Do you drop off your laundry?...

I do my own laundry. I have the luxury of a washer and dryer in my apartment.

Drop off at 8th Ave/13th St.

Comfortably Smug wrote: I have it picked up in the morning and delivered in the evening. I have the luxury of http://www.laundry.bz delivering to my apartment.

First time I've heard of this and they service Carroll Gardens as well. Do they do a good job?

No, I do my own laundry because i let half of my clothes air dry or they'd shrink.

I used to have the laundromat do it for me, but then they shrunk the clothes I had in a special bag which was not supposed to go in the dryer. So much for expecting people to follow your instructions.

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Mpmav1 wrote: [quote=Carmen]...or do it yourself? Im curious, I feel like the only person in park slope who actually does my own laundry. If you drop it off, who do you use that doesn't throw everything into the dryer on high heat? If my jeans get dried on high I'll never be able to pour my ass back into them, which is the primary reason I haven't been dropping off...

I agree with feeling like the only one who actually does his own. For me, it's two issues: 1) no money, 2) stuff that can't be put in dryer. Probably emphasis on the 1st issue... however.

I'm the one with the white cart that is falling apart that pushing his overflowing laundry (sometimes as tall as I) down 3 blocks to the laundromat on 7th and like 14th. haha... oh well.

I use the same one - the Chinese-owned one or the one next to La Dolce Vita? The first one shrunk my clothes so i started doing my laundry at the other one.

I do my own, at 8th Ave & 16th. Luckily, laundromat prices in South Slope are consistent with those in rural upstate!

I've been using laundry.bz for nine months as I move from sublet to sublet. They do a great job and always deliver on time. Clothes are neatly folded, not wrinkled and they've never fried any of my stuff.

I used to drop mine off when I lived at my old apartment. Now Mrs. C and I are lucky enough to have our own washer and dryer in our apartment, so we do our own.

Kudos to laundry.bz. Have tried many other places, but they are best, by far.

brooklynpotter wrote: [quote=booklaw]I do my own laundry. I have the luxury of a washer and dryer in my apartment.

the washer/dryer was one of the key reasons i bought this apartment (along with a: windowseat, and b: dishwasher)

Washer... Dryer... Dishwasher..... I didn't think those three came together in this city! Very jealous here.

laundry.bz is awesome. I use them for pickup & delivery when I can, but I have a hard time knowing when I am going to be home and/or actually being home, so when it's one of those weeks the one on 8th ave & 11th does a fine job. They do over-dry - but you've gotta keep those skinny jeans tight so it's ok!

i drop mine of at the place on flatbush and st. marks.

i think its 60 cents a pound.

Just placed my first order with laundry.bz. Pickup tomorrow, drop off Tues. Fingers crossed

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Carmen wrote: ...or do it yourself? Im curious, I feel like the only person in park slope who actually does my own laundry. If you drop it off, who do you use that doesn't throw everything into the dryer on high heat? If my jeans get dried on high I'll never be able to pour my ass back into them, which is the primary reason I haven't been dropping off...

See, this is one thing I really don't understand about many people who live in New York--what is the appeal of throwing away all that money (and more importantly, TIME) to lug a 45lb bag of laundry somewhere to have someone else do it, or alternatively, to sit rotting in some dingy coin laundry for two hours, when you can do it yourself at home for a fraction of the cost and the hassle??

All this talk I always hear from people about "my apartment isn't big enough to have a washer" is ridiculous, they make apartment-sized washers like this one that cost less than $200 bucks and can fit in even a regular-sized studio:
http://www.jr.com/haier/pe/HA_HLP21E/

All you need is (1) a small washer; and (2) a foldable wood drying rack from Save On Fifth.

Not to mention, dryers suck because all they do is destroy your clothes in exchange for a (slightly) quicker dry. Ever since I've stopped using an electric dryer, my clothes now look just as new as the day I bought them even a year or two later.

Seriously, it's just so much easier and cheaper to do laundry at home--I don't understand why so many people are so averse to it.

sweet tea wrote: oh my god. there's an aspect of my life ON approves of. someone fetch my smelling salts.

the haier is a fine machine, and the cats do enjoy climbing the drying rack.

I feel like electric clothing dryers are one of those things that corporate America has brainwashed us into thinking that we can't live without. When I was forced to live in a situation years ago without access to a dryer I was like "Oh my God, how will I survive"--then, after two years there, I was like "Who needs one??" Same goes for washing (most) clothes in warm/hot water; it's totally unnecessary and actually harmful to your clothes.