Ever-Fresh
Member
Their spotter program was great! While Aramsco has a great giveaway spotter, it is more generic, not like a personal named spotter.
Aramsco aquires JonDon
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just call StainX. Located in Madison Wisconsin. Great stuff, been giving that away like forever. Just stick a label on it. I think its $3 a bottle. Ask for the distributor pricing. watch the video on my website. its at the end.
encapman
Member
Just added a blog post to our site. Reflects my views on JonDon’s closure.
excellent-supply.com
An industry leader is gone. JonDon will be missed.
JonDon closed on May 9, 2025. This one time industry leader will be missed.
excellent-supply.com
You need coaching. May I suggest the Emily Post School of Etiquette.
hogjowl
Idiot™
You’re certainly welcome to suggest, but until you finish one of the many projects you have going I’m not listening.
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hogjowl
Idiot™
Well, I’m not listening until you upholster that truck seat from a decade ago
That turned out great!
Is the concrete block under the door holding it up?
No lock or handle?
Are you sure its done?
Marty is slacking.
hogjowl
Idiot™
I’m too busy
Its done. I was just too lazy to take a pic. But my handle is splendid. The concrete block it to keep things from floating away.
icleancarpetz
Member
Absolutely JonDon will be missed. Even if you didnt buy much, the thought of them being there when you did need something, was always a comforting feeling and they tried hard to help you.Just added a blog post to our site. Reflects my views on JonDon’s closure.
An industry leader is gone. JonDon will be missed.
JonDon closed on May 9, 2025. This one time industry leader will be missed.
Thank you for writing this. I didnt realize they had 22 locations. 47 yrs is a long time.
I will certainly miss all the good times i had at the langhorne location and certainly will miss all the instructors and cleaner friends met over the years.
You are correct in remaining small, have as little debt or no debt as possible. You are more flexible and able to withstand life's curves, bumps and bruises.
What is missing in the service industry and sales, is intentional genuine gratefulness to the customer client. You owe it to them. They are helping you with make a living and trusting you in their home. A hand written ‘thank you card’ after the service goes a mighty long way in the minds of the pocket book holder.
Thank you again Rick your writing. Excellent.
JonDon will be missed and never forgotten.
My home town over here took a big hit in the local economy back in 2005-2009. My little county depended on 4 big factories to employ a huge percentage of the population. And the county leaders signed in an agreement with the plants to not let other plants come in that will offer higher wages. And when those 4 plants abandoned the hard working citizens who made them $billions in over 50 years, this city took a big drop, including my business that was just in the beginning stages of growth.
But now the local economy is booming and they (county leaders) have learned a valid lesson from this mistake their previous leaders made: Don't let huge corporations come in and monopolize the region. Multiply the healthy competition by welcoming in healthy capital gain with smaller corporations
So what do I think of monopolizing corporations who kiss the customer's ass and then leave like a hooker on meth...???
Jondon got too big, Burned my wallet too many times. sold me a defective new machine, lied about a machine I bought that was "new" and was actually a demo, then sold it at a new price, and almost ruined my other machine that would've crippled my business and Aramsco is even bigger and will do the same thing.
The one thing and most important thing the new owners dropped is the department that does QUALITY CONTROL and stopped overseeing and properly training the service department.
I buy all my chemicals from my local Janitor supply in my city and my parts and hardware from other independent dealers around the country who are independently owned. The one place I still buy some supplies from is Kleen-Rite, but they're the last resort if I can't find a part anywhere else
Learn your lesson and drop these big monopolies. Just think how much more our industry will improve if we support more independents like Penmberton, encapman, All-Care, Michigan supply, etc. etc. etc. They won't have to compete just because a monopoly guaranteed "free shipping". They will compete with Quality Control!!!!
Mikey P
Administrator
Very well written!Just added a blog post to our site. Reflects my views on JonDon’s closure.
An industry leader is gone. JonDon will be missed.
JonDon closed on May 9, 2025. This one time industry leader will be missed.
Mikey P
Administrator
Amen!
hogjowl
Idiot™
You’re fooling yourself if you think your elected officials have “learned” anything. The tax dollars will cause them to forget. Nothing ever really changes for long.
I agree
Atlanta has been pushing its agenda up our way for the last 5-7 years with all the changes in zoning and expansion of building apartments. We have about 5years before our community is absorbed in its expansion.
hogjowl
Idiot™
Move
No politics.
SteamwayPro
Supportive Member
Jon Don Langhorne helped push me into VLM
Every time I got work done from them I had to sit down before I saw the bill because I didn't want the shock of the bill to knock me over. They usually added on a hour or more to the labor hours. The price of parts were ridiculously over priced. If they worked on your machine for 2 hours and 5 minutes they would charge you for 3 hours for sure. I usually waited and saw when they brought my machine in the shop. I knew what they did and how long it took but couldn't say anything because ... ''I needed them and they knew it''
They hired mechanics by how much pay they wanted. They didn't hire the best because the best wanted to get paid. They hired cheap mechanics that didn't know shit about TM's. That's what I was told.
The only time I got good service from them was when Ron the Service Manager worked on my machine. Usually because they didn't have enough cheap mechanics to do all the work. They fired Ron for some reason. I think it was over money but not sure. I only know his version. I think that was in 2016 or 2017. Ron then decided to start his own business and I took my machine to him for the last few years I had a TM. Never went back to Langhorne
Funny how this worked out but after they fired Ron Langhorne started sending TM's their cheap mechanics couldn't fix to Ron's shop
In 2019 it was time for me to buy another TM but I wasn't buying from Jon Don. I couldn't find a decent used TM and was thinking about getting out of the carpet cleaning business. I had been HWE for 25 years but had been experimenting with VLM for about 5 years so rather that get out of the Carpet Cleaning business I decided to switch to VLM. When I first switched I didn't think it could be done. Just cleaning with VLM but I was WRONG.
It turns out switching to VLM was one of the BEST decisions I ever made
I love VLM !!!
Every time I got work done from them I had to sit down before I saw the bill because I didn't want the shock of the bill to knock me over. They usually added on a hour or more to the labor hours. The price of parts were ridiculously over priced. If they worked on your machine for 2 hours and 5 minutes they would charge you for 3 hours for sure. I usually waited and saw when they brought my machine in the shop. I knew what they did and how long it took but couldn't say anything because ... ''I needed them and they knew it''
They hired mechanics by how much pay they wanted. They didn't hire the best because the best wanted to get paid. They hired cheap mechanics that didn't know shit about TM's. That's what I was told.
The only time I got good service from them was when Ron the Service Manager worked on my machine. Usually because they didn't have enough cheap mechanics to do all the work. They fired Ron for some reason. I think it was over money but not sure. I only know his version. I think that was in 2016 or 2017. Ron then decided to start his own business and I took my machine to him for the last few years I had a TM. Never went back to Langhorne
Funny how this worked out but after they fired Ron Langhorne started sending TM's their cheap mechanics couldn't fix to Ron's shop
In 2019 it was time for me to buy another TM but I wasn't buying from Jon Don. I couldn't find a decent used TM and was thinking about getting out of the carpet cleaning business. I had been HWE for 25 years but had been experimenting with VLM for about 5 years so rather that get out of the Carpet Cleaning business I decided to switch to VLM. When I first switched I didn't think it could be done. Just cleaning with VLM but I was WRONG.
It turns out switching to VLM was one of the BEST decisions I ever made
I love VLM !!!
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