Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: robertphil on November 07, 2012, 09:45:02 pm
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i keep reading of bad payers and ive had my share too, more so in recent times.im talking of folk who ignore reminders,dont answer door etc ,not just a slow payer, i mean ones who dont pay
howsabout we list any bad uns ,just the address , to warn each other so we dont get them ourselves. cos a bad payer never changes
you would have to delete the entry if they moved on. i can start here .
29 chevallier street,ipswich
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Nice bush though
Art
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all of blacon,chester
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Nice bush though
Art
You red mh mind :D
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I think it's a very good idea although not sure about the legality.
If by sharing data we could effectively get an address blacklisted that may be illegal under the description of running a cartel.
Still a very good idea though !
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5 valley view close,colchester, 10 gainsborough road,ipswich
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31 Sorrel Drive Spalding
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Only 1or 2 really ???
I think I could fill a page :'(
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I doubt its legal under the data protection act.
Plus you are blacklisting an address not a person... So if someone new moved into that address it wouldn't be fair.
Andy
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Data commissioner would be all over you :D
Shame 'cos I have only been going since May and I could fill a book!!!!!!
G.
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if you dont want to list your baddies on here send me a email of them bobphillpot@gmail.com , i will only share this list with windies . its just a way we could save ourselves a lot of grief,only list the address ,no names
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As long as no names are put up, no laws are being broken
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Data protection is a joke when all big business sell your details to other businesses its happens all the time.How do all of use keep getting unsolicited phone calls, mail and so on. Were do call centers get all there leads from. ;D ;D ;D
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great idea, we discussed this paul sometime back , dont forget that bloke in oneof thewingsof that stately home in east grinstead i think it was along the holtye road.
My input to this list is all of Biggin Hill.
data protection my arse - lets start the list, we are the ones that need protecting from these scum non payers not them from us writing down and sharingtheir name and address. I have about 5 or10 names and addresses onmy database atthe office that iwillhappily share with localwindowcleaners.
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I'm not saying that James of Mayes Park, Warnham is a bad payer but I cleaned the windows at the multi-roomed, three storey, rented property at Mayes House, Warnham for him about a year ago and still haven't received my £200 (it was a very hard day's graft and marginally underpriced too).
He made it clear it was only a one off but I thought that it might be just about worth doing due to the size of the job.
So, anyone who covers the Horsham (West Sussex) area, be aware of this character.
You know, the funny thing was I had a feeling in my gut that I chose to ignore.
If he's reading this, tough. So sue me you **** .
I know it's bad to pre judge, but I have started to go with my gut feeling....
it seems to be more accurate with time and experience
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31 Sorrel Drive Spalding
Sorry I miss read this earlier, that's my address. I thought it was for those who hate paying bills ;)
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So far Ive not seen anyone listed who is remotely likely to take me on as their window cleaner as the nearest so far is 113 miles away.
Dont you think these mad hair-brained thoughts through at all before you post them?
Mark Twain said something once along the lines of 'Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.'
If you want a list of customers that are likely to try to pull a fast one around the small patch I work in dont bother, there's only been 1 in 14 years.
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10 downing st
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C'mon, I can't be bovered to amend posts calling each other names, I'll just delete 'em and put your names on my list of naughty members.
And if it carries on, I'll delete your accounts.
There are ways to express yourself without overtly resorting to name calling; please try to use them, if you have the intelligence to do so (see what I did there?).
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lets shame the flookers here
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i don't usually have too many problems collecting what is owed to me, i usually just write further action will be taken, i have been known to knock at 6am for my money.
my biggest problem is women, i have been done 3 times over the years, a few others have tried it, 1 bloke who had camera's alround his house and 1 company did me for nearly £700 when they went bust.
i take it very personally when people try not to pay me.
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Great idea! I had this idea a few months ago. I also posted the idea on this forum but in the carpet cleaning section. Wasn't just for bad payers, it was also for annoying customers in every which way. Almost like a "customer review" website for tradesmen.
I could actually create a site like this.
Would anyone be up for sharing thier bad customers? When I asked on the carpet cleaning section they weren'ttoo keen...
Tony
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Cant remember the site but at Jackson's Building Centre in Grantham there is a flyer for bad payers.
Always go on your gut.
And say you need paying before clean proceeds.
You don't actually need to take the payment-their reaction will be enough for you to guage if they're out to screw you.
I've had 5 in 9 years-funnily enough I had a bad feeling with each one but chose to ignore it!
www.laneswindowcleaning.com
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5 valley view close,colchester, 10 gainsborough road,ipswich
:o :o :o
I dumped her over a year ago!!!! :o ....never in, i would do fronts only and charge a fiver (which she was happy with) but she would never bloody well send a cheque still owes me £5. I hope you gave number 6 a wide birth they still owe me a tenner! also dumped over a year ago. we are talking gainsborough rd near the park in town?
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5 valley view close,colchester, 10 gainsborough road,ipswich
:o :o :o
I dumped her over a year ago!!!! :o ....never in, i would do fronts only and charge a fiver (which she was happy with) but she would never bloody well send a cheque still owes me £5. I hope you gave number 6 a wide birth they still owe me a tenner! also dumped over a year ago. we are talking gainsborough rd near the park in town?
10 gainsborough (by the park,yes)-pretty bird,young kids?ungrateful badpayin beggar , AND i was doin the high 2nd floor side window on a near vertical ladder . i was chargin £17,bargain,what were u Dan? that partof town should be higher pricethan anywhere else cos theyre big n high . i only do three houses on gainsboro rd now and my lot hate evry one .We oft wonder who to god is doin the bighouses round there-is it you Dan? hats off to you cos its not easy .
iv made a mental note to avoid no.6 .
While im at it let me add another few proper bad eggs who ignore all reminders ,false promises etc
IPSWICH- 87 Shakespeare ,73+75 Macaulay,28 Sturdee,15 Burns,11greenspire ,47Aster,
COLCHESTER-9 barbel,7Dahlia,44Penrice,6James, That reminds me i should report 9 barbel her 2 dogs are living outside in truly foul conditions
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5 valley view close,colchester, 10 gainsborough road,ipswich
:o :o :o
I dumped her over a year ago!!!! :o ....never in, i would do fronts only and charge a fiver (which she was happy with) but she would never bloody well send a cheque still owes me £5. I hope you gave number 6 a wide birth they still owe me a tenner! also dumped over a year ago. we are talking gainsborough rd near the park in town?
10 gainsborough (by the park,yes)-pretty bird,young kids?ungrateful badpayin beggar , AND i was doin the high 2nd floor side window on a near vertical ladder . i was chargin £17,bargain,what were u Dan? that partof town should be higher pricethan anywhere else cos theyre big n high . i only do three houses on gainsboro rd now and my lot hate evry one .We oft wonder who to god is doin the bighouses round there-is it you Dan? hats off to you cos its not easy .
iv made a mental note to avoid no.6 .
While im at it let me add another few proper bad eggs who ignore all reminders ,false promises etc
IPSWICH- 87 Shakespeare ,73+75 Macaulay,28 Sturdee,15 Burns,11greenspire ,47Aster,
COLCHESTER-9 barbel,7Dahlia,44Penrice,6James, That reminds me i should report 9 barbel her 2 dogs are living outside in truly foul conditions
thats her bobby short blonde hair, drives an AUDI last time i noticed. you forgot to mention not tripping over the kids bikes as you go through her side gate/lean-to/shed affair. I was way underpriced on that work, but wasnt so bad wfp. I only do about 6 houses there.
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5 valley view close,colchester, 10 gainsborough road,ipswich
:o :o :o
I dumped her over a year ago!!!! :o ....never in, i would do fronts only and charge a fiver (which she was happy with) but she would never bloody well send a cheque still owes me £5. I hope you gave number 6 a wide birth they still owe me a tenner! also dumped over a year ago. we are talking gainsborough rd near the park in town?
Better paint their lintels red in case anyone else gets caught :)
lamb and bitter greens for tea tonight is it paul? ;D
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16 goldfinch cl, colchester . this old pro tried hard to lure me in,but alarm bells sounded when she told me the last windie never called back to collect his money (a year ago) , on arrival turns out theres a big dirty conny that wants doing included in the price. "YEH right" - as i hurried away to my van shes behind me,tapping on the van window, cmon you can do the house only,i will let you inside the conny,1 off for now. "Yeh right ,,,,,laterrrrr "
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Heres one to avoid Bobby as you might get collared as its round the corner from Gainsborough rd......14 North close she agreed to 8 wkly clean I didnt load the price on 1st clean so was there just over an hour for £20 not great as flat out with wfp but took the bullet.
Any how 2nd clean...."oh they dont need doing yet" i said 8 wkly is the min frequency she starts waffling, I instantly realised she was a messer so I hung up on her....that felt good.
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Heres one to avoid Bobby as you might get collared as its round the corner from Gainsborough rd......14 North close she agreed to 8 wkly clean I didnt load the price on 1st clean so was there just over an hour for £20 not great as flat out with wfp but took the bullet.
Any how 2nd clean...."oh they dont need doing yet" i said 8 wkly is the min frequency she starts waffling, I instantly realised she was a messer so I hung up on her....that felt good.
good on you Dan,she sounds like an old pro . pity you didnt get in with an uggerly comment before hanging up to bruise her ego for ages after .must remember if she rings me,to say,is that number14?the uggerly buggar !no way laydee
That part of town is all big houses and hard work isnt it. i might pull the plug on working in that area in 2013 as i foresee grief there in my crystal ball . Who is doing the bulk of the houses up that way? i saw hi-top and that lad in the black mondeo couple o times just wondering
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22 pintail, ipswich. a real nut too, dont get drawn into turning his mattress over either (£1 per each 1/4 turn )
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22 pintail, ipswich. a real nut too, dont get drawn into turning his mattress over either (£1 per each 1/4 turn )
THIS SOUNDS GROSS :-X :-X :-X