who came up with the formula

[Xiong]

that the revenues for dryers are 50% of the revenues of the washers?

was it developed by CLA, its members, or who?

please help shine some light.


as i've said before, my tracking for my laundries does not fit this formula. my dry cycle is 8 minutes per coin, such as $1 for 8 minutes. and my toploader are at $4 per cycle. since keeping track of info, my data has been consistently that it take 3 to 4 dry cycles to dry one wash cycle.

by that i mean, one wash load at $4 will take $4 (4 dry cycles). in revenues term, this would be a 1:1 ratio ($4 wash = $4 dry).

even for the Dexter 30 lbs washer into the 50 lbs Huesbch dryer, it takes four cycles to dry (on average). but in term of revenues, the ratio would be 2:1 ($8 wash to $4 dry)

very inconsistent?

[CanCanCase]

Originally Posted by Xiong

that the revenues for dryers are 50% of the revenues of the washers?

was it developed by CLA, its members, or who?

please help shine some light.


as i've said before, my tracking for my laundries does not fit this formula. my dry cycle is 8 minutes per coin, such as $1 for 8 minutes. and my toploader are at $4 per cycle. since keeping track of info, my data has been consistently that it take 3 to 4 dry cycles to dry one wash cycle.

by that i mean, one wash load at $4 will take $4 (4 dry cycles). in revenues term, this would be a 1:1 ratio ($4 wash = $4 dry).

even for the Dexter 30 lbs washer into the 50 lbs Huesbch dryer, it takes four cycles to dry (on average). but in term of revenues, the ratio would be 2:1 ($8 wash to $4 dry)

very inconsistent?

It's not a "formula", it's simply a guideline that loosely fits SOME laundromat operations.

That said, your second example proves it out... $8 wash and $4 dry IS exactly: dryer revenue = 50% of washer revenue. (In other words, $4 = 50% of $8.)

-Case

[Howard]

Its based on observation of a huge number of store in the USA - it may likely not apply on the bottom side of the world

[Dr Phi11y]

Hey Hey!

Unless I am misreading it, you mentioned that you charge $1 for every 8 mins of dry time to give you a 1:1 ratio (to the $4 TL wash). That's awesome if you get $1 for 8 minutes, but could you have meant $.25 for each 8 minutes to make it $1 for a 32 min dry cycle?

Call me an ass for assuming, but I will go with that assumption, which would be 25% of washer revenue (for that particular machine) if the 32 min dryer cycle gets the clothes completely dry.

In a lot of the mats I've been in, a dryer cycle takes about 40 mins or so, which, if adapted to your mat would be $1.25 per dry cycle or 31% of washer revenue.

Most of the information I've ever reviewed uses dryer income at 40% of washer revenue...

Again, if my assumptions to your pricing are incorrect, please disregard everything I typed above the 40% line...

Phil

[KJ]

It all depends on where your washer and dryer prices are set.

My dryer to washer revenue for 2011 was 57.27%

[jh]

To my understanding, this number is just a rough estimate according to past statistic to give people some idea of what the dryer and washer revenue ratio can be. It does not apply to a store that offers free dry. It does not apply to a store where washer vend prices have been decreased as competition level increased but the dryer vend prices have remained untouched. It assumes that if store A's washer vend price is higher than store B's, then store A's dryer vend price should be higher than store B's. To see if your pricing structure fits this number, you can start by reading some old posts to see what people have said about their washer and dryer vend prices. See if your ratio meets the average ratio.

[Xiong]

Originally Posted by CanCanCase

It's not a "formula", it's simply a guideline that loosely fits SOME laundromat operations.

That said, your second example proves it out... $8 wash and $4 dry IS exactly: dryer revenue = 50% of washer revenue. (In other words, $4 = 50% of $8.)

-Case

sure, because sometimes takes $2, $3, $4, $5, or even $6 to dry a washload from the dexter t400. that's just my overall average for the year.

it's a nice guide, but some distributors has taken that formula as the verses in the bible. that's what they should be telling wannabees mat owners?

the secret to success being a mat owner then is getting the most tpd, and/or the highest net profit?

[Xiong]

Originally Posted by Howard

Its based on observation of a huge number of store in the USA - it may likely not apply on the bottom side of the world

then we'll have to take into account the type of clothing materials people in the respective area wear, the air moisture content in the area, and so on...

though do most of you find this formula to be very uniform from west to east in america?

[Xiong]

Originally Posted by Dr Phi11y

Hey Hey!

Unless I am misreading it, you mentioned that you charge $1 for every 8 mins of dry time to give you a 1:1 ratio (to the $4 TL wash). That's awesome if you get $1 for 8 minutes, but could you have meant $.25 for each 8 minutes to make it $1 for a 32 min dry cycle?

Call me an ass for assuming, but I will go with that assumption, which would be 25% of washer revenue (for that particular machine) if the 32 min dryer cycle gets the clothes completely dry.

In a lot of the mats I've been in, a dryer cycle takes about 40 mins or so, which, if adapted to your mat would be $1.25 per dry cycle or 31% of washer revenue.

Most of the information I've ever reviewed uses dryer income at 40% of washer revenue...

Again, if my assumptions to your pricing are incorrect, please disregard everything I typed above the 40% line...

Phil

from where i am, every thing here at least double those of you in the states. most of the machines come from the states, so i don't have too many option of choosing which distributor of the machine brand i want. i either take it or leave it, it's one distributor for one brand here.

we've been told here that dryer incomes are 50% of washer incomes here too. i did not believe that, from my own testings so when i became an owner i just track them for my own good.

[Xiong]

Originally Posted by KJ

It all depends on where your washer and dryer prices are set.

My dryer to washer revenue for 2011 was 57.27%

very very true on that
if i set my dryer to 4 minutes per cycle, then obviously i would get a different ratio.