you use it, or if you apartment has hookups, just hit Craigslist and get a chap set. My neighbors in my apartment complex moved and sold me theirs for $50
About $2.50 for each machine over here, though I can usually get away with putting two washer loads into one dryer.
8 quarters to wash, 6 to dry. :(
1.50 for washer, 1.00 for dryer with the laundry room at my apartment complex. We do 3-4 loads a week for a family of three so say$40/month.
But I think about my friend who has an in-apartment washer/dryer in his place but pays an extra six or seven hundred bucks a month for his rent.
