What Is Your Dry Cleaning Bill?

I spent between $24 to $30 per month.

I shopped around for the best price cleaners. I was amazed at the difference in prices for the same suit.

Good luck to you and yours.

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Ours is probably around $100 per month. This is hubby only.

We do work from home so it is a lot less than it used to be. He does not wear suits... he has custom pants, custom shirts and golf shirts.

Pants run around $8 each, custom shirts are $4 each, golf shirts are $6 each. All shirts are in boxes, not hangers to make travel easier.

He can re-wear the pants a time or two but usually not the shirts.Women's drycleaning seems to be more expensive than mens. I have a very nice top from Neimans and it cost $20 to clean it.

I know I pay more but this dry cleaner is the best in TX. They come to my house (20 minute drive) every Tuesday and Friday for drop off and pick up.

I do most of my daughter's and my cleaning on the cold cycle and hang to dry unless it specifically states dry clean only.

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Just picked up two pairs of suit pants and it was $9.50. An entire suit is $15.00.

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My husband is in professional sales and we pay about $40 per month for his shirts. You can shop around in your area. If you go into a cleaner and mention you think you are paying too much for your current cleaner, they may cut you a deal just to get your business. Good luck.

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I totally agree with you that handwashing some suits makes it worse than if it was dirty. If you are going to buy a suit, you might as well get something to last--especially if you are in a conservative corporate company. I use Dryell for the most part--at least did until maternity wear became my "suit". :) Not looking forward to the drycleaning again later. I try to keep my suits as clean as possible and take in maybe once a month if even that often. Dryell is great in between. I pay $7.50 to clean a suit for myself. A friend pays $14. It really does depend on where you live. I once took some suits to a different cleaner and it was $12 per suit. When you add up 5 suits at $5 difference each, it really can add up. I would check around for a different cleaner. It turns out the cleaner I go to for the lower price takes better care of my clothes than the higher priced one and they know me now so I just say "hi" and they get my stuff.

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My bill is only for hubby, & for 3-4 weeks it's about $60.00 He works from home so, it is only for when he travels and visit customers.. I still think it's a lot but I refuse to iron... ;0)

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When I was working it was a lot!
Approx $100 min a month.
Then I started trying to buy washable things.
Ironed if I had to.
I would wear my suits at least twice.
Summer was better. Washable pants, short sleeved sweaters I could hand wash, blouses that were handwashable

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The best thing we ever did was start buying no-iron shirts at Brooks Brothers. They're expensive as the devil, but if you buy them when they are on sale, it's affordable.

I used to send the shirts out to the cleaners one wear, then wash and iron them next wear, then send them back to the cleaners next wear, etc. The starch would stay in the shirt through one wash and the shirt wouldn't look too bad when I got done with it (LOL!) But no more ironing at all with these!

Now we use the ones he has that still need to be laundered to travel with on business. We have the laundry people fold them so they are ready to put in his suitcase.

This has really helped our dry cleaning bill. I only take his pants that aren't washable now.

D.

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$54 per week.

Don't get me wrong; I can iron with the best of them (ex military)... it's the fabric that can't be washed that kills us. I'm also not bringing drycleaning chemicals into my home. Nope. Huh-uh. Not gonna happen. That stuff is fat soluable and causes major health problems in the long term. It's just *known* in the health industry that pro drycleaners are going to be wrecked in 15-20 years, sooner if they start losing weight (and have all those chemicals flood they system as they start losing fat).

There are a few cheaper places around, but they aren't reliable. One $300 suit (much less a REALLY expensive one) ruined or lost (and 18 mo to be reimbursed) isn't worth saving 10%.

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ALOT! In fact, I told my husband the other day that after two months of drycleaning... it would be cheaper to repurchase the darn suit!

In general, I try to wear my dry clean items until they are either dirty or have lost their shape (usually 4 or 5 wears), but my monthly drycleaning bill can run as high as $150 depending on the number of meetings I have. Much less in the summer (casual attire), but come Fall- back to suits and dress pants.

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I buy Dry Cleaners Secret and do it myself.

Some things can be washed by hand, even when they say "dry clean."