[*brightclean]

So 2 of you are getting £15 per hr?  £7.50 each?  Minus petrol etc?

Think i will lower my prices to match.  

No it doesn't work like that, we pay min wage, the rest is invested back into the business - and yr figures are way out 

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Is that 5-7 jobs each van?

Shaun

PS can I have an email as well?

[*brightclean]

We are proud to say that we are cheap professional carpet cleaners doing a professional job. Sorry if you dont like our prices but thats called competition, we are happy with what we do and the money we make....

[davep]

if it takes 2 people 1 hr to earn £15 then how have i worked it out wrong?

Can i also have email after Shaun 

[mark shannon]

There is a place for everyone in this industry but Brighterclean you could charge £30 for a lounge and still undercut nearly everyone.

[*brightclean]

There is a place for everyone in this industry but Brighterclean you could charge £30 for a lounge and still undercut nearly everyone.

Thank you Mark. But thats the reason why we are kept busy all the time, we dont make a killing but we make a reasonable wage (dont forget its only CLEANING) and we enjoy what we do. We dont and never will rip off custys with mad silly high inflated c/c prices.

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

Why are you proud to say you are cheap !?

[*brightclean]

Why are you proud to say you are cheap !?

See previous post, anyhow I only registered on here to c what u guys think of extracta 

[davep]

Whats a reasonable wage Mr B?

[Jim_77]

Yeah I agree.

I do a lounge for a tenner, 3-pc suite for a bag of chips and if they want the curtains doing I pay them £5 a pair just for the privilege of working on them.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Looking at the Maths,

You said that you do an average job at £68, that's say Lounge, dining room, hall stair and landing and a bedroom.

Also you say that a lounge takes 1 hours albeit with set up and set down so for £68 would it be fair to say it takes around 3 hours?

Shaun

[Mike Osbourne]

Brightclean,

I think the trouble is what you are doing won't be sustainable. The idea of picking up clients on maintenance plan by your initial pricing is a good idea, but the problem is there is no loyalty with the type of customer you are aiming at.

Also as has been mensioned it's idiotic to price yourself far lower than your competition unless you want to register as a charity or something. Why? there's no point.

[derek west]

you must be working flat out, how many mops do you go through a week, and on the posh jobs do you use a squeegee for rapid drying

[elliott cleaning]

Although Brightclean is getting a bit of a ribbing for his pricing & I am inclined to agree that he could achieve higher prices without fear of loosing market share,  none of us know his status.

Could be a few OAP's making pin money.

He does have a point though.  He is only cleaning carpets & not offering rocket science.   Get the impression that some posts imply that they look at it the other way around.

[Len Gribble]

Brightclean

You have a point should have said another subject so I apologise for highjacking your thread.

Mike did you get the one about phone numbers?

Len

[Shaun_Ashmore]

get out of it Len!!!

trying to take over, what do you think you are a Martian?

Shaun

[Roy Edwards]

If your happy to be flat out all the time ,when you could do half the jobs for the same money so be it,custy is not bothered how long you take as long as when you leave it looks good.
But  as the old saying goes buy cheap buy twice

[carlton care]

Others say " buy one get one FREE "

[*brightclean]

Others say " buy one get one FREE "

Actually, funny u should bring that up as we are doing a special next month, have yr lounge carpet cleaned and we will clean yr suite for half price..

[Shaun_Ashmore]

So you are doing a 3pc suite (£65) and a carpet for free for £32.50?

That's 3 hours.

Shaun

PS I have a full week this week and next but I'm not charging those prices perhaps I should increase me prices to suit.