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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: G & M on March 24, 2008, 03:18:10 pm

Title: sideline for rainy days
Post by: G & M on March 24, 2008, 03:18:10 pm
With the weather bad for weeks in the winter have any of you come up with a way of earning extra money on the side

I have often thought about selling reverse osmosis units to our customers and people in general for drinking water. When canvasing for w/c you could post a flyer for the r/o at the same time. The units are easy to install and  our experience with purified water might help.
Your thoughts on this subject would be welcome.
Michael
Title: Re: sideline for rainy days
Post by: marc on March 24, 2008, 03:51:09 pm
i think you might start losing your customers if you do that if they all have pure water they wont need you will they ,they can then just spray there own pure water on there own windows so i would go for some think else   just my thoughts              marc
Title: Re: sideline for rainy days
Post by: xxmattyxx on March 24, 2008, 03:53:04 pm
Quote from: marc on March 24, 2008, 03:51:09 pm
i think you might start losing your customers if you do that if they all have pure water they wont need you will they ,they can then just spray there own pure water on there own windows so i would go for some think else   just my thoughts              marc

My thoughts exactly, all you'd really need to do then is sell them the brush and youve hung yourself.
Title: Re: sideline for rainy days
Post by: Simon_King on March 24, 2008, 04:36:07 pm
Think I'll stick with the pressure washing and facsia cleaning on rainy days.
Title: Re: sideline for rainy days
Post by: simon knight on March 24, 2008, 04:39:35 pm

I think I'll stick to Trisha and Jeremy Kyle on rainy days ;D
Title: Re: sideline for rainy days
Post by: windowwashers on March 24, 2008, 04:47:02 pm
Quote from: G & M on March 24, 2008, 03:18:10 pm
With the weather bad for weeks in the winter have any of you come up with a way of earning extra money on the side

I have often thought about selling reverse osmosis units to our customers and people in general for drinking water. When canvasing for w/c you could post a flyer for the r/o at the same time. The units are easy to install and  our experience with purified water might help.
Your thoughts on this subject would be welcome.
Michael
Why would a person buy a RO, they can get a filter cheaper, side libe for your job when it is raining is going out there and get wet, I know many people dont and they only dont because they dont like getting wet we are all probramed this way, same as customers,
Title: Re: sideline for rainy days
Post by: Jimmy1 on March 24, 2008, 07:20:21 pm
Didn't think you could drink pure water?
Title: Re: sideline for rainy days
Post by: G & M on March 24, 2008, 07:31:41 pm
seems to be a misunderstanding the units i am talking are usually fitted under the kitchen sink and would not produce enough water for w/c. these are designed for drinking water. but I can see what you mean.
Title: Re: sideline for rainy days
Post by: Gary Oldman on March 24, 2008, 08:08:32 pm
Just branch out and become a supplier of w/c kit etc.
Title: Re: sideline for rainy days
Post by: sf on March 24, 2008, 09:48:47 pm
most of you do gutter and sofit cleaning. another idea is gutter repairs lot easier than cleaning gutters and a nice little earner