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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: chrisjohn on November 30, 2010, 04:21:05 pm

Title: Phone stops ringing when snow arrives
Post by: chrisjohn on November 30, 2010, 04:21:05 pm
This is only my second year as a CC,but do you find that as soon as we get a sprinkle of snow,the calls dry up?

Luckily ive got work booked in from quotes done last week,but strange that snow arrived in Leeds on Friday(Not had one call since).

Chris

Title: Re: Phone stops ringing when snow arrives
Post by: Neil Williams on November 30, 2010, 04:49:21 pm
Simply it does put potential customers off, with exception are those moving out of rented and who must get it done.
Title: Re: Phone stops ringing when snow arrives
Post by: wynne jones on November 30, 2010, 04:53:35 pm
The trick is to have so much work booked you are sort of relieved when the phone stops ringing off the hook or you get a cancellation.
Title: Re: Phone stops ringing when snow arrives
Post by: clinton on November 30, 2010, 06:24:39 pm
Its bound to put some off mate and with there thinking if we get it cleaned the kids and dogs etc will mess it up when the slush comes i guess.
Title: Re: Phone stops ringing when snow arrives
Post by: The Carpet Cleaning Pro on December 01, 2010, 01:41:26 am
My customers ring me to let me know the road conditions and to confirm that we are still coming - I like my customers and they like me
Title: Re: Phone stops ringing when snow arrives
Post by: MAX Carpets on December 01, 2010, 11:12:01 am
its not here yet but phoned still stopped!
Title: Re: Phone stops ringing when snow arrives
Post by: chrisjohn on December 01, 2010, 12:00:42 pm
Ive now decided to postpone all work until next week.Custys have all been understanding.Heavy snow predicted all day.Yorkshire seems to have been hit really badly by the snow.

Painting internal doors (job ive been putting off for months).Yippee!!!

Chris
Title: Re: Phone stops ringing when snow arrives
Post by: Leighbrad on December 01, 2010, 12:05:36 pm
 we had 5 calls yesterday from punters who had cleaning cancelled by other cleaners  so iam not alone in being worried about going out in such conditions :-*
Title: Re: Phone stops ringing when snow arrives
Post by: markpowell on December 01, 2010, 02:57:19 pm
wait till it clears then the phone will ring twice as much, especially with all the slush walked in to houses and all the cancellations and people who have put it off till it picks up
Mark
Title: Re: Phone stops ringing when snow arrives
Post by: Neil Williams on December 01, 2010, 08:18:41 pm
we had 5 calls yesterday from punters who had cleaning cancelled by other cleaners  so iam not alone in being worried about going out in such conditions :-*

I will always give it a go but I like to know when to push the stop button.
Pre phoned the first custy today to let her know I'll give it a go at getting up the hill where she lives, but if it doesn't look good then I'll have to re-arrange. Got to that one ok.
Second job same speech. This one lived down the bottom of a street. Got the street before the required one and decided this was never going to work, I might get down the hill (obviously ;D) but the odds were stacked against getting back out again ;D. Seemed strange calling a custy from 50 yeards away to say "No it's not going to happen today."
Luckily I had a nice flood job come in this morning which meant I could get to it earlier than expected.