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Title: would you have taken her money
Post by: Jackal on June 06, 2011, 05:35:41 pm
had a custy today who gave me a box of WRIGHTS cream cakes 7 in total very fresh aswell lovely jubbly  ;),

its only a terraced house £5 a clean but she still owed me from last month aswell so £10 i was thinking of just charging her a fiver as she was so nice in giving me these cakes but ended up taking the tenner,after i felt a bit guilty

just wondered what you guys would of done
Title: Re: would you have taken her money
Post by: G Griffin on June 06, 2011, 06:07:20 pm
You can`t have your cake and eat it too.
Title: Re: would you have taken her money
Post by: the bfg on June 06, 2011, 06:14:55 pm
you terrible person you,     that poor woman left those cakes out in the rain, I dont think that she can make it cos it took so long to bake it and she'll never have that recipe again.
Title: Re: would you have taken her money
Post by: colin purewater on June 06, 2011, 06:19:32 pm
dont feel bad!!
she probley got the cakes out of the bins round back of asda any way!!

seriously people do it!!
Title: Re: would you have taken her money
Post by: Johnny B on June 06, 2011, 06:28:11 pm
You did the two cleans, so were entitled to be paid for them.

It's not as if she didn't owe you, or you were being greedy. I'm an old softy at times, and feel a bit guilty when custys are generous to me, but in this case I don't feel you have anything to feel guilty about. She obviously likes you!

John.   
Title: Re: would you have taken her money
Post by: Johnny B on June 06, 2011, 06:30:58 pm
you terrible person you,     that poor woman left those cakes out in the rain, I dont think that she can make it cos it took so long to bake it and she'll never have that recipe again.

Oh noooooooooooooooooo!

John
Title: Re: would you have taken her money
Post by: Steve CM on June 06, 2011, 06:33:59 pm
you run a business not a charity. Its to easy to get too friendly with your customers
Title: Re: would you have taken her money
Post by: A & J Owen Window Cleaning on June 06, 2011, 06:36:19 pm
don't feel guilty - you didn't ask to be paid in cake  ;D
They might have been over the use by date and she was trying to get rid of them anyway
Title: Re: would you have taken her money
Post by: Jackal on June 06, 2011, 06:59:45 pm
did seem a bit weird the cakes were in a box with a sticker label  sealing it but with a use by date of 02 december 2012  ??? seems along time for cream cakes,they are exceeding good tho  ;)

Title: Re: would you have taken her money
Post by: colin purewater on June 06, 2011, 08:05:21 pm
did seem a bit weird the cakes were in a box with a sticker label  sealing it but with a use by date of 02 december 2012   ??? seems along time for cream cakes,they are exceeding good tho  ;)


;D   was it christmass pud!! ;D
Title: Re: would you have taken her money
Post by: Wc Solutions on June 06, 2011, 09:07:17 pm
you run a business not a charity. Its to easy to get too friendly with your customers

spot on!!
Title: Re: would you have taken her money
Post by: NJWindowCleaning on June 06, 2011, 11:03:13 pm
To right I would take the money, anything else is a bonus  ;D ;D ;D

Or are you saying when it comes to christmas you would refuse a tip???  ;D ;D ;D

Just the same to me  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: would you have taken her money
Post by: Ross G on June 06, 2011, 11:50:53 pm
you terrible person you,     that poor woman left those cakes out in the rain, I dont think that she can make it cos it took so long to bake it and she'll never have that recipe again.

They're all bad payers down Macarthur Park way
Title: Re: would you have taken her money
Post by: Paul Coleman on June 07, 2011, 06:46:11 am
You should have charged her extra for the time off you will need for the heart bypass.
Seriously though, I found that getting too friendly with customers was not good for my business in the longer term.  I have found that a reasonably friendly demeanour is OK but always remember that it is business.  That way you can increase prices when needed and not get sucked into doing extra work for nothing (unless you want to of course)..