Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ricky M on October 11, 2008, 10:24:06 pm
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as if ON a FRI nite am at a forum !!
do you think the age of your van effects your biz ???
jus your veiws folks R.T
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Condition says more about you ............. i have seen brand new scruffy scratched vans that would put me off the tradesman.
Smart well signed van tells people that you take pride in your companies appearance so may take the extra care for them ;)
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no, considering if you book on the phone they don't even see your van until you turn up to do the job and if you do in-home quotes you either go in your car or the potential customer just opens the door and let you in, not bothering to look at your van.
perhaps if they see your van parked in Tescos and remember its a skip on wheels it might put them off when they are looking through the Y/Ps and see your name
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:DThis guy is so right!!
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bought an old van off a friend................its is old s reg but its clean
but for £500 i am happy!
as mike said i quote in car.......people dont see the van till i turn up for the job
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personally i think image goes a long way, i turn up to quote in my van and make sure they see it. not saying its the B all and end all but if youve got it it helps.
and certainly doesn't hurt to flaunt it.
derek
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My van is nearly ten years old and is still imaculate and have always looked after it.
Must say i usualy do quotations in my car if am not on route to do work :)
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Vans don't clean carpets...................
Most people never see the van, they see the person, so even if you take a Ninja from an estate care, it won't make any difference. It's what you do that matters and what it costs.
My van is three years old, immaculate, no signwriting
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All of our 5 vans are silver, signwritten, clean and currently all under 4 years old, it does get us noticed and gets positive comments. Same as our staff are all uniformed.
It works for us
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If you have booked a job, your van won't make any difference.
But if it's really manky it may put off a customer using you again even if you do a good job.
You also will find it difficult to quantify how much business you lose by people seeing your van buzzing around and thinking er NO THANKS!
Your driving is also judged too!
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Your driving is also judged too!
Like driving in a bus lane during the hours it is open to everybody, whilst all the lemmings stick to the outside lane ;D
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My van is 8 years old but is in good condition. Nicely signwritten and kept as clean as possible.
I get plenty of work from people seeing my van. If it was a dirty bomb then people would be reluctent to phone. I think it is madness of anyone not to have their van sighwritten. My van only cost me £80 to do. Best advertising money spent by far.
I clean my van as often as i can, doesnt matter about age but condition of van.
Alastair
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I have clean smart vans , and all 3 cost me 4k in total, I refuse to buy newer as I have had too many employees abuse them , so I put the money into nice cars for me. When I first started with CD I was so ashamed at my Areg Nissan Micra , I used to park it round the corner, ironically, I now park the Range rover round the corner on many occasions for similar ,opposing reasons.
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I dont think the age of a van will make any difference to the amount of work that your business will get. My van is 7 years old i bought it new. I am wanting a new one as i have too much gear now and have out grown this one.
I am looking at eather a VW or a Renault Traffic.
There is loads for sale at the moment, will be looking to get one for a snip in December with a bit of luck.
Mark
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Good business practice from Jason, the money saved, which is considerable, could be 100 times more productive in other areas of marketing.
Sure, you will get occasional work from signage on vans or cars, but only occasional.
Where do you look, when you want a tradesman, or service. Bet you don't sit at the side of the road van watching.
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Good business practice from Jason, the money saved, which is considerable, could be 100 times more productive in other areas of marketing.
Sure, you will get occasional work from signage on vans or cars, but only occasional.
Where do you look, when you want a tradesman, or service. Bet you don't sit at the side of the road van watching.
No but i bet you will read the van if its pulled up outside someone's house, even if your interested or not, its how we are.. inquisitive! It might be what your after.
Blank van, nothing to read.. no possible leads.
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Mark
I think you will find some good deals at xmas or in the new year as i think it will be quiet for a lot of buisness...
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I change my van every 4 years for tax reasons and appearance and also reliability sods law states that the older the van the bigger chance it has of letting you down, I'm sure some smart arse is going to say that they've had a van for 100 years and because they have had it regularly serviced it has never ever ever let them down but the truth is newer items have far less chance of breaking.
Also I have a TM in my van and if the van doesn't work neither do I.
Shaun
PS Jason do yuo park your Range Rover around the corner on the Manor or Arbouthorne? ;D
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I dont think the age of a van will make any difference to the amount of work that your business will get. My van is 7 years old i bought it new. I am wanting a new one as i have too much gear now and have out grown this one.
I am looking at eather a VW or a Renault Traffic.
There is loads for sale at the moment, will be looking to get one for a snip in December with a bit of luck.
Mark
Mark I just got 3 year old Vivaro , same thing different name , be aware that on all 3 Nissan,Vauxhall
Renault there is a 50/50 chance of a gear box fault !! normally happens 70-80k .
new gear box 2K ish Re-con £650 ish , unless you know ur onions take a tec or a mech to really see if there is any probbs, other than that they are ace vans-look the part plenty room etc
R.T
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Shaun , I only leave it in eyesite when on millionaires row = on your road
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No no I live in cardboard city although we do have car parking facilities for when the pigeons want to land ;)
Shaun
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My van is 8yrs old its still in good condition, very reliable (sailed through last three MOT`s) as long as it looks good, nicely sign written thats all that matters.
Vans dont clean carpets.
You need 3 things to clean carpets
1. Good equipment
2. Good chemicals
3. Good knowledge
If you have not got ONE of the above, then you are F##ked ;D ;D
Daryl
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I think number 4 on you list should be marketing. Marketing is as important as the cleaning itself. Having a good marketing campain is crucial and a good signwritter van to me is a major part in that.
You could be the best carpet cleaner in the world but without the jobs its not worth a sook.
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you need customers,
derek
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at the moment you can get some real bargins for vans ive been to the sales today and seen aload of combos all 55 regs with 20-40k on the clock going from 1400-1600 plus vat how cheap do you want them ok there red being ex post office but at that kind of money there cheap as chips
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I was on about cleaning carpets!!!!
How far do you want to take it????
5. MONEY (without this you cant do any of the above)
6. Drive
7. i`m bored now!!! :(
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8)
you need to be able to find your keys, that helps.
now where can i get one of them beeper key chain thingies that go off when you clap/ fart / shut the door / snore /
bring back the eighties,
invisible dog leads
or the seventies
flares and stacks and birmingham bags
sorry i'll shut up now.
derek