Mail-From: CMUFTP host CMU-CS-VLSI received by CMU-CS-A at 18-Jan-83 10:43:11-EST
Date: 18 Jan 1983 10:36-EST
From: Marc.Donner@CMU-CS-VLSI
Subject: Re: dry cleaner?
To: David.Lamb at CMU-CS-A
Message-Id: <411752218/donner@CMU-CS-VLSI>
In-Reply-To: David.Lamb at CMU-CS-A's bboard message of 17-Jan-83 19:54    

I have had good experience with Footer's on Forbes Avenue in Squirrel
Hill.  They have a branch in Shadyside, though I don't know exactly
where.  If you are having things simply cleaned, you don't have much
to worry about.  The problems generally arise when you ask them to
do things like mend seams or replace buttons.  In my experience, four
out of five times they won't do the job but will charge you for it.
The fifth time, however, was at Footer's and they didn't screw up.
If you have them clean dress shirts for you, you ought to make up
your mind how you want it done.  There are two bits of information
that they need: Starch/No-Starch and Folded-in-Boxes/On-Hangers.  Pick
your poison.  Starching makes the shirt stay good looking for longer,
particularly after sitting in a suitcase for a day or two, but it
does reduce the usable lifetime of the shirt.  It also makes the shirt
uncomfortable to wear, I think.   If you have never had dress shirts
cleaned, you should try it once each way (starch, that is) and decide
what you like.
Marc