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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Clever Forum Name on March 25, 2014, 08:57:44 pm

Title: Day from hell
Post by: Clever Forum Name on March 25, 2014, 08:57:44 pm
What a day I have had. Been the worst for a long time.

I set off as normal around 9am and was going out to my first couple of houses. They are great little earners £45 each and only take 20 mins each. They all leave the money out and and if they don't leave the gates open I charge double. Each customer offered me a tea or a go on their daughter but declined as I wanted to finish 4 hours earlier today.

So I got those done by 12 and was just about on target of £300 by 12pm

Then off to my compact work. They are all 8 weekly but at £20 a pop they are really easy todo. So I worked until 4pm and just about managed to hit my £500 target.

On my last house I have to use an extension. So I split the pole down down and added the extension, on doing this I accidentally stood on the John guest fitting. So that's £2 I will never see again.

I am absolutely raging. I will be starting early tomorrow to make up for it and will probably do some canvassing.

Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: bobplum on March 25, 2014, 09:26:52 pm
What a day I have had. Been the worst for a long time.

I set off as normal around 9am and was going out to my first couple of houses. They are great little earners £45 each and only take 20 mins each. They all leave the money out and and if they don't leave the gates open I charge double. Each customer offered me a tea or a go on their daughter but declined as I wanted to finish 4 hours earlier today.

So I got those done by 12 and was just about on target of £300 by 12pm

Then off to my compact work. They are all 8 weekly but at £20 a pop they are really easy todo. So I worked until 4pm and just about managed to hit my £500 target.

On my last house I have to use an extension. So I split the pole down down and added the extension, on doing this I accidentally stood on the John guest fitting. So that's £2 I will never see again.

I am absolutely raging. I will be starting early tomorrow to make up for it and will probably do some canvassing.




did you get these customers from leaflets ;) ;)
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: Jonny 87 on March 25, 2014, 09:53:03 pm
Man you guys are harsh. Lol
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: Clever Forum Name on March 25, 2014, 09:55:02 pm
Haha. It's not aimed at Daz before you get the pitchforks hahaha

They all came from leaflets yes.

I dropped around 100 and got 105 jobs.
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: jk999 on March 25, 2014, 09:57:35 pm
You serious you make 500 quid and your moaning about two pound give me your address and I will post you two pound  ;D
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: Clever Forum Name on March 25, 2014, 10:00:08 pm
You serious you make 500 quid and your moaning about two pound give me your address and I will post you two pound  ;D

Lol nahhhh just some of the morons I run Into round my way. Just taking the pee.

Last week I was told by a chap he did 800 houses a month on his own. His ex wife told me it was more like 80
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: PoleKing on March 25, 2014, 10:01:34 pm
You serious you make 500 quid and your moaning about two pound give me your address and I will post you two pound  ;D

Lol nahhhh just some of the morons I run Into round my way. Just taking the pee.

Last week I was told by a chap he did 800 houses a month on his own. His ex wife told me it was more like 80

The emptiest vessels make the loudest noise.
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: jk999 on March 25, 2014, 10:04:20 pm
Lol ;D
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: Dave Willis on March 25, 2014, 10:08:22 pm
I had a day like that once - just took a month off afterwards and felt great.
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: wfp master on March 25, 2014, 10:12:40 pm
Not a bad day that ive done better on saturday morning. ::)roll
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on March 25, 2014, 10:13:47 pm
You've missed the old CIU favourite-

Lost a £10 job today, was going to drop her anyway. Never mind, picked another 348 jobs up @ £40 each!! ;D
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: capn sparkle on March 25, 2014, 10:16:57 pm
Quality -  made me genuinely lol

Respect to Pure
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: rosskesava on March 25, 2014, 11:54:05 pm
You lot make me laugh. None of you have a clue do you?

Today I was doing £10 houses in a road within 200 yds of where I live. I do 76 of them in a day and while I'm working a lady comes up and asks how much so having the correct attitude of training the customer right from the start, and while holding my trusty Extreme, which always impresses the ladies, I said it's £8 but for you it's £10.

She jumped at the chance so I whipped out my T & C's, all 19 pages of it, and she refused to sign all because I require 10 years worth of payment up front paid by DD within 6 hours.

What a bitch. I couldn't believe it. So I've dumped a customer before even cleaning her windows but it didn't matter because later that day, i picked 19 more.

That made me late home  >:(. I didn't get to eat dinner untill 2.30pm having starting work at 10am.

Still the extra cash will come in handy as I'm saving up for a one week family holiday at Bultins in Bognor Regis this October.
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: David Kent @ KentKleen on March 25, 2014, 11:57:22 pm
NOW THAT'S THE BEST POST IV'E SEEN SINCE JOINING CIU!
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: rick trinder on March 25, 2014, 11:58:02 pm
that has to be the best post ever!!!
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: Harry Callahan on March 26, 2014, 12:02:41 am
You serious you make 500 quid and your moaning about two pound give me your address and I will post you two pound  ;D

Lol nahhhh just some of the morons I run Into round my way. Just taking the pee.

Last week I was told by a chap he did 800 houses a month on his own. His ex wife told me it was more like 80
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Nice , there is a guy by us who said he's doing 1600 houses every 6 weeks on his own trad ! , he's now gone wfp tops so I think he's gonna be looking for some more work !!! What a dick ! P.s he's as old as a conker tree
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: AuRavelling79 on March 26, 2014, 06:48:32 am
What a day I have had. Been the worst for a long time.

I set off as normal around 9am and was going out to my first couple of houses. They are great little earners £45 each and only take 20 mins each. They all leave the money out and and if they don't leave the gates open I charge double. Each customer offered me a tea or a go on their daughter but declined as I wanted to finish 4 hours earlier today.

So I got those done by 12 and was just about on target of £300 by 12pm

Then off to my compact work. They are all 8 weekly but at £20 a pop they are really easy todo. So I worked until 4pm and just about managed to hit my £500 target.

On my last house I have to use an extension. So I split the pole down down and added the extension, on doing this I accidentally stood on the John guest fitting. So that's £2 I will never see again.

I am absolutely raging. I will be starting early tomorrow to make up for it and will probably do some canvassing.



Brilliant!  ;D ;D ;D

You missed out that you ordered a new John Guest fitting at 6pm and as it didn't arrive by the next day you were fed up with Alex's poor customer service and were getting your next pole directly from China.
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: andyM on March 26, 2014, 07:49:48 am
What a day I have had. Been the worst for a long time.

I set off as normal around 9am and was going out to my first couple of houses. They are great little earners £45 each and only take 20 mins each. They all leave the money out and and if they don't leave the gates open I charge double. Each customer offered me a tea or a go on their daughter but declined as I wanted to finish 4 hours earlier today.

So I got those done by 12 and was just about on target of £300 by 12pm

Then off to my compact work. They are all 8 weekly but at £20 a pop they are really easy todo. So I worked until 4pm and just about managed to hit my £500 target.

On my last house I have to use an extension. So I split the pole down down and added the extension, on doing this I accidentally stood on the John guest fitting. So that's £2 I will never see again.

I am absolutely raging. I will be starting early tomorrow to make up for it and will probably do some canvassing.



And I suppose it was peeing down but coz of your North Face jacket and goretex hiking boots you just worked through it, and all custies didn't bat an eye lid and just payed up.
Before nipping home for a S,S,&S and jumping in the sports car to pick yer bird up to go fine dining at a fancy restaurant before a night in a five star hotel.  ;)
Yer lucky git.  ;D
 
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: dazmond on March 26, 2014, 08:18:58 am
What a day I have had. Been the worst for a long time.

I set off as normal around 9am and was going out to my first couple of houses. They are great little earners £45 each and only take 20 mins each. They all leave the money out and and if they don't leave the gates open I charge double. Each customer offered me a tea or a go on their daughter but declined as I wanted to finish 4 hours earlier today.

So I got those done by 12 and was just about on target of £300 by 12pm

Then off to my compact work. They are all 8 weekly but at £20 a pop they are really easy todo. So I worked until 4pm and just about managed to hit my £500 target.

On my last house I have to use an extension. So I split the pole down down and added the extension, on doing this I accidentally stood on the John guest fitting. So that's £2 I will never see again.

I am absolutely raging. I will be starting early tomorrow to make up for it and will probably do some canvassing.



And I suppose it was peeing down but coz of your North Face jacket and goretex hiking boots you just worked through it, and all custies didn't bat an eye lid and just payed up.
Before nipping home for a S,S,&S and jumping in the sports car to pick yer bird up to go fine dining at a fancy restaurant before a night in a five star hotel.  ;)
Yer lucky git.  ;D
 

anyone on here? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: SeanK on March 26, 2014, 08:22:00 am
You lot make me laugh. None of you have a clue do you?

Today I was doing £10 houses in a road within 200 yds of where I live. I do 76 of them in a day and while I'm working a lady comes up and asks how much so having the correct attitude of training the customer right from the start, and while holding my trusty Extreme, which always impresses the ladies, I said it's £8 but for you it's £10.

She jumped at the chance so I whipped out my T & C's, all 19 pages of it, and she refused to sign all because I require 10 years worth of payment up front paid by DD within 6 hours.

What a bitch. I couldn't believe it. So I've dumped a customer before even cleaning her windows but it didn't matter because later that day, i picked 19 more.

That made me late home  >:(. I didn't get to eat dinner untill 2.30pm having starting work at 10am.

Still the extra cash will come in handy as I'm saving up for a one week family holiday at Bultins in Bognor Regis this October.




Ross you should convert to wfp, you could easily get you numbers up from 76 to a 100 a day.
If you are wfp and are not getting these numbers then you need to improve your method.
A good tip for earning a bit more is to charge extra when having to clean in stormy weather (around double the price)
Ross I don't want to sound rude but £10 is a price most shiners charged in the eighties you need to double your
price before you ruin it for everybody else.
I charge £15 for a two bed (front only) and most of my customers give me £20 because they think I under charge as it takes
me five mins to complete.
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: gary999 on March 26, 2014, 08:24:46 am
And they say women are bitchy ;D
Title: Re: Day from hell
Post by: rosskesava on March 26, 2014, 08:53:48 am
Ross you should convert to wfp, you could easily get you numbers up from 76 to a 100 a day.
If you are wfp and are not getting these numbers then you need to improve your method.
A good tip for earning a bit more is to charge extra when having to clean in stormy weather (around double the price)
Ross I don't want to sound rude but £10 is a price most shiners charged in the eighties you need to double your
price before you ruin it for everybody else.
I charge £15 for a two bed (front only) and most of my customers give me £20 because they think I under charge as it takes
me five mins to complete.

 ;D ;D ;D