The site shows $80/month as the rate for King sheets, and I'd need 2 extra pillowcases as well.
My cleaners will change and wash sheets as part of their visit, which is less than $80/wk (yes, I'm comparing monthly and weekly pricing, I know).
$80/month is $20/week. In most areas you could find a service that would clean AND change the sheets for you for similar rates.
I can find decent quality king-sized sheets on Amazon for $20-$25 (and free shipping with Prime). It's essentially the same price to throw out my sheets every week and replace them with new ones (in reality, I'd wash them first of course, but washing sheets is not THAT much of a hassle)
IMO, the pricing for this would have to be much lower, like $10/month, to make it a cost effective service.
I think, like brk mentioned, the cost of sheets is not terribly high and neither is the burden of washing them. For me to be interested in a service like this it would need to offer some combination of the following:
- Cheaper than buying new sheets (offering expensive sheets at much less than their retail cost per month would be a nice selling point)
- Someone to put them on my bed for me (honestly I don't mind doing laundry, but I hate making my bed. go figure)
- Free upgrade to more pillow cases. I sleep with 8 king-sized pillows and I'm not ashamed to admit it.
- A selectable scent option. If I could get sheets guaranteed to smell like fresh coffee for the week until I get new ones, I'd be seriously interested.
- More colors and patterns. White sheets feel like a hotel, I'd definitely want to mix it up.
You might want to also consider adding in fresh pillows as an add-on, as really nice pillows can be costly and having the pillows themselves be constantly washed and fluffed would be nice.
I think this is a compelling idea for people with boarders or who rent out their place through something like air-bnb. Or perhaps it is something that "helicopter parents" might opt for their child in a college dorm.
Other than that, if you're going to spend that much on sheets, you might as well spring for quadruple that for a bi-weekly maid to come in to do all the laundry as well as a thorough general cleaning.
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[ 4.3 ms ] story [ 25.1 ms ] threadMy cleaners will change and wash sheets as part of their visit, which is less than $80/wk (yes, I'm comparing monthly and weekly pricing, I know).
$80/month is $20/week. In most areas you could find a service that would clean AND change the sheets for you for similar rates.
I can find decent quality king-sized sheets on Amazon for $20-$25 (and free shipping with Prime). It's essentially the same price to throw out my sheets every week and replace them with new ones (in reality, I'd wash them first of course, but washing sheets is not THAT much of a hassle)
IMO, the pricing for this would have to be much lower, like $10/month, to make it a cost effective service.
You might want to also consider adding in fresh pillows as an add-on, as really nice pillows can be costly and having the pillows themselves be constantly washed and fluffed would be nice.
Cool idea though, cheers.
Most people I've talked to about this in the past few hours have more than two pillows. Turns out I'm the only sucker with not enough pillows :).
Other than that, if you're going to spend that much on sheets, you might as well spring for quadruple that for a bi-weekly maid to come in to do all the laundry as well as a thorough general cleaning.