Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: richywilts on February 17, 2013, 12:25:58 am
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ive had to resort to using facebook to chase a debt recently coz im fed up with this tramp ignoring our calls, texts, notes thru the door and is never in when i knock the debt is now over 180 days since first clean
so i looked her and her fella up on facebook and sent them messages had no response tho gonna have to go down debt collection agency route now 36.00quid it is for three cleans she never paid for one clean either that or im going to egg the windows
is this a bit to personal going on there facebook page im sick of the time its taking chasing them
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If I were you I would take a step back, and concentrate on other things. You live and learn, so move on.
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oh i know mate i usually forget it and call them a tramps but these pair have wound me up not gonna stop now till im paid
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oh i know mate i usually forget it and call them a tramps but these pair have wound me up not gonna stop now till im paid
I have admired your posts on here building up your business, but you have dark side with getting even and punishing customers that is not nice ! Business is not personal !
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i meant i forget the debt and delete them and jut put them down as being tramps dont say it personally to them!!
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Richy, just forget it.
From time to time, there will always be these people.
Just write it off as one of those things that will always happen with any business ay some point.
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collect the dollar at all costs
richy remind chris he owes me £40.00 ;)
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collect the dollar at all costs
richy remind chris he owes me £40.00 ;)
will do mate dont speak that ofte tho
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what about a solicitors letter from Thomas Higgins..?
Graham
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I'm in the same boat Richy (£48 outstanding 4x£12) went on to register with Thomas Higgins but it was taking me ages to register. After half an hour of scanning proof of id & address, uploading headed paper and telling them what i'd had for breakfast i thought 'stuff it' it's only £50 and the customer is clearly a lot poorer than me. I felt better almost immediately, getting het up over £50 wasn't worth it for me. Of course each customer is different and it may be down to the principle. All i'm saying is-don't let it get you stressed or down or whatever. If you were employed you'd switch your brain off from work in a lot of jobs at 5pm on a Friday night and not worry again until 9am Monday morning. Think of it as lost time rather than money and you could have lost the same amount of time being stuck in traffic. Just MO
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I have a few richy.im making it my mission to get every
thing thats owed to me.i have told a few to expect a letter from my solicitor.
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Maybe as window cleaners we should have a collective agreement in place, that bad payers and serial messers get an X painted on their front door with red paint once they have been dumped. ;D
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Have you thought about small claims court,it could spoil their credit rating in the future,i know my dad has just done it to someone who owed him £150 for unpaid rent,my dad did have to pay a little up front for this but he did recover it all after the claim ;D at £50 per month.
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i will say it AGAIN,one clean...one payment
why do people let it to 3/4 cleans is beyond me
keep it simple
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dont egg, you will be the obvious suspect.
these days i let it go as ive too much to lose , but i used to carry a stash of bamboo slivers on me to push into door locks. i heard of that revenge on this very forum .
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dont egg, you will be the obvious suspect.
these days i let it go as ive too much to lose , but i used to carry a stash of bamboo slivers on me to push into door locks. i heard of that revenge on this very forum .
Now that's a good idea!! ;) I've used Facebook to chase debt, and still do. In the past, I've gone to court to get payment when it ran to 3 cleans. It's expensive for the customer here as the German system usually gets done by post, and if it does actually end up in court, the costs go ballistic. Never lost a case to date, but have learned the hard way. Don't let anyone go to more than one clean. No payment, no clean. It means losing a few names on your custy list, but that's all these people are, just names. No money means they aren't a customer, just a name.
I'll remember that bamboo trick though, just for those "special" ex custies ;D
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dont egg, you will be the obvious suspect.
these days i let it go as ive too much to lose , but i used to carry a stash of bamboo slivers on me to push into door locks. i heard of that revenge on this very forum .
From dai, i believe. He looks such a harmless man as well. ;D
I can't see why anyone puts up with being owed more than 1 clean either. If it's a monthly clean they have plenty of time to pay until the next clean.
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Why should he forget the debt and move on? if you did that with most that try not to pay you'd lose a lot!!
You dont get away with it if your paying anyone else.. i would never forget a debt and move on.. any other business wouldn't and shouldn't...
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I agree with dave but all customers are diffrent some should just forget and move on.
Not worth the stress
Regards
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dont egg, you will be the obvious suspect.
these days i let it go as ive too much to lose , but i used to carry a stash of bamboo slivers on me to push into door locks. i heard of that revenge on this very forum .
Thats a low trick,,same as squirting super glue in the locks ;)
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Confucius say,
"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves".
And that doesn't mean kill the husband, as well.
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ive got a £40 debt(2 cleans)and i had a bad feeling a few months ago.2 invoices left,no payment.shes a really gorgeous looking woman,2 mercs on the drive.pain the a***!!
next door neighbour is a good solid customer so ill keep knocking when i clean this one until i get paid then dump.
i wrote off a £25 debt(1 clean) a few weeks ago as he s an arrogant idiot,never had any money,wouldnt pay online or send cheque if out etc.he even accused me of not cleaning some of the windows when i know full well i did.
i dont need customers like this.luckily they are very rare on my round.
dump and move on!!
i would never resort to slivers of bamboo in locks etc.its just unprofessional and could tarnish your good reputation(if you have one!).
best wishes to you all
dazmond
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dump and move on!!
i would never resort to slivers of bamboo in locks etc.its just unprofessional and could tarnish your good reputation(if you have one!).
Correct.
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If I were you I would take a step back, and concentrate on other things. You live and learn, so move on.
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i will say it AGAIN,one clean...one payment
why do people let it to 3/4 cleans is beyond me
keep it simple
i have on my calling card, ' Unpaid cleans can only be to a maximum of 2 cleans, unless prearanged'
(some people work away and still have windows cleaned but this incourages them to pay upfront.)
i also have on my card 'it is under managers discrestion if a debt is allowed to double up'
(polite way to say 'no messing')
some have just the one clean till payed some have the 2 cleans and miss a month.
i have a dense area of £4-£5 jobs and front only, some are fortnightly i can allow them to go to 3.
bad payers get demoted from 'regulars' to being an 'ask' being a recession some seem to appreciate it and keep having you now and again but must of been a little embarrist in the past to say not today i have no money.
i dont get it when a £25 job for example is allowed to go unpaid for so long, some like to show they are reliable. but respet should be equal