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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: cat9921 on January 25, 2008, 09:06:03 am

Title: UPs Only
Post by: cat9921 on January 25, 2008, 09:06:03 am
Is it Me  ;D or do you find that people that only have the ups cleaned are more likely to sack you when you go WFP.. I have losed about three so far.. Not bothered though i've picked up better customers  ;D

They try to save the pennies on cleaning the downs themselves then you clean the tops all you get is, I cleaned the bottoms last week....

As if you don't start at the tops in the first place  :D

Is it me ::)
Title: Re: UPs Only
Post by: macmac on January 25, 2008, 11:18:11 am
Maybe it's because the running water splashing onto & dirtying the bottoms :D

I wouldn't entertain a "tops only" job personally. (camel's rectum in a sand storm springs to mind ::))

tony
Title: Re: UPs Only
Post by: Dale Smith on January 25, 2008, 04:53:30 pm
I'm with macmac there, I don't even consider 'tops only' jobs. We are WFP, so you would end up doing the bottom for nothing.... no chance  ;)
Title: Re: UPs Only
Post by: cat9921 on January 25, 2008, 04:55:08 pm
I'm with macmac there, I don't even consider 'tops only' jobs. We are WFP, so you would end up doing the bottom for nothing.... no chance  ;)

I'm with you and macmac as well now, Thanks  :D
Title: Re: UPs Only
Post by: johnny_h on January 25, 2008, 07:22:11 pm
ive never heard of a window cleaner doing the up's only!
Title: Re: UPs Only
Post by: karygate on January 25, 2008, 07:44:25 pm
i think its just you
Title: Re: UPs Only
Post by: cat9921 on January 25, 2008, 08:38:21 pm
i think its just you


Thanks gary  ;D

I think your right, But there is no other WFP cleaner near me thats as Good  ;)
Title: Re: UPs Only
Post by: matt on January 25, 2008, 09:20:19 pm
i do a few houses just tops, i took them over from the last guy, it makes me laugh when the water drips down on the lower windows

they pay me, and they have for over 4 years now, so no harm ;)
Title: Re: UPs Only
Post by: Llaaww on January 25, 2008, 09:50:14 pm
I never do just top windows, over the years I have learned that those people are a waste of time and effort. They winge and wine about how the job is done and they never want to pay. Maybe a way forward with these people is for us all to refuse the job unless its the whole job. I really don't like people who just want the ups done.  >:(
Title: Re: UPs Only
Post by: johnny_h on January 25, 2008, 10:02:18 pm
if someone asked for ups only i would charge for the whole house ups only really is having the urine taken out of you
Title: Re: UPs Only
Post by: cat9921 on January 25, 2008, 10:27:32 pm
if someone asked for ups only i would charge for the whole house ups only really is having the urine taken out of you

The wife takes the urine out of me as well  ;D

I am just a walk over..  ::)
Title: Re: UPs Only
Post by: matt on January 25, 2008, 11:15:45 pm
once again, the customer is allways right

if they want just the tops doing, then i do them and take the money and away i go

its either i do them, or they get some1 else to do them

to be fair to me, i took them over from some1 else and its worked out ok tbh
Title: Re: UPs Only
Post by: windowwashers on January 25, 2008, 11:26:02 pm
I would not say no to any customer they pay min charge or more depending on the amount of up onlys  I am happy tops bottoms at the end of the day we are window cleaners this is are job.
Title: Re: UPs Only
Post by: karygate on January 26, 2008, 09:06:17 am
when you say there is nobody any good near to you do you include that snake thing outfit .
Title: Re: UPs Only
Post by: cat9921 on January 26, 2008, 12:03:31 pm
 ;D ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: UPs Only
Post by: cat9921 on January 26, 2008, 12:08:10 pm
karygate

I know a Window cleaner that employs me to do their windows, Says it all really  ;D
Title: Re: UPs Only
Post by: brett walker on January 26, 2008, 05:25:20 pm
in my expierence with customers that only want upstairs cleaned its because they are tight and dont want to pay much so they try and cut the cost down by only having the tops, but this does pose a problem when your doing them wfp

if you are a trad cleaner and you work in pairs having a lot of tops only can slow you down

Brett
Title: Re: UPs Only
Post by: cvdewsbury on January 26, 2008, 05:52:56 pm
once again, the customer is allways right

if they want just the tops doing, then i do them and take the money and away i go

its either i do them, or they get some1 else to do them

to be fair to me, i took them over from some1 else and its worked out ok tbh



 Totally with Matt I have no problem what so ever in cleaning a customers top windows,it may be that they are just tightening their purse strings and as long as you charge pro rata you can,t lose .

I,m flexible with my customers as I appreciate their business and don,t want to lose it.