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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: macmac on December 14, 2007, 05:54:57 pm
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Got a xmas card from a custy in the post yesterday with a message thanking me for doing my job & that they realy appreciate me :o ( i know, it's taken me this long to get back up on my feet! )
It contained 30 quid for a xmas tip, the job itself is 15 quid. they paid me last time so the whole 30 quid is a tip, I do get on well with them & have a chat & laugh with them when i'm there but i also do this with most of my custys.
So, just wondering what is your biggest tip from a domestic customer??
(apart from "don't eat yellow snow etc. etc. )
tony
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£20
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£35 football ticket
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£3 so far closely followed by £2.50
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Lots of £5, best was £10. All gratefully received.
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Buy some new kit and a new van and you won`t get anything. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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£10 from a lady who lives on her own. Bugger all from a really posh cottage with two Mercs parked in the drive >:(
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Ah, well, how do you think they got the two mercs? Its nearly always those who can't really afford it who are the kindest.
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I don`t expect tips really although it`s nice as a sign of apreciation i suppose,i`d rather price hard all year round rather than have a few extra quid for xmas.
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I don`t expect tips really although it`s nice as a sign of apreciation i suppose,i`d rather price hard all year round rather than have a few extra quid for xmas.
My mentality too, i appreciate a good year-round commitment to any tip but, like i said, i'm taken aback a little with the comment of appreciation & 30 quid! maybe it's just my good looks :P
tony
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I know some WC`s there prices are so bad that they rely on there xmas tips.
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£10 biggest also 2 bottles of wine
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just got handed a £10 tip today from a lady in a not so flash house, as usual those who can, don't and those who can't, do.
the rest teach!!
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We weren't gonna mention it but we do a £3 million house overlooking a very nice national golf course which is a very good payer. Takes two of us 6 hours to do from 8am - 2pm. We did it today and received a £100 tip....EACH!!!
Then again he has just sold his business for 40 million!!!
Not complaining though
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My best one so far this year has been £9. The job is for £31. I was very grateful and it was well received. I never tout for tips as I think that's unprofessional and a bit off so it's nice when someone makes such a lovely gesture. I've had an £8 tip as well, a couple of fivers and a few one and two pounders. I never expect a tip so it's extra nice when I get one. I do pass some of it on as well. I gave my postie a fiver the other day. He's an OK guy and bear in mind, he puts between a quarter and a third of my income through my letter box. If I bump into the binmen I'll give them something too.
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Hi,
It's your friendly tax inspector here.
So far we have 10 peoplewho had better fill in their tax returns correctly next time with some pounds sterling mentioned in the relevant graturities box.
You have been warned people, so does anyone want to better £100 times 2?
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Hi,
It's your friendly tax inspector here.
So far we have 10 peoplewho had better fill in their tax returns correctly next time with some pounds sterling mentioned in the relevant graturities box.
You have been warned people, so does anyone want to better £100 times 2?
Sure thing. I'm aware it's taxable. My accountant declares it. Some people tip by just writing a higher cheque anyway. Although I understand why tips are taxable, I do feel that the taxman should be more even handed and give tax relief to the tippers.
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Got a xmas card from a custy in the post yesterday with a message thanking me for doing my job & that they realy appreciate me :o ( i know, it's taken me this long to get back up on my feet! )
It contained 30 quid for a xmas tip,
tony
Come on admit it Tony, we all know it was a certain pole manufacturer that paid you that. ::)
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£10 up to now. I have three postmen as customers, not a penny tip from any of them, tight sods I always tip my postman.
The way I look at it, what ever I make in tips comes nowhere near what I lose in bad debts. Sod the tax man
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So far best this year £12 on a £12 house
Couple of tenners
Handful of fivers
And a £1.20! (bless!)
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£10 for a £10 job....it makes you want to go out collecting.
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£10 for a £10 job....it makes you want to go out collecting.
ive got my last 5 weeks work to collect from, i could have goine out on thursday to collect, but i gave it a miss and will try next thursday
its nice to get around collecting just before christmas and wish my customers a "happy christmas "
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Most i recived was actully yestaday £20.00 from a 20 quid customer!! she isnt short of money thou if you know what i mean.
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£8 job, got an envelope with a £20 in and a keep the change note on it, nice ;D
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I had a card from one custy, never met her, its by telephone arrangement, she left the card in an envelope in the usual payment place, saying 'Thanks for doing such a good job' with £5.00 in it as the tip, was nice to have the note almost more than the money, especially as we've never met.
This year, £5.00 has been the most any single custy has given.
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Buy some new kit and a new van and you won`t get anything. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
You're not wrong there.
Last year I had around £350.
Bought wfp, annoyed them, got £110 so far this year. ::)
(biggest one was £15 by the way, from a £15 job)
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£5.50.
Box of chocs.
Bottle of vino.
Glimpse of cleavage 12 times a year as she bent down to write cheque.
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£5.50.
Box of chocs.
Bottle of vino.
Glimpse of cleavage 12 times a year as she bent down to write cheque.
Now Im confused, or ignorant, or have led a sheltered life, or maybe all three
:o
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£5.50.
Box of chocs.
Bottle of vino.
Glimpse of cleavage 12 times a year as she bent down to write cheque.
Now Im confused, or ignorant, or have led a sheltered life, or maybe all three
:o
That's not all from the same person. :)
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I'm confused, so you actually have to say how much £ in tips you've got on the tax return? What a absolute load of rubbish.
£10 here, on a £115 Job :)
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I'm confused, so you actually have to say how much £ in tips you've got on the tax return? What a absolute load of rubbish.
That's optional for complete muppets. ;)
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£5.50.
Box of chocs.
Bottle of vino.
Glimpse of cleavage 12 times a year as she bent down to write cheque.
Now Im confused, or ignorant, or have led a sheltered life, or maybe all three
:o
That's not all from the same person. :)
With a name like Rosy, where I come from thats female, I would have thought your sexuality wasnt heterosexual. Not that that matters, just it would seem odd IMO a female broadcasting the fact that she cops a gander at another woman sweatermeat.
However with a real name of Tim, yup, Im confused.
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£5.50.
Box of chocs.
Bottle of vino.
Glimpse of cleavage 12 times a year as she bent down to write cheque.
Now Im confused, or ignorant, or have led a sheltered life, or maybe all three
:o
That's not all from the same person. :)
With a name like Rosy, where I come from thats female, I would have thought your sexuality wasnt heterosexual. Not that that matters, just it would seem odd IMO a female broadcasting the fact that she cops a gander at another woman sweatermeat.
However with a real name of Tim, yup, Im confused.
Rosy is my nick IRL, if I were a woman I would be called 'Rosie', short for Rosemary, which is not a nickname.Hope you are not confused any more. ::)
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£5.50.
Box of chocs.
Bottle of vino.
Glimpse of cleavage 12 times a year as she bent down to write cheque.
Now Im confused, or ignorant, or have led a sheltered life, or maybe all three
:o
That's not all from the same person. :)
With a name like Rosy, where I come from thats female, I would have thought your sexuality wasnt heterosexual. Not that that matters, just it would seem odd IMO a female broadcasting the fact that she cops a gander at another woman sweatermeat.
However with a real name of Tim, yup, Im confused.
Rosy is my nick IRL, if I were a woman I would be called 'Rosie', short for Rosemary, which is not a nickname.Hope you are not confused any more. ::)
*phew* :-[
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I'm not a lesbian either.
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I'm not a lesbian either.
*damn* ;D
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Best tip? £12.00 ;)
Worst tip? Advised to look both ways before i cross the road! >:(
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I love the way some people on here bang on about the tax man. We declare all our income through our accountant so we have nothing to worry about, do we!!
A hint of jealousy perhaps about our one big tip!!
I didn't start this thread just responded to it.
There's always someone who wants to put a damper on a bit of good news. Personally I would have responded with..."nice one, well done".
Happy xmas everyone.
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I love the way some people on here bang on about the tax man. We declare all our income through our accountant so we have nothing to worry about, do we!!
A hint of jealousy perhaps about our one big tip!!
I didn't start this thread just responded to it.
There's always someone who wants to put a damper on a bit of good news. Personally I would have responded with..."nice one, well done".
Yeh nice one well done. Don't have a problem with you if you are willing to pay tax on it. Personally I have a big problem with paying tax on a gift ;)
I was just putting a warning out to those who think this is a secure chat room where you can boost about cash payments, tips etc when infact it is the easiest place for some tax inspector to get his results ratio up.
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JUST COMPLAINTS no tips
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i never get tips ..anymore now ive go a newish van and pole system last tip was 2 years ago lol /... not bothered really ..
shawn
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We weren't gonna mention it but we do a £3 million house overlooking a very nice national golf course which is a very good payer. Takes two of us 6 hours to do from 8am - 2pm. We did it today and received a £100 tip....EACH!!!
Then again he has just sold his business for 40 million!!!
Not complaining though
Result ;)
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Hi,
It's your friendly tax inspector here.
So far we have 10 peoplewho had better fill in their tax returns correctly next time with some pounds sterling mentioned in the relevant graturities box.
You have been warned people, so does anyone want to better £100 times 2?
I don't accept tips, In fact I give all of my customers £100 each! Mr Tax Man, Is this tax deductable?? ;D
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As alread disclosed, I don't max out the credit card beyond £20 and xmas lunch, I thinks that's plenty.
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£10 on a £10 house ;) had lots of £2-£5 tips but slower than last year
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do a £40 house and she always gives me £80 £40 pound tip not bad ;D
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Quite a few tips but none more than a fiver so far..................and one bottle of wine.
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I got a £2 tip the other day and a little Xmas prezzie. It was a few of those mini pots of jam. Very nice too as I've got a sweet tooth (what's left of them anyway).
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Lots of tips last week, but crap this week because I'm working an area of moaners who are tight.
I really wanted to swap things around, because this area doesn't deserve the pre-xmas clean. >:(
Trouble is, I was on time, so couldn't do anything else that early.
That's the beauty of being behind, you can swap things about.
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I had a customer who gave 2 of us 10p once, and said you will be doing allright if every one of your customers did that. ::) And he really thought he was the big spender ;D
Roy
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Yesterday I was given a 12oz T Bone steak ::) and a home grown onion with a bag of mushrooms, I eat it all last night, it was fantastic.
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£20 from a £6.50 job, a very nice surprise. Now for a true story on tips I once worked with a guy who fell of a flat roof and damaged his wrist a month before Christmas he did not come back to work until April but when he did he asked which of the jobs had given us tips, he then proceded to go round the jobs that hadn't tipped us and asked for his Christmas tip and believe it or not some of them actually gave him some money! Thick skinned or what?
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best tip was on friday just gone £50.00 i usally get £20.00 i was shoced but it was nice.
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£5 for me only
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£8 !! biggest so far never really get alot as all most are pretty tight. its worst this year as i think everyone is feeling the cost of things now.
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Plenty of fivers, a few tenners.
5 bottles of wine and 6 mince pies!
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I remember when i first started i got a tenner tip from someone and thought it was a mega sized tip now i regularly get them even had a few £20 once got an expensive bottle of whisky but didnt like it so father in law got that unfortunately
Dean
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a mince pie and a coffee when it was -4 this morning was by far my best :)
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so far a small box of ferrero rocher and a bottle of plums in cognac and £13 from a £7 job
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Plenty of fivers, a few tenners.
5 bottles of wine and 6 mince pies!
...and a partri-idge in a pear tree
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Had a real good year for tips this year cleared £200 no probs surprising seeing that everyones tighten there belts this year. Best tip i got was today £30 on a £45 job joke of it is the job only takes me 40 mins.
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A bottle of "Teachers" on a £7.50 job. I get one every year from this customer, and havnt had the heart to put the price up in in 4 years. (too soft).