Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ryan @ Transparent, Carlisle on February 15, 2012, 08:48:37 pm
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picked 2x 3bed semi;s up, next to each other, the guy was charging £8 each and left every window like this
(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh261/rabbithunter_/2012-02-15092609.jpg)
so i put my price in, one was £10 one was £12.... every 4 weeks, secured them both, and now they both look like
(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh261/rabbithunter_/2012-02-15093158.jpg)
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There are loads like that round here mate
I've only seen one tradder clean the frames
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i bet the custys where well impressed with that clean,
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I must say im enjoying the wfp. Picking up good accounts in smart areas. However, il never get rid of my council estate 5er a house off ladders rounds. There my bread and butter, foundations of the business ..
;D
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There are loads like that round here mate
I've only seen one tradder clean the frames
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !
your gonna cause trouble with that remark
however true it may be... ;D ;D ;D ;D
Darran
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What annoys me, is that anotheer of his custy's, I seen her cleaning her door. So I said -thats terrible, does your wc not clean your door- got chatting and I asked if he made a good job, she hesitated, and said I believe you do a good job, as I clean 2 of her neighbours.
I said, would you like a no obligation quote, but she refused. The moral being she knows her wc is crap, but for around a out same price, I would do a better job , but she wont change
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What annoys me, is that anotheer of his custy's, I seen her cleaning her door. So I said -thats terrible, does your wc not clean your door- got chatting and I asked if he made a good job, she hesitated, and said I believe you do a good job, as I clean 2 of her neighbours.
I said, would you like a no obligation quote, but she refused. The moral being she knows her wc is crap, but for around a out same price, I would do a better job , but she wont change
The windy's not called Bumper,is he? :P
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What annoys me, is that anotheer of his custy's, I seen her cleaning her door. So I said -thats terrible, does your wc not clean your door- got chatting and I asked if he made a good job, she hesitated, and said I believe you do a good job, as I clean 2 of her neighbours.
I said, would you like a no obligation quote, but she refused. The moral being she knows her wc is crap, but for around a out same price, I would do a better job , but she wont change
Ryan - this will happen time and again and used to niggle ,but over time she will see what a good job your doing and as soon as the other guy starts missing a clean or puts his price up she will be asking you to clean her house as well ;)
Darran
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im getting issed off now with wfp nicking my work if you want to clean the frames for peanuts more fool you, >:( what have i got to do to get the message through KILL a wfp STAY OF MY PATCH ;D
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picked 2x 3bed semi;s up, next to each other, the guy was charging £8 each and left every window like this
(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh261/rabbithunter_/2012-02-15092609.jpg)
so i put my price in, one was £10 one was £12.... every 4 weeks, secured them both, and now they both look like
(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh261/rabbithunter_/2012-02-15093158.jpg)
I think you missed a bit ;D ;D
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Its ingrained ;D
Was a clean, not restoration ;D
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Its ingrained ;D
Was a clean, not restoration ;D
;D ;D ;D
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wfp IS better than trad
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There are loads like that round here mate
I've only seen one tradder clean the frames
Why do you assume the guy was trad?
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There are loads like that round here mate
I've only seen one tradder clean the frames
Why do you assume the guy was trad?
Because as I said" I've only SEEN one tradder clean the frames
Dumb arse ;D
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There are loads like that round here mate
I've only seen one tradder clean the frames
Why do you assume the guy was trad?
Because as I said" I've only SEEN one tradder clean the frames
Dumb arse ;D
Same question still applies, why just because the frames are bad do you and countless others always assume its cleaned by a trad?
Also do you just park up and stare at other window cleaners when you see them just to find out if the are doing a decent job? You want to be careful, there are laws about stalking!
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wfp IS better than trad
agreed and anyone who is still on ladders needs to move with the times and start working safer for more money thats not a dig at anyone at all im sure most on hear will agree ;D
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There are loads like that round here mate
I've only seen one tradder clean the frames
Why do you assume the guy was trad?
Because as I said" I've only SEEN one tradder clean the frames
Dumb arse ;D
Same question still applies, why just because the frames are bad do you and countless others always assume its cleaned by a trad?
Also do you just park up and stare at other window cleaners when you see them just to find out if the are doing a decent job? You want to be careful, there are laws about stalking!
people on hear are realy bitchy whyyy? cant we all just get along and each to there own ;D
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Yes I park up and watch windies work...
I all so park up out side windies houses and and watch
There wife's get undressed whilst I stroke my squeegee...
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dont matter if wfp or trad its about doing job right using proper gear and not bodging it
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Yes I park up and watch windies work...
I all so park up out side windies houses and and watch
There wife's get undressed whilst I stroke my squeegee...
I find you get a better response from the ladies and sometimes the blokes when you put extra soap on the applicator and give it a good hard rub whilst flicking off the excess foamy soap from the end of your tool ;D
Seriously I bet he was trad and pretty useless and lazy to boot by the looks of it, but I've seen some pretty shoddy wfp work on my travels as well as some awful trad, I guess, as in most professions you get good and bad workers.
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The guy is trad. Lazy n useless. I aint one to gossip but I believe he had drug related troubles and ran up a hefty coke bill ;D
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Its ingrained ;D
Was a clean, not restoration ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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On the water fed pole v trad theme. When I used to clean domestics traditionally I used to wipe all the frames down with a towel and make sure they were spotless.
Now I'm employed and clean water fed pole. I've been told not to clean the frames as my boss charges extra for this services. I tried to explain how dirty frames can contaminate clean glass but it falls on deaf ears. I've only been cleaning windows 10 years, my boss has never clean a window in his life so who am I to try to advise.
Anyway point is some traditional cleaners do a better job than some water fed window cleaners. I don't class myself as trad or wfp. I class myself as a window cleaner and just see both as different tools in my van to do my job.
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Yes I park up and watch windies work...
I all so park up out side windies houses and and watch
There wife's get undressed whilst I stroke my squeegee...
Colin,you made me spill my tea with laughter !!!! My girl thought it was good too -until I threatened her with a stiff pole !!! ;D
Roy
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>Colley614
Get working for yourself - or at least for someone who will appreciate you!
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On the water fed pole v trad theme. When I used to clean domestics traditionally I used to wipe all the frames down with a towel and make sure they were spotless.
Now I'm employed and clean water fed pole. I've been told not to clean the frames as my boss charges extra for this services. I tried to explain how dirty frames can contaminate clean glass but it falls on deaf ears. I've only been cleaning windows 10 years, my boss has never clean a window in his life so who am I to try to advise.
Anyway point is some traditional cleaners do a better job than some water fed
window cleaners. I don't class myself as trad or wfp. I class myself as a window
cleaner and just see both as different tools in my van to do my job.
That's a really great post - you should seriously think about going on your own , you have a good attitude to the job( you don't work for me by the way?) ;D
Regards
Roy
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I don't class myself as trad or wfp. I class myself as a window cleaner and just see both as different tools in my van to do my job.
An excellent comment, like you we use both and the end result is exactly the same regardless of the method, it's the person doing the cleaning who dictates the end result not a brush on a pole or a piece of towel.