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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: jeff1 on June 25, 2006, 11:03:16 am

Title: How the hell do they make a living?
Post by: jeff1 on June 25, 2006, 11:03:16 am
HI Guy's

I was talking to another wc the other day,and the subject on collecting from customers that are not home came up.
I was gobb smacked when he told me, that if they were not at home he didn't do them. how the hell can you make a living like that? I didn't ask him as I just wanted to get away from him, he looked a really rough guy, and one I had not seen in the area before.

I do suspect he is one of the beer and fAg brigade, or maybe a summer wc.
I have the odd customer I don't like, and when I get there, and there not home, I love it, do the Job, leave my ticket, and scarper quike before they get home, and then wait for the cheque to arrive.

Do any of you guy's leave any of your jobs, when the customer is out. if so why? I think the only one's I leave, is down to access problems, sometimes I forget to Text or phone. but correct this by the next day
and complete the Job.
Title: Re: How the hell do they make a living?
Post by: Sir Squeaky on June 25, 2006, 11:19:42 am
Too right!

The only ones I do, are the ones who will always send a cheque.

I probably only have to collect about 2 houses a year....and I make sure they're around the corner.

Go to work, come home, think about it in the morning, that's me.

No collections, nothing to fill in, no wfp......easy life. ;)
Title: Re: How the hell do they make a living?
Post by: jinky230 on June 25, 2006, 12:10:49 pm
sweeky you are the envy of this forum, we just have not realised it yet

jinky
Title: Re: How the hell do they make a living?
Post by: macc on June 25, 2006, 12:21:33 pm
sweeky you are the envy of this forum, we just have not realised it yet

jinky

As long as he does not fall off his ladder.  :-X

Stay safe Squeaky, it wouldnt be the same with out you slating wfp.  ;)

macc
Title: Re: How the hell do they make a living?
Post by: DASERVICES on June 25, 2006, 10:40:34 pm

  I was speaking to a local window cleaner in the pub last night, he only charges
  £2.50 for 3 bed houses in our village. He bought the round off a window cleaner
  who has had the round for years and never put the prices up.

  Told him he was stupid and to put his prices up but he won't because he doesn't
  want to loose any customers  ??? ???

  Doug

 
Title: Re: How the hell do they make a living?
Post by: jeff1 on June 26, 2006, 06:51:23 am

  I was speaking to a local window cleaner in the pub last night, he only charges
  £2.50 for 3 bed houses in our village. He bought the round off a window cleaner
  who has had the round for years and never put the prices up.

  Told him he was stupid and to put his prices up but he won't because he doesn't
  want to loose any customers  ??? ???

  Doug

 
The two old guy's I got my round off, were charging silly prices, and it took me years to get the price up to atleast a good level, without loosing any customers, for these two guy's it was pocket money, although a well run business.