Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: 007 or what on April 03, 2008, 06:37:18 pm
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I suppose we all do them a bit like mates rates but for mums and dads house's we keep too special prices, well i do anyway. But now my dad has had a huge extension and i've said i'll be putting the price up by a quid, Do you agree that i'm running a business not a charity (have not put the price up in 3 years.) or do you think i'm being a tight git and should keep the price at the same rate? ???
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you charge your old man??????????????????????????????????
wot a pratt.....car beleive this crap
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my mum said she wanted to keep her own window cleaner im happy with that :)
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youve got people charging 86 yr old ladies 1.50 to put a bin out after aving her tay and bickies / now you av people charging their parents/ wtf....... r u all really making loads of bunce on ere or are all just tight sods?????????
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my mums wc let her down 3 times :(
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Its called buisiness ::)
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Stig........Why call 007 a pratt? Dont need idiots like you on these forums.
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Mum gets if for nowt....ok it's twice a year!
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After parents spend thousands upon thousands of pounds, and thousands of hours in raising up their kids, the least they can do is clean their windows for free.
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I dont do family or friends.
go to work to make money.
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I suppose we all do them a bit like mates rates but for mums and dads house's we keep too special prices, well i do anyway. But now my dad has had a huge extension and i've said i'll be putting the price up by a quid, Do you agree that i'm running a business not a charity (have not put the price up in 3 years.) or do you think i'm being a tight git and should keep the price at the same rate? ???
Do it for a sunday roast, can't beat your own mums cooking,
That's what I do,
Darren
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I dont do family or friends.
go to work to make money.
So what if your dear old mum phoned you up and said: Dave my windows really need a clean, any chance of giving them a once over when you've time?
Would you say:
a) Sorry mum i don't do friends or family.
b) Sure mum, but I have to earn a living so you'll appreciate I have to charge.
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I dont do family or friends.
go to work to make money.
So what if your dear old mum phoned you up and said: Dave my windows really need a clean, any chance of giving them a once over when you've time?
Would you say:
a) Sorry mum i don't do friends or family.
b) Sure mum, but I have to earn a living so you'll appreciate I have to charge.
No, tell her you will be there just before dinner on Sunday (best meal of the week )
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gqc...hit the nail on the head......................................and i ay an idiot
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I suppose we all do them a bit like mates rates but for mums and dads house's we keep too special prices, well i do anyway. But now my dad has had a huge extension and i've said i'll be putting the price up by a quid, Do you agree that i'm running a business not a charity (have not put the price up in 3 years.) or do you think i'm being a tight git and should keep the price at the same rate? ???
I think you should do it free of charge. How many other people would have sweated to keep you fed and watered for the first 16 - 20 years of your life? Payback time I think.
This is a late April fool, right? :)
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nice comment :)
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:)just for interest how much do u charge ur PARENTS for this job ?????????
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After parents spend thousands upon thousands of pounds, and thousands of hours in raising up their kids, the least they can do is clean their windows for free.
Absolutely, and gutters/fascias/soffitts. My father pays my cheques in whenever he goes into town, the least I can do is make sure he has clean windows whenever I have some free time.
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I would clean them every two weeks for free and look after your inheritance if i was you 007 ;D
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£25 every 6wks its got twice as many windows on the front and a window that needs a ladder to get too.
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Do my 3 daughters houses for free and one has just moved into a new house, she asked me how much I would charge her for the guttering, my reply was free to family.
If I do any work for family I only charge cost, if it costs me.
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If i do any for family which would be like every 2 years i do it for free.
I use them to test new equipment out on that way if i mess up they can't moan as they get it for nothing.
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Its called buisiness ::)
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Stig........Why call 007 a pratt? Dont need idiots like you on these forums.
Well said that man! Hear! hear! ;D
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sorry to hear of anyone charging their parents for any job , regardless of trade
My mum died a few months ago, and i wish she was here so i could do anything at all for her.. at any time .. for love.
sorry for being dismal lads...
look after your parents, you only get them once.
Gary.
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha :P
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aimed at cleaning services, not the last one
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Simon
I would say its a miracle , my mother died 2 years ago aged 56, she had more to worry about than me leaving my working day to clean her windows.
She wouldnt of expected me to either, and if she would of asked she would of insisted of paying me.
It was easier for her to have the local window cleaner do them for her for £5.00.
Why do so many people want to jump on there moral high horse ?
Do what you want to do, not what everyone else thinks you should do
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I remember when you lost your mum, Dave.
56?
I'm 54, Sue is 56.
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not moral high ground, its pretty obvious to any levelled headed caring person, wether parents like it or not....that a son would do anything to help parents.
to make their life easier, as they did for you when you were young,
cant believe some people are so bloody hard and uncaring to be honest.
my favourite house to be cleaned would be my mothers.. free... i loved being able to help in any way. she lived alone , but that would not have made a difference if she didnt.
morale high ground.?
parents are parents.
whats morals got to do with blood.
but having
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charging your folks is disgusting
my parents home is huge, takes 45mins wfp and I wouldn't ever think of charging them - I'd get a clip round the ear, and deservedly so. without your parents you wouldn't be here.
unbelieveable.
oh and I don't charge any of my family, 4 sisters and a brother, no way would I ever charge.
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charging your folks is disgusting
my parents home is huge, takes 45mins wfp and I wouldn't ever think of charging them - I'd get a clip round the ear, and deservedly so. without your parents you wouldn't be here.
unbelieveable.
oh and I don't charge any of my family, 4 sisters and a brother, no way would I ever charge.
well done, .... how nice to hear a normal caring son, instead of the " money is everything crew"
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thanks gazza - I'm not suggesting you should 'have' to clean your folks home but if you are in a position to o it then you should.
However I should point out that say a newby starts up - why shouldn't his family etc pay him for his services, he's trying to start a business. I just think most of us have been at this long enough, and are well enough estabished that to charge for family is just out of order.
catch my drift?
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yup, :)
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i do my parents and in laws for free! every month. i wouldnt dream of charging them
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I don't do my mum's windows although she only lives a mile from me. She prefers to have them done properly!
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how much did your parents charge to raise you and feed you for the first fifteen years of your life. We all have to make a living but charging your own parents ????????
Firstly I wouldnt have the cheek to put my hand out to collect it, And secondly THEYRE YOUR PARENTS !!!
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If my parents were still here I would love to 'waste' my time cleaning their house...just so I could be close to them....
No offence meant to anyone...
Dave.
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It costs about £250000 to raise up a child to the age of 17.
I'd have to clean my parents house (£15) almost 17000 times. That would be mean 3 years of cleaning your folks windows everyday.
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I don't do my mum's windows although she only lives a mile from me. She prefers to have them done properly!
;D ;D
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and you would av tay and bickies every day i bet.......lol
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I suppose we all do them a bit like mates rates but for mums and dads house's we keep too special prices, well i do anyway. But now my dad has had a huge extension and i've said i'll be putting the price up by a quid, Do you agree that i'm running a business not a charity (have not put the price up in 3 years.) or do you think i'm being a tight git and should keep the price at the same rate? ???
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Bring back the birch!!
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Although mum get it's for nowt twice(ish) a year I do charge my missus!
She's always nagged me about the state of our windows: " You're a window cleaner...spend all day doing for other people...blah blah blah"
Me: They pay me..you don't"
Her: "OK I'll pay your going rate, how much?...£20?"
I take her £20 and give it to my daughter....who then doesn't have to go to mum for pocket money.
So it's swings and roundabouts...the games we play in the Knight household ;D
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Pmsl very good
Chris
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God i feel bad :(
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God i feel bad :(
No need to feel bad about it. It could be that it reflects well on them as they may have brought you up with a keenly honed business instinct. The fact is that I've never actually cleaned my parents' windows. By the time I had started window cleaning (at 34), my mum had been dead 16 years and my father had moved hundreds of miles away some years before - so I'm hardly a good example.
Your parents are probably proud of you which is a lot better than mine would think of me. It's not just about the windows. It's about all the rest of it too.
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my dear mum, used to say... gary are you happy cleaning windows, previously was in sales with nice company car and a nice tie ;D...
i said never been happier mum.. although she always insisted if i was happy then so was she...
but i knew deep in her heart she wasnt really.... thats one of ... maybe the main reason i will make a success of this .
but i was striving to do it while she was here...
i know she is watching so i will continue to do my best...
sorry lads ... going on a bit and off topic,.
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charging your floks!!! shame on you. ever heard of karma??
if its because of time you havnt got then pay another window cleaner to do them. you tight barstool. i get the local w/c round every 2 months to do mine. hes cheeper than me. lol. he charges £10. i could of earnt £25/£30 in the time it would take me to do them. i'm quids in.
dont do siblins though. mine are scrounging dolelits so y should they get there windows cleaned for free as well?!