NOH2O - Review

NoH20 was purchased through LivingSocial. NoH20 is a waterless car wash. It's difficult to schedule car washes. You never know when it's going to rain, because we all know that the weather people are not exactly accurate.
I scheduled through e-mail, but the week of the scheduled time rained. Maybe two or three weeks later, Mike called and said he could come by the day of. He came to my work place. Mike came with his sister-in-law, Kim, and they cleaned the interior, tires, and exterior. I had asked them to clean the inside of the windows for an extra charge (because it wasn't part of the livingsocial deal).

All in all, Mike and Kim did a great job! I love the convenience of them coming to my car rather than sit there and wait for it to be done. I can be working while they clean. It was awesome.
The car was shiny when they were done, the interiors looked great! They put all my stuff in a little bag (that I had in the car).

I rate NoH20: 4.5 out of 5.

I wish the whole thing wasn't so last minute, so I can get the car seats out of the car.  Overall, I'd call them again.

Take A Break Massage Therapy Spa - Review

Take A Break Massage Therapy Spa was from Living Social.  I had gotten the hour massage with a half an hour of AromaSteam.
I got it mostly because it was close to my work, and I can just stop by after work.  That is what I did one Friday. I had set up my appointment online, which I like.  Anything that I can do online than calling makes it easy on me.
I had set up my appointment with Breanna about two weeks in advance.

My appointment was the last one of the day.
The location of Take A Break Massage Therapy Spa is in an old strip mall, it almost look like apartments. I can't say the building is the newest building, but it's alright. The exterior could be worked on, but that's not the businesses fault.
The lobby was really dark. Not like the usual spas that I have been to that is full of windows. It was a little too dark for my taste. There were two ladies at the counter. I was greeted when I went in, filled out the massage form that you usually fill out. I hung out with an incredibly large fish that kept staring me down in their lobby. It's funny, and I found the fish quite fasinating.


I enjoyed my massage, I don't mind chatting while I lay there, but I don't mind napping either. haha. So, Breanna and I chatted a little bit, probably for 15-20 minutes during the beginning of the massage.
I really thought Breanna did a great job.

As for my AromaSteam, the power kept going off. I think it went off 4 times. Twice before I even got in, and twice while I was in it. To be honest, it made me a little nervous because of how dark the place is and I was the only one there. There weren't any lights, just light ropes at the top edge of the walls. Breanna had to bring a flashlight to check what was wrong every time. Needless to say, it was a little awkward.

Finally, she took me to a different one, which worked, and I got my half an hour steam. It was nice, but not my thing.

All in all, I enjoyed my massage. Breanna was great.

I rate Take A Break Massage Therapy Spa: 4 out of 5.

*The decorations/lighting/etc. could be worked on, but keep the fish! The dark feeling made me a little uncomfortable when something went wrong.

Heavenly Home Cleaning - Review Updated

Please read the UPDATE below.

Heavenly Home Cleaning was our first 'service' type of deal we had purchased from Living Social. It was for 1.5 hours for 2 cleaners or 3 hours for one.

We have been so busy at home, and I've been studying for exams. I thought it would be good to have cleaners to help with cleaning the kitchen and bathroom. Areas that would take me awhile if I did it myself.

I made the appointment through e-mail. E-mails are just the best way for me to get things done.

We made the appointment end of June on a weekday. I took the afternoon off of work so I could be here when the cleaners where here. I received a call (10 minutes before they were suppose to arrive) the moment I pulled in the garage that they would not be coming because of car trouble. The lady on the other line said to call their office to reschedule.
I called the office, no one answered. I left a voicemail. I also e-mailed them, and got a response within 20 min. (through e-mail). Penny, the person that I've been e-mailing with, responded with an apology and that she'd call me and try to reschedule within the hour.
No call.
They were not getting on my good side. I was frustrated, especially that I took off work for them to not show up.

I e-mailed them again the next day. Penny responded and we set up another time and she said that the owner would like to give me another 1.5 hour cleaning for free for the inconvenience. I personally do not care for the free cleaning if you cannot show up on time.

We reschedule for end of July on a Saturday morning. I was not going to take off another half day at work to be disappointed.

The cleaners arrive about 20 minutes early. Terra and Lisa came to clean. Terra cleaned the kitchen, and Lisa cleaned the bathrooms. They were both very friendly and professional. In the end, I thought they did a really good job.


Pros: On time, friendly, professional
Cons: bad 1st start

I rate Heavenly Home Cleaning: 3.5 out of 5

*First impression is important to me, if the issue was resolved a little quicker, I think I would have given a 4 instead of 3.5



UPDATE:

I had scheduled another cleaning today (11/23/11) at 12:30pm. I had e-mailed Tina on 09/26 to schedule this. I thought I can take half day off of work since it's right before Thanksgiving... it'd be nice to leave work early and have a clean house.

As I am typing this, it is 1:30pm, no one has showed up. This is the second time this has happened. I called the office, the answering machine says that there is no one in the office to pick up my call and to leave a message.
Seriously? I'm suppose to have your cleaners come to my house today, and you're not open?

Sorry, Heavenly Home Cleaning... you had your one strike.

I will never use your service again.