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imanamerican63

(15,873 posts)
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 02:51 PM Apr 2025

Even washing my clothes at a laundromat is pretty pricey painful!

Wash 2 loads $7.00 per x 2 = $14.00, super size washers

Dry 2 loads $3.00 for 15 minutes x 3 $9.00

Total $23.00

Yes, there are other laundromats in town, but this is the cleanest one.

I’m on the road, so no options to get it done!

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Even washing my clothes at a laundromat is pretty pricey painful! (Original Post) imanamerican63 Apr 2025 OP
That is obscene. LoisB Apr 2025 #1
Maybe. CrispyQ Apr 2025 #2
Opposite for me. Water has gone up but electricity and gas - through the roof. LoisB Apr 2025 #4
I had to wash everything for a household of 4 people in a laundromat last summer for 2 months Diamond_Dog Apr 2025 #3
That seems pricey Redleg Apr 2025 #5
Back years ago when I was single I had a portable washing Emile Apr 2025 #6
They stopped being cheap during covid Tickle Apr 2025 #7
I was shocked KT2000 Apr 2025 #8
I remember doing my homework at the laundromat while my mom washed our clothes. Twenty five cents to wash. jalan48 Apr 2025 #9
That was the absolute worst part of apartment living. milestogo Apr 2025 #10

Diamond_Dog

(39,759 posts)
3. I had to wash everything for a household of 4 people in a laundromat last summer for 2 months
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 03:03 PM
Apr 2025

Due to water softener problems. I feel your pain, imanamerican!

Redleg

(6,812 posts)
5. That seems pricey
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 03:38 PM
Apr 2025

but I haven't used a laundromat for over 20 years. Thank god I can do my laundry at my wife's house. I guess I should thank her too.

Emile

(40,579 posts)
6. Back years ago when I was single I had a portable washing
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 03:51 PM
Apr 2025

machine you rolled over to the sink and hooked up a garden hose to the faucet and a drain hose into the sink. I had a clothes line in bathroom to dry clothes

 

Tickle

(4,131 posts)
7. They stopped being cheap during covid
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 03:53 PM
Apr 2025

I take my rugs to a laundromat once a week because my washing machine isn't powerful enough.

KT2000

(21,936 posts)
8. I was shocked
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 04:14 PM
Apr 2025

the last time I went to the laundromat. I wish there were free laundromats for the homeless because they surely cannot afford this.

jalan48

(14,914 posts)
9. I remember doing my homework at the laundromat while my mom washed our clothes. Twenty five cents to wash.
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 04:27 PM
Apr 2025

milestogo

(22,557 posts)
10. That was the absolute worst part of apartment living.
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 04:34 PM
Apr 2025

The cost, and having to sit around the laundromat.

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