If you’ve spent any time looking for a carpet cleaner, you’ve likely seen both extremes: the $20-a-room flyer taped to your mailbox and the "luxury" carpet restoration specialist flexing $800-to-$1,000 hourly invoices on social media. To the average homeowner, it feels like a total guessing game. Does a higher price tag mean better quality? Or are you just getting taken for a ride? It’s time to pull back the curtain on how operating costs actually work in the carpet cleaning