Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: P @ F on March 03, 2011, 11:17:09 pm
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Had my fill today , went to collect my £12 from custie , husband came to door and says did my wife have a chat with you , i said yes , she told me to leave them in nov and start again in march , this i did and was asked by him who gave you the go ahead , i told him we are now in march so i cleaned them , she never said to clear it first , march is march surely !
Red rag to bull was the case , i went mental , told him to keep the money as i was trying to run a business and was not in the game to get ped upon , i said i am sorry for my shortness but if you had any idea how much money i lose per year from writing off debt due to people moving posts to suit them .
He saw my view and became sheepish , then says i have no cash in the house , can you come back at the weekend !
Yeh mate , im gonna waste my time commin back to find your in the city spending your money on your dizzy fookin wife , goin on monday to catch her , see what she says .
Had my fill , no more B.S. for me , if i have to decimate my round to get it into shape then so be it , taken crap from these idiots out there for too long , cue Bob Dylan !
Rich
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And Breathe ;D Sounds like you've had a crap one mate, stay away for the Dylan though as it could drive you to suicide ;D
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VSP , my life couldnt be better chap , had a bad few weeks lately moneywise , but its all for the good , i just got my passion for the job back , im taking no prisoners now , my next post will reveal all .
Times they R a changin ! (cheers bob)
Rich
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;D Glad to hear it mate. Draw that line in the sand an take em on one at a time, or sneak up from behind with a large bat ;D
Just avoid the Tambourine Man ;)
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VSP Jonnies in the basement mixin up the medecine !
Rich
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Had my fill today , went to collect my £12 from custie , husband came to door and says did my wife have a chat with you , i said yes , she told me to leave them in nov and start again in march , this i did and was asked by him who gave you the go ahead , i told him we are now in march so i cleaned them , she never said to clear it first , march is march surely !
Red rag to bull was the case , i went mental , told him to keep the money as i was trying to run a business and was not in the game to get ped upon , i said i am sorry for my shortness but if you had any idea how much money i lose per year from writing off debt due to people moving posts to suit them .
He saw my view and became sheepish , then says i have no cash in the house , can you come back at the weekend !
Yeh mate , im gonna waste my time commin back to find your in the city spending your money on your dizzy fookin wife , goin on monday to catch her , see what she says .
Had my fill , no more B.S. for me , if i have to decimate my round to get it into shape then so be it , taken crap from these idiots out there for too long , cue Bob Dylan !
Rich
Well said Rich!
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Rich, we don't do "Leave it till spring" mate. And don't forget, it's easier to find GOOD custies then it is to find GOOD window cleaners.
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not very personal shouting at custys,what ever the reason,wonder why windys get a bad name. :o :(
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Had my fill today , went to collect my £12 from custie , husband came to door and says did my wife have a chat with you , i said yes , she told me to leave them in nov and start again in march , this i did and was asked by him who gave you the go ahead , i told him we are now in march so i cleaned them , she never said to clear it first , march is march surely !
Red rag to bull was the case , i went mental , told him to keep the money as i was trying to run a business and was not in the game to get ped upon , i said i am sorry for my shortness but if you had any idea how much money i lose per year from writing off debt due to people moving posts to suit them .
He saw my view and became sheepish , then says i have no cash in the house , can you come back at the weekend !
Yeh mate , im gonna waste my time commin back to find your in the city spending your money on your dizzy fookin wife , goin on monday to catch her , see what she says .
Had my fill , no more B.S. for me , if i have to decimate my round to get it into shape then so be it , taken crap from these idiots out there for too long , cue Bob Dylan !
Rich
Indeed sometimes you have to take a few hits to bash the round into a decent shape.
I once gave away (no charge) work worth over £500 a month to help with this - back around 2001. It was my original work and badly priced so didn't have the cheek to sell it. The guy I gave it to was happy as it got him started. There was a lot of £5 - £7 a house stuff in there. You could earn reasonably out of it (even with a ladder) if you slogged because they were mostly within a couple of miles of each other.
I would have a pretty full round these days too but for WFP. I get through the work so much more quickly. Time to build it some more.
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i only have one commercial customer who i leave in the winter(caravan holiday park).
any domestic customers i dont take any "leave it til spring" nonsense.i politely tell them i work all year round but offer them 8 weekly instead.
i had a customer a few months ago say "leave it this time" twice in a row and said can you leave them til spring.she said the windows dont need doing(they were filthy by the way!).i said sorry love but i dont work that way but i can offer you 8 weekly.she said yes thats ok but can you leave it this time(again!for the third time!).no good reason eg building work,painting etc.i just laughed and walked away!!
i dont lose it with the customer though.i very rarely have any people who ask me to leave it til spring.
sounds like you need a good sort out mate.surely window cleaning is still bringing in a good wedge of money?
it sounds like your struggling and comes across desperate having a go at a customer just because they dont have your money there and then.cant they send a cheque or pay online?
best wishes
dazmond
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Had my fill today , went to collect my £12 from custie , husband came to door and says did my wife have a chat with you , i said yes , she told me to leave them in nov and start again in march , this i did and was asked by him who gave you the go ahead , i told him we are now in march so i cleaned them , she never said to clear it first , march is march surely !
Red rag to bull was the case , i went mental , told him to keep the money as i was trying to run a business and was not in the game to get ped upon , i said i am sorry for my shortness but if you had any idea how much money i lose per year from writing off debt due to people moving posts to suit them .
He saw my view and became sheepish , then says i have no cash in the house , can you come back at the weekend !
Yeh mate , im gonna waste my time commin back to find your in the city spending your money on your dizzy fookin wife , goin on monday to catch her , see what she says .
Had my fill , no more B.S. for me , if i have to decimate my round to get it into shape then so be it , taken crap from these idiots out there for too long , cue Bob Dylan !
Rich
calm down dear its not a commercial ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
we all get people like that so be cool for ca-a-a-a-a-a-ats so my best advice to you would be
BABY PLEASE STOP CRYING ( stop crying ) STOP CRYING ( stop crying ) STOP CRYING ( stop crying ) BABY PLEASE STOP CRYING ;D ;D ;D
but ask yourself is it a good idea to go there monday and go KNOCK KNOCK KNOCKING ON THE WOMANS DOOR ? ;D ;D ;D ;D
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You been on them happy pills again? ;D ;D ;D
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You been on them happy pills again? ;D ;D ;D
well it is Friday ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
by the way mate hope you have a great birthday on saturday
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That's not my birthday mate. It's a mates birthday party, how did you know about that???
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cozy sounds like you ve got an internet stalker!YOU VE ARRIVED!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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That's not my birthday mate. It's a mates birthday party, how did you know about that???
its not your birthday ????? OH IT MUST BE MINE THEN ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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TW@T ;D ;D ;D ;D
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TW@T ;D ;D ;D ;D
I aint doing anything as I have a commercial job on sunday morning over in Oxford with Steve-c so if I have a few on saturday he will think hes having a conversation with fooooking PINGU ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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It was time these people got shouted at , once i didnt get there for 2 months , the husband actually went out of his way to stop his car on a busy street to see that i got there shortly , i explained that our newborn daughter was having health problems and i would be back soon ,
When i got back to them and did the clean , knocked on the door for the cash , she comes out and says you didnt do the con roof , i told her that it was never in the price , i just gave it a going over now and again as a favour , her reply was , well there seems little point having any of the windows done then !
Took my money and walked off , thing is i actually took the time to do the roof this time , and then the posts got moved ..........THEY NEEDED SHOUTING AT ME THINKS ........OR DUMPING !
Dont play the PRO card with me , i have always played ball and bent over backwards , i dont have to do it anymore , and i simply wont , as already stated , times are changin ;D
Rich
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Start by changing that hat I saw you wearing the other day ;D and what was with the gay wave about ;D ;) :-*
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i wouldnt clean any conservatory roof AND windows for 12 quid!!well underpriced mate.just get rid fellah!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Dazmond,its not as bad as it sounds , its more like 5 panes of pitched glass , the con has 2 glass sides and 1 brick side , so the roof is of no problem 1 min per pane if that !
I have all but 1 in the street , 6 at £12 and 1 at £20 , £92 for 2.5 hrs work cant be moaned at .
Rich
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I know exactly where you are coming from Rich. You literally bend over backwards to do a good job for them and then get treated as if you are something stuck on their shoe and they are doing you a favour. {I bet they were slightly older}
I am doing a small conny roof for a couple next week and I have my doubts about them. No eye contact when I met him, he just opened the door and gestured with his head to come in. I stayed where I was and introduced myself and stuck my hand out, he looked slightly shocked and almost became human for a minute but then reverted to an old bigot. Anyway, £80 is £80, so the job will get done but as a regular customer I couldn't stand it.