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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Rich Wilts on October 06, 2015, 05:02:49 pm
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This morning I was owed in total £104.00. (An £80.00 commercial, £20.00 residential and a £4.00 front only - old boys bungalow).
In operating for 17 years it may never have been that low, not that i can remember.
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This morning I was owed in total £104.00.
In operating for 17 years it may never have been that low, not that i can remember.
ru mainly go cardless ?
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Its because Ive been on holiday for two weeks ;D
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After today Im now owed £206.00 ;)
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I've got mine below £2000 now - yippee!
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Matt is your website ok ... being nosy I just clicked on your link and got this
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This morning I was owed in total £104.00. (An £80.00 commercial, £20.00 residential and a £4.00 front only - old boys bungalow).
In operating for 17 years it may never have been that low, not that i can remember.
How long have you been on holiday?? ;D Mine is £2,880. :o
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Mines at a 1000.. which is quite high it usually runs around the 7-800 mark..
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That's not right is it. Least it'll stop the phone ringing ;).
I updated it today, it's Wordpress it's either that or a security setting. I'll have a look later. Cheers.
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This morning I was owed in total £104.00. (An £80.00 commercial, £20.00 residential and a £4.00 front only - old boys bungalow).
In operating for 17 years it may never have been that low, not that i can remember.
How long have you been on holiday?? ;D Mine is £2,880. :o
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2 weeks. Egypt.
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Trouble is dealing in cash, a majority of the time, - it builds up, then before you know it - customer has wracked up a bill. How you solve this - im not sure???. Card payment on route I think is the way forward. Dealing with cash payments is tricky, I think your always going to be on the back foot. But, theres alot of chaps now taking payment by paypal, its the way to go - cut cash payments out...... I dont know.
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Trouble is dealing in cash, a majority of the time, - it builds up, then before you know it - customer has wracked up a bill. How you solve this - im not sure???. Card payment on route I think is the way forward. Dealing with cash payments is tricky, I think your always going to be on the back foot. But, theres alot of chaps now taking payment by paypal, its the way to go - cut cash payments out...... I dont know.
Are you in the 70s? I doubt many except old school wcs deal in cash most of the time.
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Trouble is dealing in cash, a majority of the time, - it builds up, then before you know it - customer has wracked up a bill. How you solve this - im not sure???. Card payment on route I think is the way forward. Dealing with cash payments is tricky, I think your always going to be on the back foot. But, theres alot of chaps now taking payment by paypal, its the way to go - cut cash payments out...... I dont know.
The vast majority of my payments are made by Bacs and cheque..
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Trouble is dealing in cash, a majority of the time, - it builds up, then before you know it - customer has wracked up a bill. How you solve this - im not sure???. Card payment on route I think is the way forward. Dealing with cash payments is tricky, I think your always going to be on the back foot. But, theres alot of chaps now taking payment by paypal, its the way to go - cut cash payments out...... I dont know.
The vast majority of my payments are made by Bacs and cheque..
Ditto.
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8 weekly, im not entirely sure what you mean about the 70's - but most people dont deal in cash in this day and age as the gentleman said before its bacs - old problem of "cashflow" it has a meaning in its word..........
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think he may mean using PayPal is someone stuck in the 70's (http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1444160412_grin[1].gif) I ditched them years ago GoCardless is the future now
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It certainly is PW, but you have the old age generation, that like using cash, so I suppose you have to make facilities available in that direction.....
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I've got a domestic customer who owes over £1450 in cleans, massive cock up with standing orders!!!!
4 more owe over £400 :-[
We're just getting in touch with them
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Currently somewhere around £12k owed. (Will be down to £7k on Friday) Mostly commercial that pay monthly but with 45 day terms. Quite normal for us.
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Tricky I know, I used to debt chasing for one of my customers (who I canvassed for) catch em on a saturday and they would normally say sorry after a phone call
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Tricky I know, I used to debt chasing for one of my customers (who I canvassed for) catch em on a saturday and they would normally say sorry after a phone call
Non of it is overdue.
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Sure Degee, its just little amounts then add up to massive amounts - unless you keep on top stuff spirals - same for me in my business, if you dont keep a side eye on it...Its hard work enough doing the job, then keeping an eye on who owes what - seen it several times
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I worked this afternoon, now Im owed £3,500.
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Dinner on you then
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I've got a domestic customer who owes over £1450 in cleans, massive cock up with standing orders!!!!
4 more owe over £400 :-[
We're just getting in touch with them
Wtf Richard !!!!
Can u record that phone conversation for me as in need of some light releife from stress of selling house
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This is something I struggle to get my head round - I know it has to be done in this industry. Cash was but I dont think anymore
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This is something I struggle to get my head round - I know it has to be done in this industry. Cash was but I dont think anymore
We still collect in our area and so do most of the other window cleaners. We do have a few on BACS (younger ones generally) one who sends the payment to my mobile phone number which is linked to my account and a couple of others who send a cheque,
I realise that one day things will be different, but this will come naturally when our young customers become old (sadly long after my time) and if and when our society becomes a cashless one.
Whilst collecting isn't ideal, especially on winter evenings/nights, I find it a good opportunity to chat with our customers who we don't see during the day. It adds a personal touch.
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I used to thrive on giving bad payer a hard time. But as I am getting on its a pain in the butt. I use to confront them at every turn and always get paid. But I do have about 180 not paid. And it just make me angry. That people driving flashy cars can steel from the Old window cleaner.
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Currently somewhere around £12k owed. (Will be down to £7k on Friday) Mostly commercial that pay monthly but with 45 day terms. Quite normal for us.
Hello Scott lol
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I like cash . Can spend as soon as I get it no checking to see whose direct debit has bounced etc get a few that pay by cheque then gives me chance to go into town go to bank have a sausage roll ,cream cakes I like the simple life .Outstanding money low as go out collecting Friday afternoons (an excuse to pack up early for weekend )
Total owed £107
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Mines bigger than yours etc...
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I used to thrive on giving bad payer a hard time. But as I am getting on its a pain in the butt. I use to confront them at every turn and always get paid. But I do have about 180 not paid. And it just make me angry. That people driving flashy cars can steel from the Old window cleaner.
Anger and stress effect your health Slap, so not only are they steeling from you they are also making you ill, I would be similar
to yourself especially if it was a large sum, there's no way I could let it go and as a person with high blood pressure its not a
good position to be in.
That's why I never clean a property that hasn't paid for the previous clean because that way I am never going to get stung for a large amount ok you can still get stung for a clean but I find that a lot easier to let go.
I have went down the small claims road in the past and it was just way to stressful and time consuming for it to be worth it.
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Currently somewhere around £12k owed. (Will be down to £7k on Friday) Mostly commercial that pay monthly but with 45 day terms. Quite normal for us.
Hello Scott lol
Scott?
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£346 owed at present.lowest its been for ages.i have just got back from ibiza though. ;D
first day back today after 11 days off.
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The right way to view is as a percentage of your turnover. Then 30days 60 days and 90 days and also in relation to turnover. To me 90 days is lost 30 you can still win and 60 is alarming.
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I was owed nothing then I worked 9 till 12 this morning and now I'm owed £7500!! Good old CIU!! ;D
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I was owed nothing then I worked 9 till 12 this morning and now I'm owed £7500!! Good old CIU!! ;D
they need culling for poor payment
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Some of the bigger (4 vans for example) commercial only companies must have eye watering amounts of money owed, it's just the nature of the beast. Take a £300k turnover and divide it by 12, with 60 day terms id estimate having £50k outstanding at any one time to be completely normal.
I'm also quite sure that a well respected member of this forum recently posted figures quite close to this too.
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Always have a monthly rolling debt of about £500 after clean and collect. Just a 2man one van operation though. As long as it isn't getting bigger and bigger take it with a pinch of salt, customers you don't see one month you do the next, vica versa
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Its funny isnt it. The busier you get the more money you dont get immediately. Lol
Im always owed around £900 at any one time. Currently its £780 so not too bad, it used to bother me but the missus always says at least its money due to come in.
I never let customers debt spiral. Who was it who said on here no doshy no washy????
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Its funny isnt it. The busier you get the more money you dont get immediately. Lol
Im always owed around £900 at any one time. Currently its £780 so not too bad, it used to bother me but the missus always says at least its money due to come in.
I never let customers debt spiral. Who was it who said on here no doshy no washy????
I once said no payee no cleanee :)
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I know a new business name. The Doshy Washies.
Oh hang on that might bring some unwanted attention ;D.
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Nothing worse though than relying on payments, to pay your own bills and people dont deliver - you think "yes thats coming in" and it dosent turn up
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Nothing worse though than relying on payments, to pay your own bills and people dont deliver - you think "yes thats coming in" and it dosent turn up
i dont though katy.ive always got plenty of money to pay my bills.my "rolling debt"is usually 15-20% of monthly turnover.different if you have lots of high priced commercial jobs instead of a few lower priced domestics owed.
i get paid every day.whether its day of clean in cash/cheques or BACS payments and SAE s landing on my mat from work cleaned weeks ago.
ive wrote off £6 this year! ;D