Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Shaun_Ashmore on November 22, 2011, 05:22:58 pm
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Someone must have switched the Xmas lights on a 'customer central' I was supposed to finish early to take my daughter to the dentists when she had finished school today but I was running an hour and a half late because of damn phone calls mrs working so grand parents had to take her instead (watch out Simon this is what you'll be used for)
Shaun
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Must say i have started getting the calls now for xmas cleaning.
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Phones never stopped yesterday and today, unfortunately nearlly everyone wanting "just a rough price" on the phone >:(
But luckilly they are going to get back to me ;D ;D Actually one has i was shocked.
Looks like things are picking up............anyone know when the snows due? ;D
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I was going to post the same thing as it happens, I went in to the this week with not much in the bag, now I'm booked up til the middle of next week.
Got rugs coming out of my ears, not enough hours to get them all done!
Oh well, make hay and all that..
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I was going to post the same thing as it happens, I went in to the this week with not much in the bag, now I'm booked up til the middle of next week.
Got rugs coming out of my ears, not enough hours to get them all done!
Oh well, make hay and all that..
Hate rugs this time of year mate, try to quote them high so the customer goes elsewhere unless they are part of another job.
Too much hassle especially the drying times on the shag pile wool etc.
Mark
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12 booked in for December so far.
And a rare breed...a commercial @ 07.00
week a Friday.
John
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Me too bookings coming in thick and fast
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got my first xmas tip on friday, £10 on a £90 job, it really is xmas ;D
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1st time my diary has had a job in everyday of the week HOHOHO!!!!!
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We're working on a time delay down here in the South......January is the new December ;D
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I've hit a "Gold Rush" in a remote part of Cornwall with very high end clients, where I've done one job and the referrals have spread like wild fire. The journey's a bit of a pain but well worth it.... Long may it last.... :)
It's certainly my busiest November yet with next week being mainly an oven cleaning week.... Deep Joy ;D
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Me too bookings coming in thick and fast
Take it easy Steve, ive still got plenty of room in the diary if theres anything you dont want ;)
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Me too bookings coming in thick and fast
Take it easy Steve, ive still got plenty of room in the diary if theres anything you dont want ;)
It won't happen ;D ;)
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Tell me about it high street closed for four hours, traffic manic riots were less
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Your not kidding, phone has been that busy that im now booked till next November :D
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Your not kidding, phone has been that busy that im now booked till next November :D
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Please tell me your minimum charge is £95
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Your having a laugh Col. Min price is £180 ;D
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boking in a lot of good quality jobs . christmas has arrived this week i was stacked out and got tips which included £5 x 4 a box of after eights , tub of celebrations , 2 dozen eggs oh and two jars of honey ;D
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Things are looking good here too.
Can't take any more jobs this week and we have over a grands worth of work booked in for December already. Niiiiiice! I've also quoted on £1800 of commercial work over the past week, so Christmas is looking good. Oh and we have added a new office cleaning client too that is worth over a grand a month and it starts next week.
Happy days at Hydro Kleen (Scotland) 8)
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Been flat out all year, yet this is quietest week ever :o
Have 1 job booked for xmas.
Luckily still very busy with other cleaning, awaiting replies on a few commercials.
Andrew
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Andrew tbh it's been a cracking year I think the xmas rush has started later I like to work some extra jobs in this time of year to make sure the taxman is appeased as well as keeping old customers happy they always call when your busy and the extra money is nice so the Mrs says!
Shaun
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People have been holding back i guess.
Looks like a good end of year for us all by the sounds of it.. ;D
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Phone ringing again today not good when your up a ladder doing fascias and soffits
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Whats the latest you've had a call? I had some cracker on the phone at 10oclock last night, I wouldnt mind but it was just another idiot trying to beat an already idiotic price.
Be carefull on them ladders steve you dont want to fall.....who would do your work? ;D
Booked a few jobs in last couple of days so things looking up and off to do a quote soon.
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3am was the latest I've had some lad was ringing from hospital where he had fell drunk on his mates lamp slashed his hand and bled all over the carpet,the lads parents were returning lunchtime and he wanted it cleaned asap ::)
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3am is the earliest mate not the latest ;)
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I had a drunk customer call me at 10.30 pm on Christmas night last year. She spilt her wine and wanted me to come and clean it up there and then. Needless to say she is no longer a customer.
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December filling up nicely now,phone was still ringing at 9.30 last night do these people not watch Celebrity get me out of here ::)
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FULL UP.....right till week before xmas... been biz since start of October... even doing saturday mornings...
HAPY XMAS ALL
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Filling up slowly but surely, only getting about 3 calls per day but booking most of them, average ticket £140 so im happy.
Mark
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Hi Guys
Last few weeks i've had loads of calls but a lot of price shopping rubbish.
However this week and end of last the quality has got much better and almost all are booking, seems like they don't want to risk not getting in.
cheers
Doug
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Another busy week next wek for me here.
Same as you doug with the price shoppers mind..
Sounds like its getting busy..
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Well got up this morning and TM hadnt moved all week ???
quietest week ever, you would think the lights had been switched off.
Then 9am take a dozen calls in under an hour, loads now for next week, one guy wanted me to fit him in this afternoon, so off i went to clean full cottage of carpets, got there and painters were still in, >:(
so custy sent me to next village to do his sisters 3 cpts, then got back to cottage, did carpets, then he asked me next door to do 2 others 8)
So happy day today, and TM and van been cleaned several times this week as got bored.
Andrew
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10 hour day today and long days all next week. Well up on last year.
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We're booked till Dec 19th then nothing till 9th Jan, only two calls last two days.
Same old story, when decorations go up phone stops ringing!
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I can't get anyone to book for Friday 23rd, I want to work it as I'll have to go and see relatives and we wouldn't want that!
2 commercials on for January but I'll look after Jan when I get there, I may even have a small tipple New Years Eve that could be the beginning of the end!
Shaun
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3 x 2 hour slots left between now and xmas, mind you jack poo booked from there after.
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Why do they book up 4/5 weeks in advance then cancel the day before luckily I have a list of people who want appointments if I get a cancellation >:(
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Just had a call from a customer to cancel for tomorrow genuine as well called in to hospital urgently I've done work for the family for years she's now booked in for..... 23rd December Yeah!! and had a call after that for a very old customer wanting a job done so I've booked her in for tomorrow Yeah Yeah!! someone must be looking down on me ;D
Shaun
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i am now pretty much full till xmas well the 23rd . but can always squeeze the odd min charge job in at the end of the day and the odd oven here and there. looking forward to jan too as i have a big com job that will take me 6-8 days starting on the 3rd