Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Moderator David@stives on May 26, 2010, 07:55:11 pm
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One of my guys knocked over an 18in pot rabbit on a patio whilst cleaning the windows on a customers house, with the Butt end of the pole, knocking the Rabbits ears off in the proccess.
The Rabbit was commissioned by a local artist and the guy is sending me a bill for replacing it for £250.
I am going to pay it, but do you think it is reasonable for us to expect that an innocuous looking pot rabbit was worth £250, and if it was worth so much and was so fragile, should we have been warned by the customer.
The customer was on holiday at the time and we have cleaned this property for 4 years now, the Rabbit appeared 2 years ago and no warnings were ever given.
We are going to pay, but do you think it is fair ?
Dave
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youve done the crime now pay the fine ;)
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I broke a very fragile Hare inside a customers house a few years back. Put it through my insurance but had to pay the excess. Had to get the artist to re-make one as it was a one off piece.
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Clumsy oaf. Dock his wages.
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Of course it isn't fair, life never is.
However, you are answerable for damage done. Pay up.
You now have a comissioned rabbit sculpture that you didnt have this time yesterday. What you moaning at?
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Of course it isn't fair, life never is.
However, you are answerable for damage done. Pay up.
You now have a comissioned rabbit sculpture that you didnt have this time yesterday. What you moaning at?
he will have when hes finished with the bostick ;)
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I once broke some of those hanging vertical blinds on an inside window I was doing.
(http://www.3dayblindscoupon.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/vertical_blinds.jpg)
Anyway, once I realised I had broken them I paniced, so I took them down rolled them up and put them down me trousers and legged it. When the custard came home she rang me to ask what had happened to her blinds, I said 'What blinds'?
She said 'The blinds that were in the window overlooking the lawn that were in the window before I left whilst you were cleaning and that wernt there when I came back!'
I said, again, 'I dont know' ;D
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I returned; via the field where I had thrown them out of my car window to collect them, backto her house and gave them back. So she got her blinds, I learnt a lesson and no rabbits ears were broken.
Cest la vie.
;D ;D
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I am not certain but I would think if you are being asked to replace the broken rabbit you may be entitled to keep the old one.
Also if it were me I would insist on documentation from the artist/supplier to confirm cost. Tell them your insurance insists, as I think most people have a habit of bumping up the price in these instances.
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I once broke some of those hanging vertical blinds on an inside window I was doing.
(http://www.3dayblindscoupon.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/vertical_blinds.jpg)
Anyway I took them down rolled them up and put them down me trousers. When the custard came home she rang me to ask what had happened to her blinds, I said 'What blinds'?
She said 'The blinds that were in the window overlooking the lawn that were in the window before I left whilst you were cleaning and that wernt there when I came back!'
I said, again, 'I dont know' ;D
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I returned; via the field where I had thrown them out of my car window to collect them, backto her house and gave them back. So she got her blinds, I learnt a lesson and no rabbits ears were broken.
Cest la vie.
;D ;D
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I reckon I will ask for the old Rabbit then sell it on Ebay, if it is from an artist, i reckon it is worth something to someone.
I reckon I could grind the ear stumps down and make it look like a deaf rabbit.
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It might be cheaper to use your insurance..
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Whats going on with the Blinds story? I think he needs help!!!! ;D
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Its a true story.
I did need help now you mention it ;D ;D and got it.
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I reckon I will ask for the old Rabbit then sell it on Ebay, if it is from an artist, i reckon it is worth something to someone.
I reckon I could grind the ear stumps down and make it look like a deaf rabbit.
Or just carve one ear off and say it's a Van gogh ;D
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Something for you to model your creation on
we can call you Davie Darko then ;D ;D
(http://gordonandthewhale.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/donnie-darko-desktop-ii.jpg)
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I reckon I will ask for the old Rabbit then sell it on Ebay, if it is from an artist, i reckon it is worth something to someone.
I reckon I could grind the ear stumps down and make it look like a deaf rabbit.
Or just carve one ear off and say it's a Van gogh ;D
I was just about to type that ;D
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Ok replace it, and then let it be known to some local chancers that this person has a garden littered with £250 ornaments.
Or you could say that you haven't knocked his nuts off, and maybe they will breed.
Seriously though Dave, if I paid £250 for an ornament, I wouldn't be leaving it in the garden, you can buy real ones for a couple of quid and they help keep the grass down.
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250 rabbit out side? maybe you can see what else there is and come back and nick the rest it might be worth more then 250.
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Ask for a reciept when he buys it...
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Ask him if his Mrs rabbit is ok??? ;D
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went to house this after noon and ther wos that dam owl looking at it youd neaver gess it had bin in bits last time i washed ;D ;D ;D ,this moorning bilder up lader paneting fall pipe black pant pot on wall other side of garden when i went next door thers white pant all over my hose hed got two at side of wall on my side any way hes got two have emty ??? ??? ???
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thats a lot of money for a pot rabbit......must be a hareloom
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Oh god , i needed a good belly laugh! ;D ;D ;D
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one of our custies has a big ceramic globe on a stand in his garden. one of our lads knocked it off two years ago and smashed it to pieces, chap came out and explained that his granddaughter bought it him 15 years ago for birthday present and cost £600.
we told him we were very sorry and would pay him for it but he said it was ok and that accidents happen.
we went back to clean his windows the next month and it was back on its stand all glued up and looking terrible, every time i have seen it for the last two years it makes me cringe but it reminds us all to be careful around his property.
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Ask him if his Mrs rabbit is ok??? ;D
I don't think her rabbit has any ears lol
;D ;D
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I knocked a customer’s gnome off its stand a few months ago, it was only a small ceramic thing worth about a fiver, but his wife said he will be gutted as his grandkids got it for him.
So I took it home, got out the glue and paints and repaired it. I had to mix up epoxy resin to fill in the bits that were missing.
All in all I spent about 2 hours mending it.
I took it back and his wife replaced it, to this day he still does not know.
His wife has threatened to tell him about it if I put my price up ha ha, I don’t mind though as his is a great guy and give me a freshly smoked trout every month in season. :)
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maybe say to the customer - ill give the £250 but i will take the current one or £125 and you can keep the current one and try and fix it up.
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You're loaded mate; a window cleaner and tv celeb, so just pay the bill and warn your employee that next time it'll come out of his wages ;)
PS....... What's happening with the work you asked me to price; just wandered ??? ???
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Can you send me the prices again, I have been so busy, I am like an headless chicken here.
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warn your employee that next time it'll come out of his wages ;)
You cant do that.
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You cant nick custards blinds either but you did it ;D
Good of you to be so honest though, never laffed so much in me life!! :o ;D
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It generally gets a good laugh that one, I include it in my 'after-dinner' speech. ;D
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I knocked the ears off micky mouse , about a yr ago.
I had some tube of silcone in the van, glued back on ;D
I still laugh to myself now when i walk by, didn't tell them though as they got it from the states.
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Could always get some of that fixit supposed to fix most things as its been advertise on tv lately :)
I always mention to customers if things get broken as its in the way i wont pay for them Inside or outside so they are warned first just incase. And they all know where they stand and they know i have insurances too.
Just take this a lesson learnt at a costly mistake.
Most excess you have to pay the first £250.00 anyway so some insurances I wouldnt bother just pay the bill when the artist has sent you the invoice. :)