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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: m.b.s. on May 19, 2008, 08:49:55 pm

Title: were are they coming from
Post by: m.b.s. on May 19, 2008, 08:49:55 pm
don't know if you guys have noticed but there is a lot more window cleaners appearing i have noticed a lot round hear all with brand new vans signe written all with wfp never seen as many as alate .were are they all coming from   ???
Title: Re: were are they coming from
Post by: simon knight on May 19, 2008, 08:54:39 pm

People who've been canned from their jobs and they read CIU forum and see how much dosh there is to be made from w/c'ing....I tell you guys we should be playing the money down....

....er I struggle to get £6ph ;D ;D
Title: Re: were are they coming from
Post by: windowwashers on May 19, 2008, 08:55:08 pm
MOre than likely you will see alot of them on ebay shortly, every tom dick and harry think they know how to clean and runa business, many give up that start this time of year, wait till it is cold and see if you get the same amount (something I doubt) I see this every year without fail.

Hope your doing well m8.


Ian
Title: Re: were are they coming from
Post by: m.b.s. on May 19, 2008, 08:56:39 pm

People who've been canned from their jobs and they read CIU forum and see how much dosh there is to be made from w/c'ing....I tell you guys we should be playing the money down....

....er I struggle to get £6ph ;D ;D
more like the minimum wage  ;D ;)
Title: Re: were are they coming from
Post by: m.b.s. on May 19, 2008, 09:01:25 pm
MOre than likely you will see alot of them on ebay shortly, every tom dick and harry think they know how to clean and runa business, many give up that start this time of year, wait till it is cold and see if you get the same amount (something I doubt) I see this every year without fail.

Hope your doing well m8.


Ian
i am well thanks m8 very busy week up early all week and working the weekend as well sat and sunday :'( couple of new commerciel units first one tomoz .may even canvas others round and about as they are black as well fingers crossed .
i know were you are comming from i see this happen also every year they come and go but were do they get there money  from for all the brand new stuff .hows the van hope it fine now and catching up  ;)
Title: Re: were are they coming from
Post by: Glyn H on May 19, 2008, 09:05:37 pm
There have been about 180,000 window cleaners in the UK for the past ten years.
Because WFP helps you work faster then more work can be carried out in a day so window cleaners are traveling further to find more work, it just appears that more are around because they travel further distances.
Croydon has hundreds of Window cleaners but that doesnt stop firms traveling 50 miles from Brighton or  Essex, Maidstone etc etc  traveling here to carry out work, this just wouldnt have happened a few years ago. Likewise we travel to carry out lucrative contracts.
Title: Re: were are they coming from
Post by: steve.ternent on May 19, 2008, 11:03:17 pm
 :) I was worrying about that, down here there seems to be loads as you say sign written van, pole systems...  :-X

I used to look at the "Car washers" you know the hand wash you see in car parks /old garages and the like... Four bod's around a car!

What are they getting paid ???
If someone tells them were earning £8 per hour were in trouble  ;)  ;)  ;)

"Say no more, a nudge is as good to a blind bat...er, nudge nudge"
Title: Re: were are they coming from
Post by: peter holley on May 19, 2008, 11:07:28 pm
too many guys on forums bragging about  what they charge , and earn >:(
Title: Re: were are they coming from
Post by: mr D on May 19, 2008, 11:49:27 pm
too many guys on forums bragging about  what they charge , and earn >:(

nail and head comes to mind.

ive seen the oppersite this season. loads and i mean LOADs if tumblers. clapped out old estate cars with b&q ladders on them.
Title: Re: were are they coming from
Post by: d s windowcleaning on May 20, 2008, 12:13:01 am
don't know if you guys have noticed but there is a lot more window cleaners appearing i have noticed a lot round hear all with brand new vans signe written all with wfp never seen as many as alate .were are they all coming from   ???

dont worry about these just do a good job you will keep your custy , the more people that start wfp the better it will be as it becomes more common the better chance you have of picking more work up , if people dont see they dont no , if they see and use they soon pass word on on what a good job wfp can do .