Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mark groves 1966 on October 30, 2024, 10:39:10 am
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Groves window cleaning looking for sub contractors in Berkshire,Kent & London.
For commercial contracts via reach & wash work & gutter clearing via gutter vac.
Van must be un-signed
If interested please email mark@groveswindowcleaning.com to discuss.
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Unless your paying £100 a hour you got no chance of getting anyone off here ;D
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you will be lucky to find any reputable person with an unwritten van
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you will be lucky to find any reputable person with an unwritten van
Oi! >:(
I resemble that remark.
;D
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Me too mines not signwritten. Had it 2 years and never got round to it. Don't really see the point now I've not got the same enthusiasm for the business I used to have so decided not to waste my money. Plus I keep thinking of selling the van it's too big it does my head in.
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Me too mines not signwritten. Had it 2 years and never got round to it. Don't really see the point now I've not got the same enthusiasm for the business I used to have so decided not to waste my money. Plus I keep thinking of selling the van it's too big it does my head in.
I had a pair of very large magnetic signs on my van, made up by a customer. He's most upset I don't use them.
Him: Why haven't you got your signs on the van?
Me: They were getting me too much business! (name)
This is true.
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Me too mines not signwritten. Had it 2 years and never got round to it. Don't really see the point now I've not got the same enthusiasm for the business I used to have so decided not to waste my money. Plus I keep thinking of selling the van it's too big it does my head in.
I had a pair of very large magnetic signs on my van, made up by a customer. He's most upset I don't use them.
Him: Why haven't you got your signs on the van?
Me: They were getting me too much business! (name)
This is true.
Its hard to believe but as a one man band then too much work is worse than too little. Folk think you are winding them up but there is plenty of work and more windies retiring and not many want to take over. I've got to the stage that I can pick and choose who I work for and no hassle with money. I think a signwritten van makes one look more professional so I would always have it because you don't need to accept new work. In the end we run the business, the moment you let the customers running it then it will end up a headache.
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you will be lucky to find any reputable person with an unwritten van
People call you when the vans sign written, my last one was sign written but didn't get it on my current one. Was getting a few funny looks pulling up into streets as people didn't know it was me. Bought a private plate with the name on it so the people I want to know who I am recognise me with that.
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you will be lucky to find any reputable person with an unwritten van
I must be unreputable then. What's your proof? 🤣🤣
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you will be lucky to find any reputable person with an unwritten van
Nonsense. No reason for me to have a sign written van when I’m completely full.
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My van was signwritten, there was a definite uptick in enquiries when I cleaned it.
I rarely cleaned it.
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My van was signwritten, there was a definite uptick in enquiries when I cleaned it.
I rarely cleaned it.
Is all that dirt on your van declared to your insurance as modification? 🤣🤣
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I do like the look of a signwritten van but these days when i get a walk up im thinking oh no dont ask me to clean your windows i cba ive got enough to do today ;D i try not to attract them anymore than i have to.
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I do like the look of a signwritten van but these days when i get a walk up im thinking oh no dont ask me to clean your windows i cba ive got enough to do today ;D i try not to attract them anymore than i have to.
If i was doing jobs where your only dealing with that customer the one time then I would get it sign written again. Cowboy is the first thing that comes to alot of people's minds if they have booked a job and a van pulls up without the company name on it etc. I've known most of my run over a decade so it doesn't make any difference to them as the trusts already there.
Even without the current van sign written I still get calls from new customers. If there house isn't in a street I already go to then they get told I don't go in there sorry.
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I do like the look of a signwritten van but these days when i get a walk up im thinking oh no dont ask me to clean your windows i cba ive got enough to do today ;D i try not to attract them anymore than i have to.
If i was doing jobs where your only dealing with that customer the one time then I would get it sign written again. Cowboy is the first thing that comes to alot of people's minds if they have booked a job and a van pulls up without the company name on it etc. I've known most of my run over a decade so it doesn't make any difference to them as the trusts already there.
Even without the current van sign written I still get calls from new customers. If there house isn't in a street I already go to then they get told I don't go in there sorry.
I agree if you are offering more of a one off service then marketting, branding etc becomes more important. But window cleaning runs itself almost and most people don't really care the same when they are only handing over 15 quid as opposed to a 5k landscaping job etc.
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Personally I like to have a sign written van. Also I always take on new jobs if it suits me because my round is slightly changing from month to month,year to year. Customers come and go. They move,die or become too ill to be viable jobs anymore.
Replacing jobs or getting the new owners of a previous job allows for better pricing so my round is constantly evolving and always becoming that little bit more profitable.
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I do like the look of a signwritten van but these days when i get a walk up im thinking oh no dont ask me to clean your windows i cba ive got enough to do today ;D i try not to attract them anymore than i have to.
I know what you mean, I dread it when I see someone walking to the van....most of the time they are weirdo time wasters just there to waste your time .
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I do like the look of a signwritten van but these days when i get a walk up im thinking oh no dont ask me to clean your windows i cba ive got enough to do today ;D i try not to attract them anymore than i have to.
I know what you mean, I dread it when I see someone walking to the van....most of the time they are weirdo time wasters just there to waste your time ;D
100 %. Lost count the number of walk ups asking for a quote and a card and then never hearing from them.
I too dread a walk up thinking I CBA these days now I'm flat out
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I do like the look of a signwritten van but these days when i get a walk up im thinking oh no dont ask me to clean your windows i cba ive got enough to do today ;D i try not to attract them anymore than i have to.
Don't make eye contact 😂
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When I upgrade the van, I’m gonna leave it without any sign writing this time. I like the idea of cutting up people in traffic without my business splashed all over the van ;D
On a serious note, I’m doing more gutter replacement jobs these days through separate website and brand name, so I want the van plain so I can be flexible with the future business names.
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I do like the look of a signwritten van but these days when i get a walk up im thinking oh no dont ask me to clean your windows i cba ive got enough to do today ;D i try not to attract them anymore than i have to.
I know what you mean, I dread it when I see someone walking to the van....most of the time they are weirdo time wasters just there to waste your time ;D
100 %. Lost count the number of walk ups asking for a quote and a card and then never hearing from them.
I too dread a walk up thinking I CBA these days now I'm flat out
1. I'm never flat out with work
2.I always take on new work due to natural shedding
3.some walk ups have turned into great,regular jobs over the years
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The problem we have is we don't know what the job is like till we are finished. We can speculate what it will be like but unless we have done something similar then its a guessing game. I used to think flats were a licence to print money until the person below started complaining the water was marking their windows. If you get the full side then its great but it doesn't seem to workout like that.