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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: AJB on February 24, 2012, 03:21:35 pm

Title: Groupon
Post by: AJB on February 24, 2012, 03:21:35 pm
http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/birmingham/birmingham-cleaning-solutions/3594883?nlp=&CID=UK_CRM_1_0_0_55&a=10

3.1p per Sq ft

Wool carpets may shrink up to 5%  :o
Title: Re: Groupon
Post by: John Kelly on February 24, 2012, 03:26:09 pm
The mind boggles :o
Title: Re: Groupon
Post by: Colin Day on February 24, 2012, 03:31:33 pm
Not another boring Groupon Witch Hunt thread... Yaaaaawwwwwwwn! ;D

Title: Re: Groupon
Post by: Helen on February 24, 2012, 06:07:53 pm
Just had a look on their website and amongst loads of other things this has made us laugh ;D

Is your cooker looking a little past it, due to over cooking

How dare you use your cooker too much.......... ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Groupon
Post by: Helen on February 24, 2012, 06:08:54 pm
http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/birmingham/birmingham-cleaning-solutions/3594883?nlp=&CID=UK_CRM_1_0_0_55&a=10 3.1p per Sq ft Wool carpets may shrink up to 5%  :o

So just in case they do, is the price reduced 5% too ;D
Title: Re: Groupon
Post by: JandS on February 24, 2012, 07:38:34 pm
So your 20 foot long wool carpet could be 19 foot
long when they've finished.
Nothing like reassuring your customers is there?

John
Title: Re: Groupon
Post by: wayne zabel on February 24, 2012, 07:50:44 pm
So your 20 foot long wool carpet could be 19 foot
long when they've finished.
Nothing like reassuring your customers is there?

John
;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Groupon
Post by: Jamie Pearson on February 25, 2012, 07:52:27 am
One of my customers just had Groupon in to negotiate a deal.

They told him 25% on the phone that asked for 55% when face to face.

I have also heard that they pay you your cut less the VAT portion.
Title: Re: Groupon
Post by: Simon Gerrard on February 25, 2012, 08:37:20 am
Love the pictures on that guy's website, very persuasive.
http://www.bcsuk.net/

Simon
Title: Re: Groupon
Post by: Fran84 on February 25, 2012, 08:41:38 am
Is that a VAX he is using to clen that bedroom carpet ??? ???
Title: Re: Groupon
Post by: Colin Day on February 25, 2012, 09:14:21 am
On a more positive note, I really like their tag line, "We don't cut corners, we clean them!"

They obviously get customers and as some of you bleat on all the time about target audiences, they've obviously targeted theirs and won them round....

They don't need to charge higher prices as their initial outlay has been a lot cheaper than most of ours...

Good luck to them, I say.....
Title: Re: Groupon
Post by: Helen on February 25, 2012, 09:17:49 am
One of my customers just had Groupon in to negotiate a deal. They told him 25% on the phone that asked for 55% when face to face. I have also heard that they pay you your cut less the VAT portion.
Yip, that's the way it works so in this example ( £39 for carpet cleaning in two rooms, plus upholstery clean (69% Off) ) the muppet will be doing all that for £39 minus the vat minus the 55% which makes £14.62 profit....... before expenditures ;D
Title: Re: Groupon
Post by: Russ Chadd on February 28, 2012, 12:38:08 pm
Groupon attracts the type of people i cant wait to get off the phone...
I do like the pictures on this guys website... If he doesn't cut corners... why hasn't he cleared all the kids toys from the floor?? lol
Title: Re: Groupon
Post by: Hilton on February 28, 2012, 01:35:35 pm
On a more positive note, I really like their tag line, "We don't cut corners, we clean them!"

  ;D That is not their tag line its as old as the hills.

A serious spell check is in order as well,

On the offer, if done over a month at the current level they will 'earn' less than £40.00 per day for seven jobs a day thats

£5.70 per job  :o   and the offer runs until August... can only be major upsell once on job I think we call that classic  Bait & Switch