Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: keyser soze on June 04, 2012, 08:18:14 pm
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i started on my own in dec last year and a neighbour asked me to clean their windows i said ok and did them. following month and went to do the windows again and was turned away . so again the following month turned up and again turned away.. so i thought im not going there again messing me about ..so tonight door bell rings and its my neighbour asking me to do the windows as they are having it valued wed and want it looking its best.bearing in mind they haven't been cleaned since december, sorry i say but im too busy tomorrow she then says could you fit it in wed morning i say i would try ( being diplomatic) but got no intention of doing them .i bet they are minging... actually they live 3 doors away from me...... ::) some people eh
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Tell her to give Matt a ring mate I'm sure he'd appreciate the business ;D ;D ;D
Cheeky cow disturbing you on a bank holiday too!
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Never work for neighbours, friends or relatives. Not unless you do it for free.
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i started on my own in dec last year and a neighbour asked me to clean their windows i said ok and did them. following month and went to do the windows again and was turned away . so again the following month turned up and again turned away.. so i thought im not going there again messing me about ..so tonight door bell rings and its my neighbour asking me to do the windows as they are having it valued wed and want it looking its best.bearing in mind they haven't been cleaned since december, sorry i say but im too busy tomorrow she then says could you fit it in wed morning i say i would try ( being diplomatic) but got no intention of doing them .i bet they are minging... actually they live 3 doors away from me...... ::) some people eh
was she diplomatic when she turned you away?
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I have some customers that have done this to me repeatedly (not immediate neighbours though, these are 25 miles away).
Last week two of them (sisters living next door to each other) asked me to do them again. My response was that I am only in this area today and will be finishing at 5:00pm, but will do them if I have the time. If I can't I will be back in a few weeks' time and will do them then if I can fit them in. I cleaned one but ran out of time to do the other. She may not get them done next time either as I have a full day in their village and won't make a special trip for them because they have bumped me before when I did.
In your case, it sounds like it would be a one off clean, so if you were to do them, make sure you make her pay top dollar or remind her of her past attitude towards you (tactfully of course) and walk away.
John
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hahaha i know... a few moths ago when i set my WFP window cleaning service up i was doing my house... practising my set up etc...
neighbour whos a bit of a 2 poops... ( ive had 1 so he's had 2!)... says you dont fancy doing mine mate?.... i reply ... no probs ... if you dont mind paying me.... he replies .. i'm not paying you... i reply ... i'm not cleaning them then...
End of conversation...
I'd not do them on Weds... make them come begging and whack them for top dollar one off clean for messing you about mate...
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i started on my own in dec last year and a neighbour asked me to clean their windows i said ok and did them. following month and went to do the windows again and was turned away . so again the following month turned up and again turned away.. so i thought im not going there again messing me about ..so tonight door bell rings and its my neighbour asking me to do the windows as they are having it valued wed and want it looking its best.bearing in mind they haven't been cleaned since december, sorry i say but im too busy tomorrow she then says could you fit it in wed morning i say i would try ( being diplomatic) but got no intention of doing them .i bet they are minging... actually they live 3 doors away from me...... ::) some people eh
hi mate, off topic i know, but where abouts in lincoln are you im in north hykeham mate, its always nice to know local shiners ;)
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Tell her to give Matt a ring mate I'm sure he'd appreciate the business ;D ;D ;D
Cheeky cow disturbing you on a bank holiday too!
she sacked him on a previous occasion.... lol
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i started on my own in dec last year and a neighbour asked me to clean their windows i said ok and did them. following month and went to do the windows again and was turned away . so again the following month turned up and again turned away.. so i thought im not going there again messing me about ..so tonight door bell rings and its my neighbour asking me to do the windows as they are having it valued wed and want it looking its best.bearing in mind they haven't been cleaned since december, sorry i say but im too busy tomorrow she then says could you fit it in wed morning i say i would try ( being diplomatic) but got no intention of doing them .i bet they are minging... actually they live 3 doors away from me...... ::) some people eh
was she diplomatic when she turned you away?
funny you should mention that bob ... i knocked on the door as i need to access the back husband answered and said oh yeah hang on ill ask her (the wife) . then i heard an arguement from the two of them and husband comes back with his tail between his legs. he says can we leave it this month. thats when i decided to dump and find 2 more to replace....my first encounter with a messer and they only live a few doors from me..lol
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i clean 3 of my neighbours windows for free every time i clean my own.they only take a few mins each as their small flats.i keep in with my neighbours on a friendly basis.its a pretty tough area here in salford and lots of unemployment and drugs and alcohol problems.most are skint and no chance of getting a job.i even bung one of them the odd tenner now and again when their nearly out of electric on their meter.i dont expect it back.sometimes its good to help people out esp if your making a good living yourself.
in fact ill be cleaning them tomorrow when i clean my own.then ill clean my car and van ready for work on wednesday.i ended up shirking working the bank holidays!just cant bring myself to work em anymore! ;) ;D ;D ;D
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I used to do my sister in laws and her mothers in town
In Jan she texted me to say can we leave it now till April because of the weather??
I ain't been back mate! Told her I'm too busy (which is true) to do their houses 3x a year-it's not worth it
Are these folk friends of yours? I'd wager not?
People will just ask expecting cheap cleaning at the drop of a hat - id happily say yeah I'll do it - at treble the price
Just tell the you don't do one offs and if they want your services expect to pay a premium
Then on Wednesday evening take great joy in slowly cleaning your own windows ;D ;D ;D
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some of you are all heart!! ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
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some of you are all heart!! ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
I am all heart Daz! I am accommodating to the point of (and sometimes beyond) doing myself a disservice, but it has happened so many times now that I am having to tell these people in a very tactful way that it is not something they can pull on me again and get away with. It is a great help that I am not as desperate for the work as I was at the beginning, and they know it. :)
John
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I clean my whole, small estate, 20 houses, and treat them all as I would any other customer.
If they want clean windows they pay me just like anyone else would, very simple really ;)
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I tried to clean my street free and got locked away, for trespassing the cheek of some people. ??? ???
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I used to do my sister in laws and her mothers in town
In Jan she texted me to say can we leave it now till April because of the weather??
I ain't been back mate! Told her I'm too busy (which is true) to do their houses 3x a year-it's not worth it
Are these folk friends of yours? I'd wager not?
People will just ask expecting cheap cleaning at the drop of a hat - id happily say yeah I'll do it - at treble the price
Just tell the you don't do one offs and if they want your services expect to pay a premium
Then on Wednesday evening take great joy in slowly cleaning your own windows ;D ;D ;D
i wouldnt say friends but i am friendly to them if that makes any sense. i was thinking of quoting her first the cost of all the months she missed which would be jan feb mar april may and june 60.00 lol ... she would go mental lol
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I tried to clean my street free and got locked away, for trespassing the cheek of some people. ??? ???
what?? you got arrested for cleaning windows free.
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They didn't like him doing them in the dark with a crowbar.
John
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one night a few years ago (around 1130pm)i hear a lawnmower going across the street from me!sure enough the woman was out cutting her front lawn in the dark with a dressing gown on!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
unbelievable!then again nothing surprises me around here!!it can get a little crazy!chronic alcoholics and drug addicts are pretty rife!!! :( :( :( :(
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Lawn mower goin that time of night lol :o
Ring dom noonan ( social worker ) he will sort it lol ;D thats what he called himself in his documentary ;D ;D
I enjoyed watching that. forgot what it was called now.
Paul
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Lawn mower goin that time of night lol :o
Ring dom noonan ( social worker ) he will sort it lol ;D
Grass.
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your wasted on here griffin!!you should of been a comedian not a window cleaner!! ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
best wishes
dazmond
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your wasted on here griffin!!you should of been a comedian not a window cleaner!! ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
best wishes
dazmond
Cheers, Daz.
I get called a comedian and a joke quite a lot when cleaning windows, funnily enough :-\.
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Lawn mower goin that time of night lol :o
Ring dom noonan ( social worker ) he will sort it lol ;D
Grass.
That's rather cutting Gerry! ;)
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your wasted on here griffin!!you should of been a comedian not a window cleaner!! ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
best wishes
dazmond
Cheers, Daz.
I get called a comedian and a joke quite a lot when cleaning windows, funnily enough :-\.
When you put the invoice in? ;)
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your wasted on here griffin!!you should of been a comedian not a window cleaner!! ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
best wishes
dazmond
Cheers, Daz.
I get called a comedian and a joke quite a lot when cleaning windows, funnily enough :-\.
When you put the invoice in? ;)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Lawn mower goin that time of night lol :o
Ring dom noonan ( social worker ) he will sort it lol ;D
Grass.
That's rather cutting Gerry! ;)
;D
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your wasted on here griffin!!you should of been a comedian not a window cleaner!! ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
best wishes
dazmond
Cheers, Daz.
I get called a comedian and a joke quite a lot when cleaning windows, funnily enough :-\.
When you put the invoice in? ;)
The what? I don't bother with them. Just knock when I'm skint whether I've cleaned or not.
But I am cheap ;).
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;D
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Lawn mower goin that time of night lol :o
Ring dom noonan ( social worker ) he will sort it lol ;D thats what he called himself in his documentary ;D ;D
I enjoyed watching that. forgot what it was called now.
Paul
At home with the noonams