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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: eclipse on November 17, 2004, 09:14:37 pm

Title: Reccomendation From Competitor
Post by: eclipse on November 17, 2004, 09:14:37 pm
Had a Phone call from the office today (well it was the wife actually ;D)

I have been reccomended on a personal basis for a job a few miles away from me by one of the larger franchises in the area
it seems that they quoted a price which she accepted and when they attempted to clean it there carbonating solution did not touch it

Now this is quite strange in itself being reccomended personally from a competitor but what makes it even stranger was that it was the first ever franchise that a worked for about 4 1/2 years  ago (i went back to work for them just before xmas last year  cause i was out of work and i needed some money as fire and flood work was bottoming out of the network and to cut a long story short we didnt part as best of freinds (i sent a nice email to head office who didnt like what i put)   anyway enough of me have any of you other guys ever had reccomendations from strange sources?



All The Best

Lee Robinson
Title: Re: Reccomendation From Competitor
Post by: Ken Wainwright on November 17, 2004, 09:27:48 pm
It would appear Lee that you are held in high esteem by a valued colleague. It shows that you are being recognised by those in the know for the quality of your work and your professionalism. Well done.

As for recommends/referals from peculiar sources? I suppose the most unusual for me was somebody in New Zealand arranging for me to clean her mom's carpets in Birmingham. Wonderful thing the internet.

Safe and happy cleaning :)
Ken

PS I think of everone as being a colleague rather than as a competitor ;)
Title: Re: Reccomendation From Competitor
Post by: Big_Fish on November 18, 2004, 09:24:33 am
Hi,

We are cleaning a 3p/s in a couple of weeks time.
The job was booked by the customers daughter who lives in California.

Wouldn't have bagged this one without the internet!

BF Nicky
Title: Re: Reccomendation From Competitor
Post by: strakercleaning on November 18, 2004, 05:40:50 pm
I have 3 customers who regularly book jobs here, from the US and 1 from Milan..................can't wait to be asked to go OUT THERE to do a job ;D
Title: Re: Reccomendation From Competitor
Post by: woodman on November 18, 2004, 05:46:38 pm
I had one ring me up in the summer from a yacht moored in the south of france to clean he carpets and sofas in Chelsea before she returned.

Was I envious, not a bit >:( ;D
Title: Re: Reccomendation From Competitor
Post by: Clean 'n' Tidy on November 18, 2004, 08:29:36 pm
Lee,

I have had recommendations from a local cleaning co not half a mile away. It appears that I posted a leaflet through their door and they were impressed with it. It seems that they do not want to take on any more work in the area, so they have been passing them on to me.

Kim