Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: nathankaye on July 01, 2019, 10:41:42 am
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So this is an enquiry from a previous customer who moved about a year n half ago and recently has recently enquired of a price for cleaning her windows in their new house. (I think this is 2 moves later as the cul de sac is a newly built, as i work in the area where it has been built)
The old trick of asking for best price as others want a cleaner too 😂
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1561974031_1561973756028.jpg)
Has anybody fell for this type of fake promises, apart from perhaps newbies?
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If I had received everything I had been promised I would be a multi millionaire 😂😂😂they are after a cheap job so in my books it will be expensive 😂😂
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Its just waffle and not worth paying any attention to, at least we don't get it in a pack or pach. (http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1561977406_grin.gif)
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Pach :D
Sod waiting for a reply, I would have just had a look and said it'll be next time.
I had one of these last week.
A guy rang wanting a quote for a end of tenancy as he was moving out
It was only a 2 bed terraced. A £10 job for me so I quoted £30 for a one off
He said far too expensive, only wanting to pay about a tenner.
Anyway couple of days before he was due to move out he started ringing and texting me with any chance you can do it for £20 today as we can't find anyone else and if you do a good job we might want you to clean our gutters at our new house
I just ignored him and he left me a bad review online lol :D
They think you were born yesterday, little do they know about the window cleaners special power of Spidey senses
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They probably took one look at your awful text speak and decided no.
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They probably took one look at your awful text speak and decided no.
😂 😂 😂 Speak 😂😂
If you have a dig, do it right 😎
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They probably took one look at your awful text speak and decided no.
;D
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IMO far too much text speak nathan........id simply put
first text.......hi mrs smith.yes,no probs ill call round sometime this week and text you a price.Darren.
second text......hi mrs smith. £xx first clean then £xx (8weekly frequency) on subsequent cleans (including sills,frames and doors).BACS is my preferred method of payment.i can fit you in on xxxxday.kind regards,Darren.
thats it.short and sweet.
extra waffle is not needed(or wanted)by the customer IMO....even worse if your crap at spelling..........
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IMO far too much text speak nathan........id simply put
first text.......hi mrs smith.yes,no probs ill call round sometime this week and text you a price.Darren.
second text......hi mrs smith. £xx first clean then £xx (8weekly frequency) on subsequent cleans (including sills,frames and doors).BACS is my preferred method of payment.i can fit you in on xxxxday.kind regards,Darren.
thats it.short and sweet.
extra waffle is not needed(or wanted)by the customer IMO....even worse if your crap as spelling..........
at ;D
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IMO far too much text speak nathan........id simply put
first text.......hi mrs smith.yes,no probs ill call round sometime this week and text you a price.Darren.
second text......hi mrs smith. £xx first clean then £xx (8weekly frequency) on subsequent cleans (including sills,frames and doors).BACS is my preferred method of payment.i can fit you in on xxxxday.kind regards,Darren.
thats it.short and sweet.
extra waffle is not needed(or wanted)by the customer IMO....even worse if your crap as spelling..........
Yes but Nathan loves to waffle!
Anyone who writes:
‘....courtesy text’ to a customer in a message clearly loves waffle and faff.
What Nathan says in 1000 words, most of us could say in 10. That’s just Nathan, king of waffle!
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yes more waffle than this...
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1561992049_7077.jpg)
but at least they can spell !!
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Give them a higher price.
If they ask "is that a good price?"
You can reply "it is for me!"
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IMO far too much text speak nathan........id simply put
first text.......hi mrs smith.yes,no probs ill call round sometime this week and text you a price.Darren.
second text......hi mrs smith. £xx first clean then £xx (8weekly frequency) on subsequent cleans (including sills,frames and doors).BACS is my preferred method of payment.i can fit you in on xxxxday.kind regards,Darren.
thats it.short and sweet.
extra waffle is not needed(or wanted)by the customer IMO....even worse if your crap at spelling..........
Far too much waffle? You're joking! Not nearly enough waffle in my opinion. I'm the master of waffle. Partington told me so. ;D
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They probably took one look at your awful text speak and decided no.
😂 😂 😂 Speak 😂😂
If you have a dig, do it right 😎
I did. Are you thick?
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IMO far too much text speak nathan........id simply put
first text.......hi mrs smith.yes,no probs ill call round sometime this week and text you a price.Darren.
second text......hi mrs smith. £xx first clean then £xx (8weekly frequency) on subsequent cleans (including sills,frames and doors).BACS is my preferred method of payment.i can fit you in on xxxxday.kind regards,Darren.
thats it.short and sweet.
extra waffle is not needed(or wanted)by the customer IMO....even worse if your crap at spelling..........
Far too much waffle? You're joking! Not nearly enough waffle in my opinion. I'm the master of waffle. Partington told me so. ;D
Must be true then. 8)
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IMO far too much text speak nathan........id simply put
first text.......hi mrs smith.yes,no probs ill call round sometime this week and text you a price.Darren.
second text......hi mrs smith. £xx first clean then £xx (8weekly frequency) on subsequent cleans (including sills,frames and doors).BACS is my preferred method of payment.i can fit you in on xxxxday.kind regards,Darren.
thats it.short and sweet.
extra waffle is not needed(or wanted)by the customer IMO....even worse if your crap at spelling..........
You’re 👍
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I'm too impatient to re read all my waffle to check for auto correcting mistakes on this phone that I'm. Sick off and can't wait to replace as soon as the contract is up.
But yes, I'm thick when it comes to some aspects of technology as I haven't found out yet, how to turn the bloody auto correct feature off 😠
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Nathan have you missed out some of the potential customers text? Only I can’t see anywhere in her text where she’s promised anything. As for the waffle, nice area, nice & quiet, blah blah blah, what a plonker😂 If I were the customer I’d run a mile.
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Nathan have you missed out some of the potential customers text? Only I can’t see anywhere in her text where she’s promised anything. As for the waffle, nice area, nice & quiet, blah blah blah, what a plonker😂 If I were the customer I’d run a mile.
You plonker where did I say she promised anything
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I'm too impatient to re read all my waffle to check for auto correcting mistakes on this phone that I'm. Sick off and can't wait to replace as soon as the contract is up.
But yes, I'm thick when it comes to some aspects of technology as I haven't found out yet, how to turn the bloody auto correct feature off 😠
I think you need to turn it ON!
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Nathan have you missed out some of the potential customers text? Only I can’t see anywhere in her text where she’s promised anything. As for the waffle, nice area, nice & quiet, blah blah blah, what a plonker😂 If I were the customer I’d run a mile.
You plonker where did I say she promised anything
Right at the bottom of your opening post you wrote “ has anybody fell for this type of fake promises “.
There’s the problem, so much waffle you can’t even be bothered to read your posts yourself😂😂😂
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NK - do you have large feet?
Darran
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Quite a nice area, lovely and quiet?
She probably thought you were going to show up some night unannounced wearing a balaclava and carrying a box of milk tray.
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NK - do you have large feet?
Darran
There's nothing wrong with Nathans feet.
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1562018908_6.png)
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Quite a nice area, lovely and quiet?
She probably thought you were going to show up some night unannounced wearing a balaclava and carrying a box of milk tray.
😂😂🤣🤣
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This thread is quality 😂
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If someone suggested the area I lived in was nice and quiet I'd be thinking they'd been casing the joint.
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Quite a nice area, lovely and quiet?
She probably thought you were going to show up some night unannounced wearing a balaclava and carrying a box of milk tray.
or a knife,rope and some duct tape! :o ;D ;D
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And if they also suggested it was 'quite' a nice area, I'd also be thinking they didn't think it was quite good enough for themselves.
In which case they could take a hike.
Nathan, you're not meant to pass judgement on potential customers, people think of you as a dick if you're prone to that kind of behaviour.
Did you not get the job?
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He didn't want the job because she asked for a good price ::)roll
Darran
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Too much niceness can come across creepy...especially to a woman.
And I'm sure you are a genuinely nice bloke Nathan, that comes across in your posts....but I always get the feeling you try too hard to be nice... And that's what can sound a bit rapey.
Just be proffessional, polite and to the point.
"Hi Mrs X, I've had a look at your property and the price would be £x for a 4 weekly clean of all your windows, frames, sills and doors. If you would like to go ahead just let me know and I will check when I'm next in the area. Many thanks"
Then drive off and get on with your work, don't be waiting for a reply so you can send more waffle her way.
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Wow Guys!!! or should i say critics ::)roll My opening waffle at the start of this thread, explained that she was a previous customer! OK, so i didn't tell you guys more than that, but you all suddenly had an urge to jump to all sorts of wonderful conclusions, and non of which answered if anyone has fell for such bait as gaining more work from their neighbors? Although if this was a new enquiry and somebody who I have not yet met and spoken to, then yes, I would agree with you. However this is not the case, she was a previous customer and we would have many a chats and a bit of banter, (including her hubby) in the past.
KS cleaning, her text implied that if i gave her a "good price", ie a cheaper price, then the rest of the street would probably follow suit. So in essence a promise of more customers. Is that too hard to follow? why enquire of any previous messages?
You will also be pleased to know, that I didnt stake out the place and set up camp on their front yard, desperately waiting to hear if i got a text back or not (nor hounded her for a text back because she hadnt done so within ten minutes of sending a text...............you know, like hounding a customer for not paying within several hours of cleaning their windows ;D ;D (sorry james). I spent ten, maybe 15 minutes posting flyers within the cul de sac and went off to the next job
Also, there isnt much context to the text in me saying its "nice n quite" and that's because you guys do not know the area of this new build, however my customer does and would appreciate the message in the manner in which it was meant and not how you guys have taken it. (though, i can see how you would take it in such a manner)
;D ;D See some irrelevant waffle is needed for added context for you guys to get off my back and stop nit picking at silly little things.
She did message back asking if I could lower the price, with a little banter of bartering. However, they bothed accepted my explanation as to not lowering the price and I have the job.
"Why,,,,Thank you very much..........." ;D
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So that’s a yes then ??? For fecks sake.
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Blimey Nathan, you've out waffled me with that last post.
If it wasn't for your spelling and grammar errors I'd hand my waffle crown to you! ;D
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She texted back, much later in the evening, but I'm glad u invested so much time n energy in this thread to get upset Dave ;D
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Hope I never need you in an emergency Nathan!! 😄
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Hope I never need you in an emergency Nathan!! 😄
Don't ever ask him for directions ;D
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NK - I dont know why you get upset - you start these threads you set yourself up, you trip over your own statements - it's little wonder so many take the p ,- all in good spirit of course 😊
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That's probably a good idea, as I doubt I would help. Although I may help the NHS out by sending some in the complete opposite direction and save the tax payers money from being wasted on some.
Here's a challenge for you today, if u get bored. Walk up to a black man and say, hey man, your black! Bet you didn't know that mate, did you.
Or a disabled person and take the mickey out of their disability. Or better yet, give a book to a blind man and ask him to read it to you.
If you don't fancy that, just take a lolly away from a baby.
But I'm being too harsh, my apologies, I'm sure you are all nicely pointing out some personal difficulties which I have, for my own benefit.
Do you have 6 toes then ???
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What if it was a blind man who didn't know he was black, would this be helpful ? (http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1562056049_grin.gif)
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That's probably a good idea, as I doubt I would help. Although I may help the NHS out by sending some in the complete opposite direction and save the tax payers money from being wasted on some.
Here's a challenge for you today, if u get bored. Walk up to a black man and say, hey man, your black! Bet you didn't know that mate, did you.
Or a disabled person and take the mickey out of their disability. Or better yet, give a book to a blind man and ask him to read it to you.
If you don't fancy that, just take a lolly away from a baby.
But I'm being too harsh, my apologies, I'm sure you are all nicely pointing out some personal difficulties which I have, for my own benefit.
Do you have 6 toes then ???
Did nk delete the original post ?
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probably realised what a dick head it made him look
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probably realised what a dick head it made him look
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Erm no, rather I thought it was too harsh and kinda pointless.
But thank you for proving my point
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Nathan, make yourself a cup of tea, sit down, keep taking the tablets, get off your phone and walk away from CIU for a couple of days. Go for a long walk, chill out, come back when the verbal Diarrhea has passed through your system.
Before you go, lock the thread - there’s a good chap ;)
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If someone suggested the area I lived in was nice and quiet I'd be thinking they'd been casing the joint.
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probably realised what a dick head it made him look
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Erm no, rather I thought it was too harsh and kinda pointless.
But thank you for proving my point
Yep my apologies for the remark, was out of order.
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What Nathan says in 1000 words, most of us could say in 10. That’s just Nathan, king of waffle!
In the army, that's officer material.
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What Nathan says in 1000 words, most of us could say in 10. That’s just Nathan, king of waffle!
In the army, that's officer material.
General Waffle?
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Major Waffle I’d say!
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Just wish Nathan would keep it ‘private waffle’ .
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Waffle just reminds me off Blue waffle :-X
To the original topic though, not long started out so have a few jobs successfully completed under my trad and WFP kit.
Had someone enquire about GFS and windows back and front I gave a quote which was heavily under priced due to a dead few weeks.
Customer promised the world about how others they knew were interested also...
Gave the quote which I was reasonably ok with... heard nothing back. Good luck to them!