About Me: Alan
J. Fletcher
I'm
53 years old, married, have 6 children and I love to play the piano. My goal
in life is to do something that will make a difference in the world in some
special way. Maybe I already have and don't know it, maybe one of my children
will do something great that will be significant. In the meantime, maybe I can
help you make wise and informed decisions with your next carpet or flooring
purchase.
I
offer my years of flooring knowledge, information and advice free of
charge and I won't make a dime from your purchase, no matter who you choose to
buy from. I do offer my Carpet Buying Guide eBook for those who want all my
information and advice in a neat, organized and easy-to-read format. The
proceeds help support my family and my websites.
I've
been in the Carpet and Floor Covering business my entire life. I have installed
virtually every type of flooring and owned a successful flooring installation
company for over 30 years. My
father was a Carpet mill rep for over 35 years and I learned a lot about carpet
construction and the manufacturing aspects of the Carpet business from
him. He was very passionate about the carpet business and was an incredible source of knowledge,
insight and wisdom to me.
During
my 30+ years in the Flooring business, I became alarmed at the large number of
dishonest Flooring dealers I found who were willing to lie, deceive and cheat unsuspecting
homeowners just to "get" the sale. In 1998 finally decided that I wanted to do something to make a difference and
began educating homeowners about how to choose new carpet wisely, how to save
the most money
and how to avoid getting ripped off.
My first book - "Carpet Buying Secrets Revealed" was published in 1998 and
was well received and that's when I knew that homeowners were looking for honest
Carpet buying information and advice. Now my Carpet Buying Guide has grown to
136 pages and is filled with the latest Carpet buying information and useful
resources that every homeowner needs to make wise and informed choices.
Alan
Fletcher
began his career as a flooring installation apprentice in 1977 at a local flooring shop in
Milwaukie Oregon. After more than 5 years of learning the trade and working with three
master craftsman, Alan formed his own small flooring installation company in 1982.
From
1982 to 2006, Alan owned and operated a Carpet & Floor Covering sales & contracting business serving
both residential and commercial clients from Oregon,
Washington, Florida, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee.
With
wisdom and experience handed down from his father, a carpet mill
rep for over 35 years, Alan amassed extensive Carpet and Flooring product knowledge
far beyond the typical flooring installer. Alan also had the unique benefit from learning the tricks
of the trade from three master craftsman and then adding years of first-hand installation
experience with
practically every type of carpet and flooring product.
Alan
has earned
his extensive experience from selling and installing Carpet and Flooring in hundreds custom
homes, commercial properties, hospitals, retirement homes, institutional facilities and thousands of
apartment complexes for over three decades.
Alan
Fletcher
is also the author of The Complete Carpet Buying Guide, an ebook and is frequently called upon by industry professionals,
trade publications and local and national media professionals to comment and
respond to current carpet and floorcovering market trends.
Now
retired from Carpet and Flooring sales and installations, Alan is the founder of the
AbcCarpets.com Carpet Information Network and enjoys helping over a million homeowners
a year through
his free Carpet Information Websites.
Alan firmly
believes that every homeowner deserves free and complete access to accurate and
honest Carpet buying information. For this reason Alan has devoted over twelve years as a consumer
advocate and continues to provide free unbiased Carpet buying advice to
homeowners nationwide.
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Alan's
List of Preferred Carpet Dealers
Beware
of online Homeowner Reviews
Your
friends, relatives or neighbors might be tempted to recommend a Carpet or
Flooring Dealer to you where they have purchased from previously... but the truth is, most homeowners don't have
broad enough knowledge or experience to rate a medium quality Carpet from a high
quality Carpet, a incompetent installation job from a professional installation
job, or an honest measure from an over-measure. In other words, most folks don't
really know if they have been scammed or ripped off and may never know if they
got a fair and square deal or if their carpet was actually installed properly.
It takes
about five years for most homeowners
to discover if they have made poor choices. That's when
they discover that their carpet is not living up to the promises made by the
Carpet Salesperson. By this time, the manufacturer's warranty is useless, the
installation warranty has long expired, and
their is little or no recourse for the homeowner. The carpet is wearing out and
matting down, it looks bad and soon will need to be replaced. Now they realize
that they have been duped into buying a carpet that was incapable of meeting
their needs and goals.
Unfortunately,
during the past five years
they have recommended this Carpet Dealer to their friends, relatives and
co-workers and written positive reviews that have been posted and viewed online by
thousands of unsuspecting homeowners. Once you post a review online, you usually
can't take it down or change it. How many homeowners followed your positive
review and bought from the same dealer with similar "bad"
results?
Carpet
is a major expense that must be taken very seriously. Homeowners need expert
advice from a trusted source. My hand-picked list of Preferred Carpet Dealers
must pass my own personal set of requirements before I recommend them to my
readers. They must also be locally owned, provide first-class customer service, offer
reasonable prices and use qualified installers. Don't take
chances, See
who I recommend near you!
Alan
Fletcher's articles,
interviews and advice have been published worldwide and featured in these
great publications:
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HGTV.com
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The National Association
of Residential Property Managers
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The
Boston Globe
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Residential Resource Magazine. (NARPM)
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The Rental Property
Reporter
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The Chicago Tribune
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The Professional Property
Managers Association (PPMA)
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The
Apartment manager
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IREM.org The Institute
of Real Estate Management
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Onsite
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Inspired House Magazine
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Landlord.com
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The Palm Springs Sun Times
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MrLandlord.com
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The ISSA Today
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Apartment
Owner Magazine
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Wikipedia.com
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and
many
more...
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