Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: trippyboy on September 20, 2014, 09:48:36 pm
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:) ;) :D ;D
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My last time out collecting was over 18 months ago
Darran
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Got to move with the times.
Everyone is online.
No way would I be spending twice my fuel bill and hours every week driving round my work a second time to collect.
Best thing I ever did.
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Yup. Most pay on the day, and one or two drop the money off at my home. Although I still go collecting, it usually takes no more than an hour a week. Any who are further afield pay me the next time I'm in their area.
John
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I do, any customers who owe 3 or more times i collect from.
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Go out once or twice a week. The Mrs has usually sorted the kids by the time I get home and I bring a fish supper home for tea :), there's usually half a pint of wine waiting for me when I get home too :)
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Yep collect takes little time all my work within 3 miles of home
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You def got to move with the times I haven't been collecting for about 7 years, and as for those that owe for 3 or more get your customers trained tell them if they dont pay up after the second clean they don't get done again untill they have.
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Hi
how do you set up a automated payment system?
Cheers
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I only do 1 hour an month so sort of NO . Mike
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Hi
how do you set up a automated payment system?
Cheers
Depends what you want. Give them an envelope and get them to post payments to you. There's gocardless or PayPal.
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If i didnt clean if they owed 2 cleans id be throwing money away.
My customers know that if they dont pay on the day or online/cheque then ill leave it to build up to 3 cleans min. Its no issue to me as it all wotks out the same at the end of the working year.
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I don't let them get to more than 2 cleans Mick. A lot of my customers are army, and move too often.
About 30% of my customers pay online, the rest pay on the day or I collect twice a month now. I've usually got about 500 quid owing at any one time.
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i have to go and collect, a few pay via paypal, others even seemed surprised when i collect, even after putting a slip in when ive cleaned them, they either forget or there partners put slip in bin and forgot, sometimes when they owe twice and they forget, thats the hardest part, getting them to pay up twice when they were expecting to pay for just one clean,
i tell them to put it on callendar.
Got a couple now wanting to stop for winter, its a good job everyone dosent think that way. when i get more work in the areas near them ones, i very rarelly take them back on.
i just tell them ive picked up more reliable work, thankyou goodbye.
unless there nice looking :o ;D
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I only collect within walking distance and the rest by pay-pal, i don't mind losing 50p as fuel and time cost more.
But will be trying to get them on gocardless soon.
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Never have, never will.
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it suits me too have a certain amount of cash only customers
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Collect once or twice a month
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Collecting is for cowboys.
I get the customers to drop my dough off at the pub or the bookies. I leave my ladders propped up outside, so they know which one I'm in.
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Griff
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Not now, Cozy.
I'm playing pool and the wind has just blown my ladders over, outside >:(.
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;D
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how much did you get this week when collecting trippy ;)
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31 voted yes, yet harldy anyone commenting that they do. Wonder why ;) lol
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i have to go and collect, a few pay via paypal, others even seemed surprised when i collect, even after putting a slip in when ive cleaned them, they either forget or there partners put slip in bin and forgot, sometimes when they owe twice and they forget, thats the hardest part, getting them to pay up twice when they were expecting to pay for just one clean,
i tell them to put it on callendar.
Got a couple now wanting to stop for winter, its a good job everyone dosent think that way. when i get more work in the areas near them ones, i very rarelly take them back on.
i just tell them ive picked up more reliable work, thankyou goodbye.
unless there nice looking :o ;D
round software my friend!sorts any customers out who owe 2 or 3 cleans.i print a statement of account and post it through their door when cleaning/collecting .SAE/BACS.
I COLLECT ABOUT 3 TO 4 HOURS A MONTH.a lot less than i used to.
ANY CUSTOMERS WHO PAY BY BACS/SAE WHO HAVENT PAID AFTER 14 DAYS OF LAST CLEAN GET A TEXT REMINDER!
i find collecting is good for cashflow and gives me chance to keep good customer relations.good for very compact estate work.within an hour im coming home with £250-£300 in cash which is an instant boost to keeping down my debtlist with cheques dropping on my mat/BACS transfers throughout the week.
works well for me at the moment. ;)
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31 voted yes, yet harldy anyone commenting that they do. Wonder why ;) lol
I give in, tell us why. lol
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We collect at least 6. Hours a week. I've been a window cleaner 30 years and this has always been part of the job as far as I'm concerned. Yes it's a bit of a pain and definitely 6 hours we could would rather be at home, but at least 80% of customers out working during the day.
Don't want to sound negative but this will probably always be the case.
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We collect at least 6. Hours a week. I've been a window cleaner 30 years and this has always been part of the job as far as I'm concerned. Yes it's a bit of a pain and definitely 6 hours we could would rather be at home, but at least 80% of customers out working during the day.
Don't want to sound negative but this will probably always be the case.
There are easier, more time efficient ways of getting payment though.
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There is your 100% correct there m8, but after collecting for this long we r used to it and so r the customers. Probably a high percentage wouLd consider changer but there are a few who are probably too set on their ways.
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I have a small portion of technophobic customers who can only deal in cash. Some folk are set in their ways.
About 60% pay online through bank transfer, ( free no bank charges ) got 40% who like cheques and to be collected or pay cash on the day.
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We go out once a week takes about an hour and we never have more than £50 outstanding unless its the summer then it can rise to anout£100 but we get on really well with our custys and they nearly all pay in advance when they are going to be away.😀😀😀😃
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kaz and pete £50 outstanding debts?mines more like £500-£800 at anyone time and i work on my own!not worried though.i get it in eventually! ;)