Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: johnny_h on March 27, 2008, 07:18:17 pm
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a customer has moved back to japan for 2 years owing £10 for a clean, now normally i would write it off but a move like that takes months to organise so they must of been well aware so this time i would like to get my money question is can i register the debt to the address?
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Ask the new owner if they still want their windows cleaned.if they say yes charge £11 a clean at the end of the year you will have got your money back +£2 in intrest ;D
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I've had this happen to me, what really surprises me is the people that will cheat you if they know they can get away with it.
School teachers, middle class professionals. A person's integrity has absolutely nothing to do with their class. Dai
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Don't you think he may have forgotten about the £10 due to the wc when he was organising the move back to Japan? Write it off and move on
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write a letter to the jap embassy .tell them ur problems ,tell them if no action is taken against this man ,us british window cleaners ( or me .n. u ) will stop buying rice etc ,
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Do you squeak when you walk ? Forget it written off ........ " this parrot is dead " ( monty python sketch ) Let it go ::)
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one of my customers owes me £30, 3 cleans £10 a clean, went yesterday to try yet again to get paid only to find a for sale sign put up. i keep a back pack in the van,so i filled it up with tap water from their ouside tap and gave them a free clean.
i hope they appreciate my kindness ;D
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yeah you can file a small claim against them. you'll have lots of papers to fill in, court fees to pay and will have to take at least half a day off work. you will probably win the case but then you will need to try to enforce the 10 pound owing. you could employ a bailiff, although that might set you back a few quid only for them to tell you they cant find the guy. now that you have spent a few hundred quid on top of your lost wages you might be wondering.... was it worth it all? take some comfort in knowing that you gave a good laugh to the judge, the court clerk who processed your claim, the bailiffs office and if he ever finds out about it, the customer.
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a customer has moved back to japan for 2 years owing £10 for a clean, now normally i would write it off but a move like that takes months to organise so they must of been well aware so this time i would like to get my money question is can i register the debt to the address?
Years ago, a customer went abroad for a few years to run a car sales company in the middle east. He left owing me a few quid and rented his house out. I was a bit put out by this lack of consideration - particularly as he had said he was going to send it to me. Anyway, I continued cleaning several of the houses around about. A few years later, I was parked outside his house having a sarnie when he came out and paid me. Can't be sure but I reckon it took about 4 years in all. It was a nice little bonus as I had written it off years before. If the guy is renting his house out, have a look in a couple of years time to see if there are any signs that he has moved back in.
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one of my customers owes me £30, 3 cleans £10 a clean, went yesterday to try yet again to get paid only to find a for sale sign put up. i keep a back pack in the van,so i filled it up with tap water from their ouside tap and gave them a free clean.
i hope they appreciate my kindness ;D
like it mate ;D ;D
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i had a pair of teachers fleece me for 57 quid once, 3 cleans, they even spoke to me the day i cleaned them, said they were in a rush and would pop a cheque in the post, next day i arrive to do some more in the street and a removal van is in the street with people moving into the house :(
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i had a pair of teachers fleece me for 57 quid once, 3 cleans, they even spoke to me the day i cleaned them, said they were in a rush and would pop a cheque in the post, next day i arrive to do some more in the street and a removal van is in the street with people moving into the house :(
my mates a plumber, he told me years ago
that teachers are the worst :D :D
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try and find his address then nip over there 2 collect your money.would be worth just 2 see the look on his face when you tell him youve come for your £10.