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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: magic moments on July 11, 2012, 08:13:48 pm
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Just had a text from one due tommorow,no point doing windows with this weather,........ We are forecast rain in the evening but from morning should be nice ,told me come next if it nice,shall I say to busy and charge more as it would be 8 weeks then.,would you just skip or let them know you won't be messed around?
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I've had a few the same mate I'm
Just bighting my tongue :P
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I know,I personally don't bother to clean in rain as I don't have many customers yet,but when its forecast sunny for most of the day ,its annoying and I feel I need to let her know that's a poor excuse lol.
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It's difficult, have you cleaned em long?
I use too get wound up but haven't got the energy anymore.
Someone on here said the answer is always get more custies, the more you have the less there comments bother you when you have too much work, give em 3 strikes and your out.
If your really p'd off and can't contain yourself, try and tell em as polite as possible you can't work that way.
To be honest if i'm that annoyed i just don't go back and don't bother to tell why, if the custie is fairly decent they usually get in touch curious to know why you haven't been; that's when I tell em politely why.
But that's if they've mucked me about a few times.
Goodluck ;)
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Fourth clean always pay online,take ages though around 2 weeks to pay every time,and I made the mistake of underpricing buy a few quid,I was new(excuse),.
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Strike 2 then if there late payers
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Just tell her that when you took her on as a regular customer that means you come rain or shine so you can be regular and that its tomorrow or nothing as weather does not matter you are still cleaning the dirt off.
If you loose her, good as you dont need people like her
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2 weeks isn't that long to wait really i would call that a good payer
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Fourth clean always pay online,take ages though around 2 weeks to pay every time,and I made the mistake of underpricing buy a few quid,I was new(excuse),.
have you thought of a "welcome new customer",info pack/leaflet
you could design it to emphasise
the price is based on a monthly clean,
you clean in light to medium rain(explain why)
if you do miss then the next clean is 50% more(optional?)
etc etc
if the customer then does what this one has done then i would take the view they are more of a "price" client rather than a "service" client they are not bothered if they dont get cleaned for the next 6 months...........i would just not go back
does your business suit the clients or do they suit your business
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2 weeks isn't that long to wait really i would call that a good payer
mmmm,?(still thinking of a reply)
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I like the idea of a little info for customers but I explained the weather shouldnt affect clea. Etc 4 months ago,she don't want them done because of the weather we have been having ,even though it should be ok tommorow,I want to send a good text back
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2 weeks isn't that long to wait really i would call that a good payer
mmmm,?(still thinking of a reply)
I would be chuffed if all my customers paid within 2 weeks!
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Well I'm not,I hate it when there in and watch me clean and I end up waiting 2/4 weeks for payment as they don't like removing money from pocket at the time,so as a result a least a positive from my business 95% all pay whithin 7 days .
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I like the idea of a little info for customers but I explained the weather shouldnt affect clea. Etc 4 months ago,she don't want them done because of the weather we have been having ,even though it should be ok tommorow,I want to send a good text back
tell her you explained the weather/cleaning situation,if she wont move then remove? and replace
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Well I'm not,I hate it when there in and watch me clean and I end up waiting 2/4 weeks for payment as they don't like removing money from pocket at the time,so as a result a least a positive from my business 95% all pay whithin 7 days .
NOW THATS SOMETHING DIFFERENT!!! And my number 1 bugbear about this job. When the customer is home and then decides to go out without attempting to make payment! >:(
The 7 days grace I give to make payment is for when I clean and no one is home, If a customer is home I expect them to make payment. Saying that it hardly ever happens but really winds me up when it does!
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Well I'm not,I hate it when there in and watch me clean and I end up waiting 2/4 weeks for payment as they don't like removing money from pocket at the time,so as a result a least a positive from my business 95% all pay whithin 7 days .
NOW THATS SOMETHING DIFFERENT!!! And my number 1 bugbear about this job. When the customer is home and then decides to go out without attempting to make payment! >:(
The 7 days grace I give to make payment is for when I clean and no one is home, If a customer is home I expect them to make payment. Saying that it hardly ever happens but really winds me up when it does!
But do you let them no your coming to clean that day?
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Lol,its so annoying
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Yes I inform all when I'm coming ,makes little difference.
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Well I'm not,I hate it when there in and watch me clean and I end up waiting 2/4 weeks for payment as they don't like removing money from pocket at the time,so as a result a least a positive from my business 95% all pay whithin 7 days .
NOW THATS SOMETHING DIFFERENT!!! And my number 1 bugbear about this job. When the customer is home and then decides to go out without attempting to make payment! >:(
The 7 days grace I give to make payment is for when I clean and no one is home, If a customer is home I expect them to make payment. Saying that it hardly ever happens but really winds me up when it does!
But do you let them no your coming to clean that day?
No I dont let them know when im coming and fair enough if they are running late for an appointment or whatever, but anyone can write a cheque in 2 mins flat.
I dont mind if they ask if its ok to forward a cheque, im talking about jumping in the motor and driving off without a word about payment..which again is slightly different i suppose
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Give em the rain guarantee talk,ive never understood the mentality of doing them only when its dry,its always gonna rain again.
We all need to start working in the light to medium rain [wfp] to get rid of this stupid idea that you cant clean windows in the rain,if they protest to me i explain why it still works,most are ok with it ,if theyre not i just move on to the next one.You have to get out and earn a living.
They all got quoted a once a month price,not a when it suits them price.
I know its easier to say all this when you got enough custies [i have] but to be honest in 6 years i only had one cancel and that was because i did them just before it rained,what a waster better off without some of them.
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It really doesn't make any difference, I don't know why you all get so bothered about it. She doesn't want her windows cleaned - fine! They are her flippin' windows she can do as she likes.
OK if she turns out to be a right waste of time dump her but I have customers I know its not worth going to if it looks like rain. That doesn't make them bad customers and I still take their money when they do want them cleaned. Their money looks just as good as anybody elses to me.
The object of the exercise is to make money, OK, so customers can be a bit strange and erratic at times but they are still customers
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I think we all have our views on what we want ,some are bothered ,and some are not, my concern is its supposed to be nice sunshine tommorow so a perfect day for window cleaning but ,not good enough for her as it might rain in a few days ,personally it ped me off ,but I will still take the money next month unless rain is forecast.
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I'd leave the customer, there's no point with an attitude like hers.
They're time wasters. I've always dropped bad customers fairly quickly and consequently my round is full of 'good' customers (mainly anyway; I can think of one-or-two dodgy ones).
I don't mind late payers, they always pay, but the 'Not today, mate!' means 'not ever' to me.
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It really doesn't make any difference, I don't know why you all get so bothered about it. She doesn't want her windows cleaned - fine! They are her flippin' windows she can do as she likes.
OK if she turns out to be a right waste of time dump her but I have customers I know its not worth going to if it looks like rain. That doesn't make them bad customers and I still take their money when they do want them cleaned. Their money looks just as good as anybody elses to me.
The object of the exercise is to make money, OK, so customers can be a bit strange and erratic at times but they are still customers
+1
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It really doesn't make any difference, I don't know why you all get so bothered about it. She doesn't want her windows cleaned - fine! They are her flippin' windows she can do as she likes.
OK if she turns out to be a right waste of time dump her but I have customers I know its not worth going to if it looks like rain. That doesn't make them bad customers and I still take their money when they do want them cleaned. Their money looks just as good as anybody elses to me.
The object of the exercise is to make money, OK, so customers can be a bit strange and erratic at times but they are still customers
This is the way i see it too :)
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na, i'm with tosh and ants....DUMP DUMP EGG ;)
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dunt get out of bed over it if it takes two weeks for payment go and collect the thing if she dunt wont them done move to nexted one or have an hour at end of shift and do some canversing
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I leave a slip all bank details in an addressed envelope.... saying " please pay within 3 days .... all pay within a fortnight..
Rain... well, you cant expect them to want them cleaning when its banging it down... no matter what you tell them,
luckily its only an odd one who has said .. leave them in this weather.
its all good, ... ;)
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Twas sunny today. I had a customer come out and say 'hope your going to make it rain'.
What d'you think I've been every day for the last four months? Says I.
You had to be there to be honest. What a stupid woman.
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It really doesn't make any difference, I don't know why you all get so bothered about it. She doesn't want her windows cleaned - fine! They are her flippin' windows she can do as she likes.
OK if she turns out to be a right waste of time dump her but I have customers I know its not worth going to if it looks like rain. That doesn't make them bad customers and I still take their money when they do want them cleaned. Their money looks just as good as anybody elses to me.
The object of the exercise is to make money, OK, so customers can be a bit strange and erratic at times but they are still customers
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Magic just turn up and say as its sunny i am cleaning them is that ok
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2 weeks isn't that long to wait really i would call that a good payer
mmmm,?(still thinking of a reply)
I would be chuffed if all my customers paid within 2 weeks!
Likewise :)
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Take no crap. Especially if you employ guys. If people think they can get away with picking and choosing then they will and your daily takings can be seriously effected. Nothing worse than being a few hundred short on your day with a few vans out on the road
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Well I'm not,I hate it when there in and watch me clean and I end up waiting 2/4 weeks for payment as they don't like removing money from pocket at the time,so as a result a least a positive from my business 95% all pay whithin 7 days .
NOW THATS SOMETHING DIFFERENT!!! And my number 1 bugbear about this job. When the customer is home and then decides to go out without attempting to make payment! >:(
The 7 days grace I give to make payment is for when I clean and no one is home, If a customer is home I expect them to make payment. Saying that it hardly ever happens but really winds me up when it does!
But do you let them no your coming to clean that day?
No I dont let them know when im coming and fair enough if they are running late for an appointment or whatever, but anyone can write a cheque in 2 mins flat.
I dont mind if they ask if its ok to forward a cheque, im talking about jumping in the motor and driving off without a word about payment..which again is slightly different i suppose
I see it differently myself. My bills state payment required within 14 days. If they do that I'm fine - whether they are in or out when I clean. Unlike some customers who unilaterally decide to pay me every third clean and eventually send a £70 cheque or similar. It's nice when I get it. Not so nice when cash flow is tight. If every customer paid me exactly 14 days after the clean, I would be better off cashflowise than some paying me straight away and others leaving it for months.
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Setting off,blue skies,sunshine I find it funny to be honest ,if I'm needing money next month il clean it ,but I'm going to try get another few customers to replace,
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I have a few customers where I wait 2-3 weeks to get paid by bacs or cheque.
Usually this is because they get paid monthly and are in the habit of paying regular bills on or just after pay day.
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LEE, found that post you meant.
getting more customers solves most problems.
short of money? get more customers.
getting PITA customers? get more customers.
customers moan about you working in bad weather? get more customers.
work not compact enough? get more customers.
when you do get more customers and one or two decide not to pay you on time or claim they did pay when you know they didnt then you replace them with more customers.
when you reach the stage where you cant take any more customers on then dump some who are PITA and replace with good customers. keep doing this for a time and you will have a load of well paid work and very little to moan about on here.
then you can go onto the non related section of this forum and take the micky out of Tosh and the rest of us on there. 8)
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?board=12.0
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I have a few customers where I wait 2-3 weeks to get paid by bacs or cheque.
Usually this is because they get paid monthly and are in the habit of paying regular bills on or just after pay day.
I don't mind this at all if I'm told of there intentions.
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I'm amazed by a lot of this. Dump custies if they are messers and don't want a clean in the rain, charge 50% extra if its 8 weeks not 4, a late payer is someone who pays more than two weeks out etc.
Guys we are in a service industry - it means we get paid to look after our custies. Sure, it's annoying if you are out working and they don't want a clean when it looks like it might rain. It happens to me and I get peed of, but I have to accept it. It's rare to be honest and if this is the most amount of stress they'll be in this job, well it's better by a mile than what I used to do let me tell you.
I don't clean in anything more than light rain. Even drizzle and i'm back indoors. Why, because i'm in the customer service industry, not window cleaning. Even if custies don't turn you away they don't like paying for it and begrudge you turning up. I agree it's a PITA, but that is business - just smile and take their payment next time knowing you are in the best job there is. And get more custies so it doesn't matter.
As for 2 weeks and they're classed as a late payer, well you are in dream world. What if they are on a 2 week holiday? Get real. I have 21 days as a standard and only start calling people then.
50% more for an 8 weekly clean rather than a 4 weekly! Are you having a laugh? Sure some might need more effort if they are on a busy road, next to the sea / seagulls, but most don't take 50% longer - we all know this is true.
Generally I drop custies if they are genuinely poor payers, don't leave the gate open even when I've phoned the night before (but allow a one-off every now and again), there is dog poop around and they have promised to clean up for you, they "not today" you more than twice in 6 months.
I'm looking at my windows now and I haven't cleaned them for 3 weeks or more. They are spotless because of all the rain we've had. I wouldn't want to pay either. The sooner we all realise that we need to exceed custies expectations the better off we'll all be. Just be glad you've got the best job there is going I say.
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I used to think like u Carl but after 2 years I'm all for zero tolerence and no messers - no 3 strikes bull - nowt.
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Wow Ian, that's harsh. Everyone runs their business their own way I guess.
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What gives me less stress?
The Ian/Tosh/Paul Coleman/Steve CM/John F way is my way.
Polite, Friendly, Reliable, do a good job. But Firm. Win-win - they win by having a Polite, Friendly, Reliable and a windie that does a good job. I win by having customers I can rely on to be prepared to have their windows cleaned as per our agreement.
To me the Ben and Carl way has elements of servility that has no part in my life.
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Wow Ian, that's harsh. Everyone runs their business their own way I guess.
dont get me wrong Im all for customer service and I do like my customers but has to be my way or not at all otherwise we would have hundreds of bosses instead of 1 .
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What gives me less stress?
The Ian/Tosh/Paul Coleman/Steve CM/John F way is my way.
Polite, Friendly, Reliable, do a good job. But Firm. Win-win - they win by having a Polite, Friendly, Reliable and a windie that does a good job. I win by having customers I can rely on to be prepared to have their windows cleaned as per our agreement.
To me the Ben and Carl way has elements of servility that has no part in my life.
didnt see that from Mr Gold but yes
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Gold's right - you've got to go with what gives you less stress. I'm not sure about the "as per our agreement" - yes, there has to be an agreement of sorts, absolutely. In a previous life I used to arrange adventure holidays - trekking in Nepal and camels across the desert in Jordan, that sort of thing. 130 seperate holidays in almost 50 different countries around the world. We had water-tight contracts and they were essential.
Nowadays, i'm a window cleaner. If I have a custie that says "Not today cos it's raining/going to rain/i'm off on holiday/the builders are coming I generally leave it and say "OK". If its the weather ususally try to let them know that I have a mortgage to pay and if I didn't clean when it rained i'd be out of business - obviously I want to try and get the clean, but I also know that I might hack them off and lose them. I judge each one, but I always try and see it from there position. If I employed I might take a different view and work on a different business model.
As Gold says, it's about the stress. For me i'd rather know I can get 12 cleans in a year and sacrifice the 1 that takes it to 13.
Mind you, if they p*ss me around more than twice, feck um, I give them the bullet.
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Carl I'm confused according to your long post on page 2 your in a different industry?
. (Copied from your post)
because i'm in the customer service industry, not window cleaning.
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Nice one! ;)
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The point i was trying to make was that when you clean in the rain the windows are still immaculate when it dries up,they still get the same top notch job as always.
I never say ive got a mortgage to pay blah blah sounds like your desperate for money and dont care if they get a good job as long as you get paid.
And whats the difference if u clean at 10am in sunshine and it rains at 11am.
Im just trying to get rid of the myth that rain dirties windows
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Rain does dirty windows in 2 instances that I have experienced.
1. Where the window is subject to spray from a busy road.
2. Where dust from a southerly wind carries dust from the Sahara north and rain brings it down.
It's no myth, but is location / climate dependant.
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I'd leave the customer, there's no point with an attitude like hers.
They're time wasters. I've always dropped bad customers fairly quickly and consequently my round is full of 'good' customers (mainly anyway; I can think of one-or-two dodgy ones).
I don't mind late payers, they always pay, but the 'Not today, mate!' means 'not ever' to me.
my views too tosh
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Sorry, i forgot to say use your common sense, dont clean them next to a busy road,that is so obvious mate, i thought people would figure that out for themselves
Ive also seen rain dirty my windows when it blasts a storm off the north sea, but its rare and my post was work in med to light rain, not in all conditions
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i work in all weather light to medium wind rain snow sleet etc... (in other words it has to be very very very very bad weahter to stop me) i tell this to all new custards too in no uncertain terms!!!
if they dont like it i dont keep them on my round and they can feel free to find a fair weather windtard ...simples 8)
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I've now realised what I've been doing wrong all these years.
The customer is the enemy and I'm going to have some sign writing added to my van which says 'it's my way or it's no way'.
That'll sort those nasty selfish customers out. If they want their friggin windows done, it'll be be done according to how I say so.
I've been thick and stupid all these years. I now realise what I was lacking, an aggressive attitude and laying down MY RULES in absolutely no uncertain terms.
From tomorrow, I go out my front door a new man and god help any customer who dares to mess with me.
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Just say ok, I will put you on the sunny list :-) then find
A new Custy who doesn't mind you cleaning I rain to replace
Them. Anyone who won't let me. Lean in the rain is an extra
To me and not part of my regulars I charge a little extra and
Just put them at end of the day "do if sunny" no big deal
They're the ones who have to live with dirty windows
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It all depends on customer attitude for me. Are they a good customer who would prefer windows not done in pouring rain or one who messes you around for any number of reasons?
If we get a customer saying leave it today if you don't mind as it's lashing it down and other than that they are a good customer - fine; no problems. Perfectly reasonable.
However, this week we turned up to a customer in light rain and she says leave it, she also said leave it last October until February. No point in having customers like this so dumped. Funnily enough she said her last window cleaner 'just stopped turning up'...
Of course you have to give the customer a good service but that doesn't mean letting them mess you round as and when it suits them.
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Its a hard one to balance. Basically I love the come back in March brigade because it takes some of the pressure off during the winter.
A lot of the stuff on here though seems more like ego to me. I may be just a humble window cleaner to you but really I am a working class hero.
I reminds me of a lot of the older men when I worked in industry. So awkward and opinionated, they wouldn't stand for this they wouldn't stand for that. The sort of men who used to clock in every morning then dissapear into the toilet for half an hour with their newspaper. I am sure others remember the type.
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It all depends on customer attitude for me. Are they a good customer who would prefer windows not done in pouring rain or one who messes you around for any number of reasons?
If we get a customer saying leave it today if you don't mind as it's lashing it down and other than that they are a good customer - fine; no problems. Perfectly reasonable.
However, this week we turned up to a customer in light rain and she says leave it, she also said leave it last October until February. No point in having customers like this so dumped. Funnily enough she said her last window cleaner 'just stopped turning up'...
Of course you have to give the customer a good service but that doesn't mean letting them mess you round as and when it suits them.
I had the same, I said, when your ready give me a call....
They never do, so it's a nice way to end it, cos they don't realise at the time your dumping them! ;D
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I have a very friendly approuch to my customers, i always call or text the night before, this is not to ask for permission to clean, but to let them know, so if they are not going to be at home, they can leave the side gate open and the money under a pot or something.
At times a customer might request a morning or afternoon visit and i will try and work my round around their schedule or fit them in later in the week, if all of these is not possible i will either turn up, clean the front and leave a card for payment or miss until I am in the area again, which is normally within 10 days.
Do I lose out by doing this, well no i don't, a lot of my propertys require the owner to know i will be there on a certain date, so they can give me access to the back, i don't do climbing.
So if I did not call i would have to set a certain day and date when i will be at these customers houses, well that is going to restrict my movements, what if i want the day off, well I can't, what if there are lightning strikes, well I'm not working with a long carbon pole in those conditions.
Or i could just turn up and hope for the best that they are home, well if they are not i could lose £800+ per month of income, you then get the jokers who say dump and replace, why would I want to drop over £20k of good paying customers.
I have a rain policy, if its showers then i work, if it is drizzling then i work, if its hammering it down, then i give it untill 12pm and if it hasn't stopped then i don't work, if it stops then i am out.
I do not operate a 5 or 6 day window cleaning round, I work on a 4 day system so If i wanted too, i can squeeze all of my work into 4 days and have a very good turnover figure.
So if the weather for the coming week is dire, then i have 3 days to fall back on, or even space in the next week to catch up on, if you are maximum on 6 days a week then you have no space to help you.
So far over the last 2 months i have not lost 1 job because of the weather or when my van broke down, yes i might have lost certain days but i always have had spare days to fill up with work.
as for payments, i have never been really bothered with domestic customers, if they have forgotten to leave the money, well next month is ok, commercial clients are different, you have to kept them in check because they will take the micky if they can.
I once had a footballers house I use to do, he plays in the prem and even for england, he has a lovely house, and his window bill is only £12, I do a few where he lives and all pay by cash or cheque on the day, yet he would not, i would always get a cheque 3 to 4 weeks later, he or his wife was are always at home.
I do not know if it is because they are tight, or the fact that they pay on a cheque from Coutts and co and they want to impress, I would be more impressed if they paid straightaway, i cleaned the carpet of a team mates of his as well and he was totally different, he had money all over the place.
As has been said we are in a service industry and we are the first to complain when we get bad service from a supplier so why should we treat ours customers differently than what we would want.
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That's not what you've been saying on the other forums. You told everyone on there that you only have three days worth of work a week.
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That's not what you've been saying on the other forums. You told everyone on there that you only have three days worth of work a week.
oh no here we go again ... de je vou with an old post of mine ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Tosh best just lock it now before Mr Hydro gets slaughtered all over again ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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That's not what you've been saying on the other forums. You told everyone on there that you only have three days worth of work a week.
I never get new work ever, in fact when I first started out 10 years ago I had the same amount of customers on day 1 that I have now.
and if you want to quote what has been said on other forums, then try and get it right, you forgot to mention the other work I do apart from just window cleaning.
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Sorry if I hit a button there. I was just pointing out what you said recently on other forums. Nobody is trying to burn you here. You just seem to forget what you've said elsewhere.
I always just stick to the truth, don't have to remember what I said then.
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No button
but if I say I have 3 full days months ago and now I have 4 days and no doulbt I will have 5 and 6 in the future, how am I wrong or telling lies? or should I just stay on 3 days just to keep up with what I said months or even years ago.
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I don't really give a sideways poop if you work 3,4 or 7 days a week mate. I just wonder why you keep changing your stories. Strange as it is that you say you've been going for ten years, took you all that time to get a full 3 days work a week, then you want to say that in the last month you're 30% more busy etc etc.
You do seem to attract a lot of attention when you tell these stories. I find that usually, when things don't add up, there are some porkies and exaggerations in there somewhere.
Anyway, sorry if I upset you. World domination is only a matter of time now eh?
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come to think of it, I just picked up 12500 folded cards to be dropped though new customers houses, I might as well put them into the bin as I will never be able to clean them if they phone, as I am already working 3 days and I cannot work more than this because then I will be a liar.
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Bit of a OTT answer again there mate. Like I said, just remember this thread and what you posted in it so next week you won't have a problem telling us all how great it's going.
Anyway, well done on getting over-run with work. Keep it up etc etc ;)
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I don't really give a sideways poop if you work 3,4 or 7 days a week mate. I just wonder why you keep changing your stories. Strange as it is that you say you've been going for ten years, took you all that time to get a full 3 days work a week, then you want to say that in the last month you're 30% more busy etc etc.
You do seem to attract a lot of attention when you tell these stories. I find that usually, when things don't add up, there are some porkies and exaggerations in there somewhere.
Anyway, sorry if I upset you. World domination is only a matter of time now eh?
sorry to bore you, but over the last 10 years I built my business to where I wanted it to be, I would go out and work 5 days a week, normally I will leave my house at 10.30 and be in the pub by 1pm at the latest but more than likely it would be earlier.
recently I have moved the round about a bit, I now work from 10am until 5pm or even later, the other week I was still working at 8pm.
and yes I am getting new customers every week and in the next month or so I won't be even be cleaning windows
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yes I am getting new customers every week and in the next month or so I won't be even be cleaning windows
Quick question here then...
If you are getting new customers every week,and intending to increase your round now....
Why bother if you will not be cleaning windows in the next month or so??
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yes I am getting new customers every week and in the next month or so I won't be even be cleaning windows
Quick question here then...
If you are getting new customers every week,and intending to increase your round now....
Why bother if you will not be cleaning windows in the next month or so??
I am having a operation to fuse my left ankle, I had the right one done this time last year, I will be in plaster for 3 months and it will take at least 18 months to heal, unlike last year, I went back to work after 1 week, I could not do a lot, but I tried, this time though will be different because the right one is not perfect and I think it will be at least 6 months before I could clean 1 house, let alone trying to work all day.
Instead I will use my talents in other areas such as networking to get in more work especially commercial, I have people who work for me and I am trying to get sales staff as well, this it not panning out at the moment but I will keep on trying.
I might even try telesales, that I can do from my hospital bed.
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Fair play mate. good luck ...
Have you got a good lad or 2 to clean the round whilst you are laid up?
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Yes I have one who works for me on a 3 day week contract, the other is a casual worker who i use as and when I need him, when I have my op, he will be taken on full time as he has a driving licence.
I also have a few others who I use on some contract work I have.
and as I said, hopefully I will be cleaning my last windows pretty soon but if things do go wrong and I have to go back on the glass, then please don't call be a liar, things in this game change all the time.
Someone once said that I need to get to full capacity before I employ, well I will never get to full capacity because I only want my cleaners to work 4 days a week, as soon as they get to that limit then i take on another cleaner.
and i am not looking for world domination, I am looking at between 3 and 5 vans plus 1 shop, which will act as the office, workshop and offer cleaning services including dry cleaning to the general public, and I have until 23 October 2017 to reach this target, then I retire and go traveling around the world for 9 months of the year, until I get to old and crippled to go anywhere, then i will come back and die.
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I don't really give a sideways poop if you work 3,4 or 7 days a week mate. I just wonder why you keep changing your stories. Strange as it is that you say you've been going for ten years, took you all that time to get a full 3 days work a week, then you want to say that in the last month you're 30% more busy etc etc.
You do seem to attract a lot of attention when you tell these stories. I find that usually, when things don't add up, there are some porkies and exaggerations in there somewhere.
Anyway, sorry if I upset you. World domination is only a matter of time now eh?
sorry to bore you ...
That bit in red - I don't think you are. ;D