sunshine windows

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Goods in exchange of services
« on: February 27, 2017, 11:13:30 am »
Just wondering what the best deal is that any of you have managed to strike for this type of offer.

I currently clean a car show room, so sent a cheeky email offering my services in exchange for a new car. Would work out roughly the same in value each year, as if I were buying it new. Yet to hear back though.
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chris turner

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Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2017, 11:44:59 am »
Strange thread but actually I have considered something similar, mainly to a few shops/restaurants which some of the staff have openly admitted business isn't going great.
I eat out alot and the missis loves retail therapy so I was thinking of offering my services in return for credit rather then cash.
It's small money I would put back into the economy anyway.
In your case though I can't see that happening, unless you were willing to work a year in advance and receive a car, probably an ex demo, at the end of the financial year.

Soupy

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Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2017, 12:50:13 pm »
All through the books though, obviously.
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jk999

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Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2017, 01:06:59 pm »
I can just vision  car sales men laughing at you .are you actually being serious about this do you realy think they would hand a car over to you for cleaning their windows wow

Matt.

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Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2017, 01:22:36 pm »
Same thing sunshine ...... Have the cleaning contract of some car showrooms, this one I have had over 10 years, van broke about a week before chrimbo a few years back, so I goes in and spoke with gm for the site. He says there's a few ex demos or site vans I could look at. I found the trafic van I drive today and asked can I test drive it for a month, which he agreed. During this time I checked the rrp on the van which was £8800 plus vat.
After a month the accountant rang me up and asked me what I wanted to do with the van, I says I would like to buy it and can we do a deal.
They sold me the van for £5500 plus vat, they says pay the vat up front and if I could afford it I could pay the rest each month over a year or so, til it was paid...... I suppose it boils down to the relationship u have with them

andyM

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Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2017, 02:12:44 pm »
I'm sure the salesman forfeiting his commission and the vat man will be overwhelmingly in favour of it.
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8weekly

Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2017, 02:35:52 pm »
I always refuse this kind of deal. I've been offered website development, sports massages, sex etc. in exchange for window cleaning but I always refuse.

Soupy

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Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2017, 02:53:24 pm »
I always refuse this kind of deal. I've been offered website development, sports massages, sex etc. in exchange for window cleaning but I always refuse.

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Smurf

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Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2017, 04:25:36 pm »
I always fancied a new Ferrari. Trouble is I could get in it but not be able to get back out of the bloody thing. lol

Dave Willis

Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2017, 04:32:05 pm »
I don't have that trouble. Problem I have is finding a suitable roof rack.

duncan h

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Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2017, 04:59:27 pm »
I always refuse this kind of deal. I've been offered website development, sports massages, sex etc. in exchange for window cleaning but I always refuse.
My type of payment :)

Smurf

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Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2017, 05:03:01 pm »
I always refuse this kind of deal. I've been offered website development, sports massages, sex etc. in exchange for window cleaning but I always refuse.
My type of payment :)

Been offered mostly sex but now at my age it would do me in.
See dazmond you're missing out not doing insides. The trick is to still get paid for the job in hand. lol

Tosh

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Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2017, 05:36:08 pm »
Just wondering what the best deal is that any of you have managed to strike for this type of offer.

I currently clean a car show room, so sent a cheeky email offering my services in exchange for a new car. Would work out roughly the same in value each year, as if I were buying it new. Yet to hear back though.

I used to get a massage from one of my customers for a window clean. She was a sports masseur, then we went to India cycling together when I did that sponsored bike ride about 5 years ago.
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Og

Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2017, 06:01:43 pm »
I get lots of beer, eggs, chutneys, honey and veg.

And horse riding too.

Tom White

Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2017, 06:38:57 pm »
A rather overweight window cleaner used to clean the local chippy's windows for chips.

That's the truth. ;D

John rambo

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Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #15 on: February 27, 2017, 07:36:11 pm »
I once cleaned a restaurant floor and windows for 4 tickets to the fa cup final .

nathankaye

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Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #16 on: February 27, 2017, 08:19:24 pm »
I clean windows on one of those pop up brothels that are the new thing now 😉😉
.....thank ho4u kindly 😂😂


No i dont....
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NWH

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Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #17 on: February 27, 2017, 08:48:41 pm »
I do a car-van repair centre I do the owners house also,if I have something done and he owes me a couple of cleans we call it quits but as said I could never see a garage letting you take a car for cleaning the windys lol 😂

Tosh

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Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #18 on: February 27, 2017, 10:56:44 pm »
I clean windows on one of those pop up brothels that are the new thing now 😉😉
.....thank ho4u kindly 😂😂


No i dont....

I used to do the windows on one of the local hookers place of work. She came to the door in her negligee and heels one day, paid and said she had to dash as she had a punter upstairs.

A while after that she'd had a sprog and brought the thing out to say hello, I swear I didn't know what to say, so asked who's it was. I think she thought I meant "D'you know who the father is?"

I got an email a while after asking us to stop going round. Thing is they started having building work done on the place, an extension. The builder was always really funny with us when we turned up, I reckon he was getting a portion on the side when no-one else was there.

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AuRavelling79

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Re: Goods in exchange of services
« Reply #19 on: February 27, 2017, 11:32:50 pm »
"I reckon he was getting a portion on the side when no-one else was there."

How does that work, Matt? What with no-one else being there and all?

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