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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Blackadder on December 13, 2016, 04:05:53 pm

Title: Tips
Post by: Blackadder on December 13, 2016, 04:05:53 pm
Go cardless & bank transfers have killed tips this year, still, beats having to knock to collect all year.
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: 8weekly on December 13, 2016, 04:44:04 pm
I've never had many. The two that work for me haven't picked up much either. I never did get much but I am a miserable git, so perhaps that's it?
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: jonboywalton75 on December 13, 2016, 04:48:31 pm
Baaaa humbug
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: jonboywalton75 on December 13, 2016, 04:50:36 pm
Hey Blackadder,  you've only posted  so Dazmond can come on bragging ;D
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: Blackadder on December 13, 2016, 05:11:06 pm
Hey Blackadder,  you've only posted  so Dazmond can come on bragging ;D




 ;D you know it
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: dazmond on December 13, 2016, 05:34:43 pm
same.more and more pay online these days.im bang on £200 at the moment but theres still the rest of this week and next and probably a few in the new year. ;D

so far its paid for my new stereo in my GTI. 8)
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: Dave Willis on December 13, 2016, 05:38:11 pm
amazing, bang on £200 ........ what's the chances of that?
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: dazmond on December 13, 2016, 05:50:23 pm
amazing, bang on £200 ........ what's the chances of that?

£187 until today when i got a £3 tip and a tenner off another customer. ;)
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: jonboywalton75 on December 13, 2016, 06:47:29 pm
£43
My customers hate me
The feeling is mutual though  :o
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: Mick Kent on December 13, 2016, 06:54:57 pm
Been a good year so far, nearly £400 in cash, 4 tins of chocs and a £20 B&Q voucher. Most years i dont get half this much. Must have been the xmas cards i put out this year.
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: 8weekly on December 13, 2016, 07:02:23 pm
I enjoyed this thread. Is the OP thick or what?  ;D

http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1366223-To-not-know-about-christmas-tipping-and-want-to-know-if-you-do
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: p1w1 on December 13, 2016, 07:12:42 pm
I enjoyed this thread. Is the OP thick or what?  ;D

http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1366223-To-not-know-about-christmas-tipping-and-want-to-know-if-you-do

this made me laugh

perfumedlife Mon 19-Dec-11 10:13:34
I always gave my window cleaner bacon rolls, bottle of whiskey and £20 at Christmas when he did my last clean of the year. Then he just vanished into the ether. Caught up with him and he said my windows were a pain in the ass to reach confused Not sure tipping has the desired effect round these parts.

Give the postie something in an envelope as he is brilliant. Binmen, there are so many of them, may just get a big tin of chocolates to share. They are nice, ring my bell when I leave my car door open all the time
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: Mick Kent on December 13, 2016, 07:15:58 pm
I gave my wheelie bin cleaner a £10 xmas tip and he was over the moon, i clean his gf's windows and she gave me sweet  FA. Such is life
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: LT carpet cleaning on December 13, 2016, 07:16:05 pm
same.more and more pay online these days.im bang on £200 at the moment but theres still the rest of this week and next and probably a few in the new year. ;D

so far its paid for my new stereo in my GTI. 8)

Stereo? Is it 1990?
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: 8weekly on December 13, 2016, 07:21:42 pm
I enjoyed this thread. Is the OP thick or what?  ;D

http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1366223-To-not-know-about-christmas-tipping-and-want-to-know-if-you-do

this made me laugh

perfumedlife Mon 19-Dec-11 10:13:34
I always gave my window cleaner bacon rolls, bottle of whiskey and £20 at Christmas when he did my last clean of the year. Then he just vanished into the ether. Caught up with him and he said my windows were a pain in the ass to reach confused Not sure tipping has the desired effect round these parts.

Must be West Berkshire.
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: tlwcs on December 13, 2016, 07:30:14 pm
£43
My customers hate me
The feeling is mutual though  :o
Made me laugh
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: dazmond on December 13, 2016, 07:46:19 pm
same.more and more pay online these days.im bang on £200 at the moment but theres still the rest of this week and next and probably a few in the new year. ;D

so far its paid for my new stereo in my GTI. 8)

Stereo? Is it 1990?

ICE then! ;)
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: Stoots on December 13, 2016, 08:39:36 pm
Zero thus far

All mine are online and im not the most social anyway, a quick grunt of a hello if i must and im off
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: nathankaye on December 13, 2016, 08:49:23 pm
My tip
"Your cleaning too fast, slow down"
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: richard groves on December 13, 2016, 08:50:30 pm
Just add a December "service charge"  :P :-X ;D
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: 8weekly on December 13, 2016, 08:51:12 pm
My tip
"Your cleaning too fast, slow down"
 ;D ;D ;D
Don't give up the day job.

My tip.  ;D
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: dazmond on December 14, 2016, 08:43:05 am
Zero thus far

All mine are online and im not the most social anyway, a quick grunt of a hello if i must and im off

well dont get your hopes up of building up a good domestic round then(well better than "average").people buy people up here in the north west.personality goes a long way in picking up customers through word of mouth and recommendation as well as the usual doing a good job,reliable and trustworthy. :)

you just wont do as well as a more outgoing friendly window cleaner. ;)
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: nathankaye on December 14, 2016, 09:28:57 am
Zero thus far

All mine are online and im not the most social anyway, a quick grunt of a hello if i must and im off

well dont get your hopes up of building up a good domestic round then(well better than "average").people buy people up here in the north west.personality goes a long way in picking up customers through word of mouth and recommendation as well as the usual doing a good job,reliable and trustworthy. :)

you just wont do as well as a more outgoing friendly window cleaner. ;)

Not quite true. You just need balls apparantly and apply a service charge to each customer. Instant tips  ;D
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: SeanK on December 14, 2016, 09:42:06 am
Zero thus far

All mine are online and im not the most social anyway, a quick grunt of a hello if i must and im off

well dont get your hopes up of building up a good domestic round then(well better than "average").people buy people up here in the north west.personality goes a long way in picking up customers through word of mouth and recommendation as well as the usual doing a good job,reliable and trustworthy. :)

you just wont do as well as a more outgoing friendly window cleaner. ;)

It illegal to buy people Dazmond even in the north west and it also applies to people who still use stereo's. lol.
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: Matt. on December 14, 2016, 10:37:19 am
Don't really get tips on commercial work so I be lucky to hit £1  ;D
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: jonboywalton75 on December 14, 2016, 12:13:47 pm
Being  nice takes time and is overated
I'm  doing it for  £££££'s only  ;D
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: Stoots on December 14, 2016, 04:37:29 pm
Zero thus far

All mine are online and im not the most social anyway, a quick grunt of a hello if i must and im off

well dont get your hopes up of building up a good domestic round then(well better than "average").people buy people up here in the north west.personality goes a long way in picking up customers through word of mouth and recommendation as well as the usual doing a good job,reliable and trustworthy. :)

you just wont do as well as a more outgoing friendly window cleaner. ;)

You are probably right in that it helps but it's not in me to be chatty. I don't have much to say other than hello lol
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: Blackadder on December 14, 2016, 10:28:29 pm
Being  nice takes time and is overated
I'm  doing it for  £££££'s only  ;D




One old boy on my round gave me £25 tip last year, so every time since (and he's always in) I felt I owed it to him to stand there for sometimes 10 minutes listening to his drivel for the last 12 months,  called this week with his Christmas card.....nothing, just a 'merry Christmas'
*slaps own face*  ;D
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: jonboywalton75 on December 14, 2016, 11:47:14 pm
I'm up to £50
Wow, what will I spend it on!!!!
Last year I got £150 ish,  but £50 came on one tip
Couldn't believe that one
That was on a commercial
A bloke I have never met, (lives in Hartlepool) rings me now and again.
I did a job last year for him,  £300, Finnished by dinner time and he says have an extra £50 and treat your wife to dinner.
Never happened before and won't  again I suppose  ???
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: Mike55 on December 15, 2016, 05:32:55 pm
£43
My customers hate me
The feeling is mutual though  :o

Quality  ;D
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: jonboywalton75 on December 15, 2016, 06:14:12 pm
They must hate me
I'm  getting next to no tips>:(
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: robbo333 on December 15, 2016, 06:23:06 pm
Doing OK this year. I wish I could earn this every day.  ;D
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: Smurf on December 15, 2016, 06:28:45 pm
The one and only tip I got was to get a real job as yer crap at this one  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: JandS on December 15, 2016, 06:58:48 pm
"I did a job last year for him,  £300, Finnished by dinner time and he says have an extra £50 and treat your wife to dinner. "

Bet you didn't even tell her about the tip... ;D
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: jonboywalton75 on December 15, 2016, 10:00:00 pm
Stupidly,  I did :'(
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: jk999 on December 15, 2016, 10:10:52 pm
I find wearing a Christmas  hat works a treat done this for over twenty five years, my customers know when the hat goes on its their last clean for Christmas but you still get the odd one will you be back before Christmas
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: Frankybadboy on December 16, 2016, 07:28:05 pm
if i told you lot you wouldnt believe me  ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Tips
Post by: dazmond on December 16, 2016, 07:35:20 pm
very slow this year.£271 up to now but i dont think ill reach last years tips(£460).turning up collecting in my GTI and going abroad 2 or 3 times a year has killed my tips methinks.

nevermind theyll be getting a price rise next april! ;D

happy xmas fellow shiners.