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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: dazmond on December 22, 2014, 11:20:09 pm
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no booze or chocs this year but just over £400 in cash!not bad.not as much as i used to get a few years back but anythings better than nothing! :)
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None of your business...but not bad thank you very much ;D
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Considering my round only has about 200custards £400 tips is good wouldn't you agree? However I am a handsome young guy... Maybe theirs a few Cougars wanting to tip me for the extra services I offer ;D
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Ive seen your picture H20...more like a few husbands that swing
always ;D
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Ive seen your picture H20...more like a few husbands that swing
always ;D
Haha everything has a price ;D
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Probably around £150 and 2 bottles of wine. Quite a bit down on recent years. I must admit we have struggled to get round to our domestic customers this year, often been a couple of weeks late. This probably explains the reason why the tips are down. Back to being reliable again now that the second van is on the road. ;D
Ps I'd have thought you'd have got loads more than that Daz. 350 odd customers that's only averaging a bit over £1 per house, and most of your customers are rich (or at least live in expensive houses)
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Tips I would say around £15
Wine about 3 bottles
3 boxes of Chocs
Worst year ever for tips.
A price increase and a round shake up see me hit my YTD figure from the previous year in October of this year.
For me it's Go cardless and Online that have changed.
Not moaning in the slightest. Yeah it's nice getting a tips but like people say. Work smarter. Not harder.
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Yes 50% of my customers pay online now. Far easier for customers to not tip when paying electronically.
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Overwhelmed myself. I've built a wine rack in the back of the van and installed a safe in the cab.
Record year and still more to come.
Several £20 tips so maybe the recession is finally over?
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Box of quality street
Tub of roses
Box of shortbread
Bottle of white wine
2 bottles of red
And a single can of Budweiser :)
And £232 cash.
Best tip was £30 tip from a £10 customer.
A few customers who always tipped me at Xmas haven't this year-I suspect because of GoCardLess as DeeGee has said.
And like H2O says, I don't expect anything at all.
A couple of quid for a pint at the end of the week is always nice.
And commercials expect the tip rather than give 'em.
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Haven't got any ;)
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Haven't got any ;)
i wouldn't tip you either Dave ;D
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I gave a homeless person £25 on Sunday in London. Was it the right thing to do?
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I got my best tip yesterday from a customer who pays by cheque in post (this was one I did 8 days early and left a note explaining about getting everyone cleaned for Christmas hence Im a little early this month)
It was a Christmas card and in it she wrote
"To Ian, thank you for your kind explanation about the window cleaning for December (I was away anyway) You are by far the best window cleaner in the area and always so reliable"
Now cant spend it, cant drink it, cant eat it but so nice to get comments like that :)
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I gave a homeless person £25 on Sunday in London. Was it the right thing to do?
Why did you give it to him/her?
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I gave a homeless person £25 on Sunday in London. Was it the right thing to do?
On a lads night out in Chester a few years ago and one of the fellas gave a homeless girl £20 but got a blow job in return :o
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I got my best tip yesterday from a customer who pays by cheque in post (this was one I did 8 days early and left a note explaining about getting everyone cleaned for Christmas hence Im a little early this month)
It was a Christmas card and in it she wrote
"To Ian, thank you for your kind explanation about the window cleaning for December (I was away anyway) You are by far the best window cleaner in the area and always so reliable"
Now cant spend it, cant drink it, cant eat it but so nice to get comments like that :)
Just threw up in my mouth, only joking lol ;D ;D
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I gave a homeless person £25 on Sunday in London. Was it the right thing to do?
On a lads night out in Chester a few years ago and one of the fellas gave a homeless girl £20 but got a blow job in return :o
#riddled
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I gave a homeless person £25 on Sunday in London. Was it the right thing to do?
On a lads night out in Chester a few years ago and one of the fellas gave a homeless girl £20 but got a blow job in return :o
Copy and paste lol
Just threw up in my mouth.
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I got my best tip yesterday from a customer who pays by cheque in post (this was one I did 8 days early and left a note explaining about getting everyone cleaned for Christmas hence Im a little early this month)
It was a Christmas card and in it she wrote
"To Ian, thank you for your kind explanation about the window cleaning for December (I was away anyway) You are by far the best window cleaner in the area and always so reliable"
Now cant spend it, cant drink it, cant eat it but so nice to get comments like that :)
Just threw up in my mouth, only joking lol ;D ;D
;D
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I gave a homeless person £25 on Sunday in London. Was it the right thing to do?
Why did you give it to him/her?
Because they were homeless.
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I got my best tip yesterday from a customer who pays by cheque in post (this was one I did 8 days early and left a note explaining about getting everyone cleaned for Christmas hence Im a little early this month)
It was a Christmas card and in it she wrote
"To Ian, thank you for your kind explanation about the window cleaning for December (I was away anyway) You are by far the best window cleaner in the area and always so reliable"
ONLY COS SHE DOESN'T KNOW ME ;D
Now cant spend it, cant drink it, cant eat it but so nice to get comments like that :)
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I got my best tip yesterday from a customer who pays by cheque in post (this was one I did 8 days early and left a note explaining about getting everyone cleaned for Christmas hence Im a little early this month)
It was a Christmas card and in it she wrote
"To Ian, thank you for your kind explanation about the window cleaning for December (I was away anyway) You are by far the best window cleaner in the area and always so reliable"
ONLY COS SHE DOESN'T KNOW ME ;D
Now cant spend it, cant drink it, cant eat it but so nice to get comments like that :)
;D that's true I know when Im beaten by a better man .......................... plus you have a new shiny van ... feck think I will close shop and jack it all in ... no point anymore ;D ;D
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Worst year for tips for a decade.
I wouldn't want to go out collecting again though to get a few extra quid in tips
I prefer the way they pay online and I keep out of their way, I've got some seriously weird people on my round
Also my new Van seems to be making people feel that I have too much money to receive a tip
My son drives an old 206 around and he has already got 3 times as much as me, his round is half the size of mine, but he goes collecting ( begging ;D)
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Probably around £150 and 2 bottles of wine. Quite a bit down on recent years. I must admit we have struggled to get round to our domestic customers this year, often been a couple of weeks late. This probably explains the reason why the tips are down. Back to being reliable again now that the second van is on the road. ;D
Ps I'd have thought you'd have got loads more than that Daz. 350 odd customers that's only averaging a bit over £1 per house, and most of your customers are rich (or at least live in expensive houses)
most dont tip danny and loads more customers pay online these days as well.im ok with that. its a dying tradition!i tipped my postman a tenner but i grew up with him and he s a good guy in general.
i didnt get round to around 35 jobs either! ;D
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I had a good tip yesterday...... Don't eat yellow snow!!! ;D
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I gave a homeless person £25 on Sunday in London. Was it the right thing to do?
You probably helped pay for his next bag of crack/smack/weed.
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My squeaky bunch never tip. No even a horse`s name or were to invest. NO TIPS>>>>>> :-X :-X :-X :-X
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I gave a homeless person £25 on Sunday in London. Was it the right thing to do?
You probably helped pay for his next bag of crack/smack/weed.
Maybe, maybe not. I don't actually care, but with an attitude like that I'd never help anyone.
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I gave a homeless person £25 on Sunday in London. Was it the right thing to do?
You probably helped pay for his next bag of crack/smack/weed.
Maybe, maybe not. I don't actually care, but with an attitude like that I'd never help anyone.
Nor do I care, I just gave the answer you were angling for.
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I did £118 in cash, 3 bottles of wine and a bottle of Preseco .... best year ever ... and I was worried at start of month as most were going to be 6 to 9 days early :)
Do I use the retail value of the wine for the tax mans share ?
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Hope your all declaring your tips , I got a crate of Bud and Xmas kiss ding dong :P :P :P
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I did £118 in cash, 3 bottles of wine and a bottle of Preseco .... best year ever ... and I was worried at start of month as most were going to be 6 to 9 days early :)
Do I use the retail value of the wine for the tax mans share ?
Nah just put 20% of it into an old water bottle and send it direct to hmrc.
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I gave a homeless person £25 on Sunday in London. Was it the right thing to do?
You probably helped pay for his next bag of crack/smack/weed.
Maybe, maybe not. I don't actually care, but with an attitude like that I'd never help anyone.
Nor do I care, I just gave the answer you were angling for.
I wasnt angling for anything mate, just recounting something that occured to me two days ago. I knew though that someone would say what you did and that someone would also say something trying to be funny about paying for sex. Bit sad really.
But it doesnt matter I did it because the person concerned is homeless, it was freezing cold, they were sat on the pavement with people just strolling by going home to their families, Ive been there myself. Maybe I helped them just a little. Maybe I didnt. Who knows. I like to think even if they still shot up with a needle later that day their faith in humanity was at least heartened for a few brief seconds.
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we got just under a grand this year, 13 tins/boxes of chocs and 6 bottles of wine and 2 6 packs of beers.
will be buying a new pressure washer as a git from all my customers to me ;D
merry xmas all
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I gave a homeless person £25 on Sunday in London. Was it the right thing to do?
On a lads night out in Chester a few years ago and one of the fellas gave a homeless girl £20 but got a blow job in return :o
that's cheap for a bj
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I gave a homeless person £25 on Sunday in London. Was it the right thing to do?
You probably helped pay for his next bag of crack/smack/weed.
Maybe, maybe not. I don't actually care, but with an attitude like that I'd never help anyone.
Nor do I care, I just gave the answer you were angling for.
degree why comment if you dont care??
good deed i say matt
when me and my daughter go to london we get 20 cheesburgers from mcdonalds and she likes to give them a couple and they are always greatful and makes her feel she has done good for the day, she is only 10 and has a heart of gold.
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has anyone had tips from online payment and cheques??
I had one that pays online bung me a tenner but he was also touting for the business of maintaining my web site
All my tips came from cash collection , i didnt get round everyone before xmas , probably about 80 custies so maybe another £50-100 i didnt get in tips
tbh i appreciate the tips but i dont care if i get them or not, so long as my jobs are priced right im not bothered if they tip
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First year I have actually kept it seperate from takings, usually its change in my pocket that I hit the pub with after work.
about 600 , was quite suprised, never realised I drank so much.
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Another day to go ;)
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anybody get any unusual gifts .can anyone beat a brace of pheasants as an unusual xmas tip . a windy mate of mine got a huge bag of potatoes as a tip as well. lol
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I reckon the ones who have done well out of tips are those who are viewed by the customers as tradesmen, working class, council estate employee type characters.
Those who appear to be more professional, business minded individuals who are in it to make a profit rather than a wage are less likely to receive anything approaching what the other characters have managed to accrue.
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Or maybe they just don't like us?! :)
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If all of your customers don't like you then you might just need to be a nicer person.
But generally speaking, no.
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anybody get any unusual gifts .can anyone beat a brace of pheasants as an unusual xmas tip . a windy mate of mine got a huge bag of potatoes as a tip as well. lol
A brace of pheasants would have done me and the dog nicely could have had one each
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I reckon the ones who have done well out of tips are those who are viewed by the customers as tradesmen, working class, council estate employee type characters.
Those who appear to be more professional, business minded individuals who are in it to make a profit rather than a wage are less likely to receive anything approaching what the other characters have managed to accrue.
;D
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If all of your customers don't like you then you might just need to be a nicer person.
But generally speaking, no.
They like me.
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They all think I'm only in it for the money
Oh!! I AM
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I've got five bottles of wine, a nice bottle of port, and what a wealthy customer described as a 'quality bottle of bubbly' in the back of my van.
No-one in my house drinks though. :'(
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If all of your customers don't like you then you might just need to be a nicer person.
But generally speaking, no.
They like me.
How did you do for tips?
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Nothing to write home about. It's not something I think about or worry about to be honest.
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According to my thinking that makes you a professional then in the eyes of your customers. ;)
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A few hundred quid, 4 bottles of wine, 2 boxes of chocolates, a bottle of whisky, and 2 double deckers (the chocolate bar not actual buses).
Good year for me. :)
Three days worth of work didn't get done before crimbo either.
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I've got five bottles of wine, a nice bottle of port, and what a wealthy customer described as a 'quality bottle of bubbly' in the back of my van.
No-one in my house drinks though. :'(
Check my website for my address.
I'll pay postage.
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I reckon the ones who have done well out of tips are those who are viewed by the customers as tradesmen, working class, council estate employee type characters.
Those who appear to be more professional, business minded individuals who are in it to make a profit rather than a wage are less likely to receive anything approaching what the other characters have managed to accrue.
I agree with that Matt.
But I'd assume that your post means you got sweet FA in tips ;D
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8) ;D ;)
Ive never got much since converting to WFP. Used to get a nice healthy wad when I was trad. The moment I converted, thats it the tips dried up. Now the van is brand new, sign-written and we've adopted payment methods such as GoCardless, card reader, BACS we've changed in the eye of the customer IMO. We have terms and conditions, PL insurance, we insist on working when we stipulate and we bin them if they dont tow the line. Now we're a business, a legit business. Not a beer money boy, a scally or a cheeky chappie. Its those guys who get the tips more than the businesses. Businesses dont get tips anyway, when did any of us last tip our accountant, Alex Gardiner or the guy at the petrol station?
Now Darren, the guy who works for me a few days a week, hes a different character. As rough around the edges as they come. Working class lad through and through, broad cockney accent and attitude to go with it. His heart's in the right place, can work hard but he struggles with social skills ;)
Last week on one of his days working for himself he picked up £150 in tips. Got me thinking.
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Looking for someone to argue with bumlicker ;D
Have a good xmas
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8) ;D ;)
Ive never got much since converting to WFP. Used to get a nice healthy wad when I was trad. The moment I converted, thats it the tips dried up. Now the van is brand new, sign-written and we've adopted payment methods such as GoCardless, card reader, BACS we've changed in the eye of the customer IMO. Now we're business, a legit business. Not a beer money boy, a scally or a cheeky chappie. Its those guys who get the tips more than the businesses. Businesses dont get tips anyway, when did any of us last tip our accountant, Alex Gardiner or the guy at the petrol station?
Now Darren, the guy who works for me a few days a week, hes a different character. As rough around the edges as they come. Working class lad through and through, broad cockney accent and attitude to go with it.
Last week on one of his days working for himself he picked up £150 in tips. Got me thinking.
Lol. It's gone full circle for me.
A few customers, I've tipped them.
Box of roses, box of quality st, bottles of wine...
I've only tipped what I've been given though.
Making me smile just writing that.
I can't have chocolate in the house unfortunately. So I just did myself a favour :D
Custys don't know that though. ;)
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Looking for someone to argue with bumlicker ;D
Have a good xmas
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Happy Christmas Mr Glitter.
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Looking for someone to argue with bumlicker ;D she has a point!
Have a good xmas