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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: manyee on December 01, 2013, 05:43:52 pm
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Hi folks ..........just wondering if any point canvassing asain areas ..........as I have had Cpl of experiences in other jobs getting paid etc ....... and always trying to haggle etc ............just wondered what others think ............thanks
reason for asking I live in mainly asain area ............but don't wont to waste my time
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IS THIS A FORM OF TEXT SPEAK...its an age thing i suppose ;D
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I dont know...........tbh.
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Is it canvassing assassins?
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Are you a corporal?
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It is xenophobic but it's their culture to haggle.
My experience: go in high. You want your actual price to be roughly 2/3 of initial quote.
And get $ upfront.
The only Asian customers I have now pay a month in advance.
That way on the drive out there, I know I've already been paid.
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ha ha ....ok how many on here would canvass area that is mainly Pakistani !!!!
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wouldnt bother there all tight and wont wanna pay u ;D
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ha ha ....ok how many on here would canvass area that is mainly Pakistani !!!!
Not me.
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You cant tar all asians with the same brush (haha pun)
But from experience they always seem to want something extra for nothing and we have been turned over by a few asains.
But then have any of them moaned to us...no. British white folk seem to moan about everything!
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A few areas near me that are full of africans! Whi imo are The worst breed of customers by far. I also have a lot of asians too that are also hard work. I purposly steer clear of these types of areas as they are all as tight as bum holes.
Cant you drive 15/30 mins out and hit another area at all??.
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thanks for replys .................yea that's my gut instinct waste of time ..........even if I got custys ....be hard getting money out of them ...........will have to travel a little
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I started window cleaning 2 years ago and found out the hard way ..
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Don't even think about it. Seriously. I have about four of these types and none of them are regular, and certainly none are four weekly - forget that!
Best avoided, unless the daughters are pretty, but tbh, if you're caught poking one of them, then the risk of acid being thrown in yours and their faces is too high to be worth it.
What you need are the Hyacinth Bucket types in your round.
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I ve been cleaning windows for over 3 months now . I ve been canvassing quite a lot! To this day I still have to get a Chinese customer !! they are as tight as 2 coats of paint !! Asians do haggle too much too !!
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thanks for that Geoff ..............so have you had acid in yer face ;D lol
no seriously kinda thought waste of time ...............was just checking
thanks all
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herve if you in Birmingham I could get you 1 Chinese custy ;D
I find Chinese r ok
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I currently get lots of customers switching from 4 weeks to 8 weeks .is it me or is it just that time of the year? Lol
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Best customers : middle aged British women ! Lol
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no its them................. ;D my missus is Chinese lol but they are very clever .............think different from us
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I currently get lots of customers switching from 4 weeks to 8 weeks .is it me or is it just that time of the year? Lol
Good to hear your still growing mate..
Time of year with everyone doing there cutbacks..i havnt had many ask to go 8 weekly but have had loads say to leave it untill march that is annoying to say the least..
What area are you hitting now for the canvassing??
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when I first met her etc ..............had quick conversation about uni degrees cos she has one .........she said to me if every one got same degree .....some has to drive white van ???lol
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I've got a Chinese customer and she's spot on. Only 8 weekly mind you... But she's otherwise velly good.
Had another Chinese who I did a job for and didn't hear from again, and hadn't paid, then came back from Hong Kong and paid up ok.
The proper orientals aren't a problem, IMO, it's the ones who originate half way between here and China that you have to watch.
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I have many chinease customers.. All top customers and pay very well..
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I have many chinease customers.. All top customers and pay very well..
Any of 'em got any cheap poles for sale? ;D
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Do you get customers at this time of the year switching from 4 weeks to 8 weeks ?
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where are you mick ? Im in Birmingham big Chinese communities
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Im london manny, every nationality round where i work...sometimes a good thing and sometimes bad.
A lot of polish here but thankfully a lot of the polish/russian women are house proud and want a window cleaner.
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Interesting mick ............but do the polish pay you top dollar ?
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Yes they pay on time and dont argue about my prices so must be happy with it.
Some of my best paying customers are polish.
But as said indian and african are what i call customers from hell with getting paid...young english arnt that much better mind lol...
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Hey mick I did manage to get a foot on the ladder in lee. I did pick up quite a few customers there ! Even though I got my catalyctic converter nicked there in broad day light 4 weeks ago!!! It cost me £360 to get a new one!!!
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are you in Liverpool hereve lol
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Nah south london lol
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Hi mick ..hope you can answer this ......tried on other question ................its about wagtail on pole on high windows ...against wfp ................if the americans can do it why not us ??? plus lot cheaper ...or am I missing something >?? if you can put me wise mick .....many thanx
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Hey mick I did manage to get a foot on the ladder in lee. I did pick up quite a few customers there ! Even though I got my catalyctic converter nicked there in broad day light 4 weeks ago!!! It cost me £360 to get a new one!!!
Are you getting good prices in lee??
I do a lot in se13 area and find good customers there, not had anything stolen yet thankfully...am sorry to hear that.
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Hi mick ..hope you can answer this ......tried on other question ................its about wagtail on pole on high windows ...against wfp ................if the americans can do it why not us ??? plus lot cheaper ...or am I missing something >?? if you can put me wise mick .....many thanx
Sorry manyee never used a wagtail but many on here have so might be best starting a new thread on it.
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ok thanks mick
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My observation with other nationality. Pakistani I cannot get there handle as they never commit to anything. And try to screw me all the time.Indian good customers if they are born in the u K.They will treat you like poo if born in India as its normal to speak to a servant as they wish in the home country.Both will haggle. I tell them its bad manners to haggle on any service industry in the U K as it does not come in bulk, therefore no discount
African expect it for nothing and are not house proud. Polish I find good customers and pay well.They do take pride in there homes. Chinese are good and pay promptly. All the other far east don`t clean windows and would normally clean there own window.Americans are very good customers and pay well.
Normally if the said nation has a lot of cheap labor in there home country they are not be inclined to want to pay to clean windows.
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I find Martians pay quite well. But they do look at me in a weird way, with those six eyes, fifteen ears and green skin.
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Hey mick I did manage to get a foot on the ladder in lee. I did pick up quite a few customers there ! Even though I got my catalyctic converter nicked there in broad day light 4 weeks ago!!! It cost me £360 to get a new one!!!
£10 for the front ! I try to avoid doing the full house which I charge £14 or £15. I always eat at the manor cafe when I m around! Good food!!
Are you getting good prices in lee??
I do a lot in se13 area and find good customers there, not had anything stolen yet thankfully...am sorry to hear that.
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Hey mick I did manage to get a foot on the ladder in lee. I did pick up quite a few customers there ! Even though I got my catalyctic converter nicked there in broad day light 4 weeks ago!!! It cost me £360 to get a new one!!!
£10 for the front ! I try to avoid doing the full house which I charge £14 or £15. I always eat at the manor cafe when I m around! Good food!!
Are you getting good prices in lee??
I do a lot in se13 area and find good customers there, not had anything stolen yet thankfully...am sorry to hear that.
You should goto maggies in lewisham, an all you can eat buffet style lol. Magic.
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Lots of windows cleaners charging only£ 7 for the front though!
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Lots of windows cleaners charging only£ 7 for the front though!
A lot of the cleaners who charge lower prices tend to be trad so just explain how you will do all there frames, cills, doors, garage door etc and win the customer at £10 front.
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Yes they pay on time and dont argue about my prices so must be happy with it.
Some of my best paying customers are polish.
But as said indian and african are what i call customers from hell with getting paid...young english arnt that much better mind lol...
I've some work in the East End and I'd pretty much agree with that except I tend to find proper Indian customers pay no trouble at all where as the Bangladeshi and Pakistani (ex) customers either want extras done for free, and won't give up untill it is done, or they expect the earth for the first clean and never have their windows done again.
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That s right ! In welling some well established wfp cleaner ( with at least 2 vans) charge only £6 or £7 for the front . How is your canvassing going? Definetely harder to get customers to commit monthly at the moment . But I do getl one off and every 8 weeks.
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That s right ! In welling some well established wfp cleaner ( with at least 2 vans) charge only £6 or £7 for the front . How is your canvassing going? Definetely harder to get customers to commit monthly at the moment . But I do getl one off and every 8 weeks.
Welling is verey cut throat though hundreds of window cleaners there!
I havnt canvassed for ages mate as am totally full with customers now.
If i was you id hit shooters hill end of plumstead, one of the areas that i planned to hit and canvass as done a lot of research round there especialy around roads off herbert road, herbert road isnt the nicest of roads but roads off have good potential as are busy with lots of front only and 1 up 1 down flats(maisonets).
Go and hit it ;-)
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Many thanks for the tip. I did go round there 2 months ago !! I must say I did find the area a bit of a turn off . Cheap windows cleaners working around too . I did manage to get a few customers further up lol . Very nice conservation area abit further up ( off shooter hill) with nice big houses!! But they all have a window cleaner off course lol!!!
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I only do work for them if they accept my very high quote. Even then I will insist on getting paid on the day. It's a win win, you don't really want to be arsed with them, so if they decline your high quote you have lost nothing. If they accept then your quids in