Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Lee Pryor on March 14, 2009, 06:33:47 pm
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Just wondering if the response is negative as its a sunday or did you find it was no different?
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no i wouldnt want to/ feel comfortable, have collected in the past on a sunday but wouldnt now, just feels a bit intrusive. apparentl though sundays are statistically the best days for leaflet dropping as no other mail arrives people pay more attention to it.
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Its all good Lee ;) had good responses from it! you'll always get the "i'm in the middle of eating my sunday roast" but i'm sure you can win them round. we have done!
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im going posting tomorrow .
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Yeah most of mine on a sunday, same as every other. Its your attitude that makes the difference, i call about 2-4 , but earlier would be fine too i reckon, i wouldnt wanna call late on sunday though :)
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my mate had an old fella knock on the door last sunday at 9.30 pm " hi im the local window cleaner would you like a quote ? " lol he got told where to go :D
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its the best day by far go out between 3pm and 7pm regards alan
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sunday afternoons are good
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Sundays are ok as long as it's after 7pm...7pm onwards and the weekend is over and people are back into work mode. I happily phone people Sunday evenings to arrange a clean for the coming week.
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seen 2 window cleaners in windsor working on domestics on a sunday
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Cleaning windows on a sunday i plain wrong, that is mostly peoples day off/ day of rest,
Knocking on a sunday for canvassing personally it would not bother me so I would say do it, you will always come across people that object but these type of people noramally object doing it any day of the week.
If someone canvassed my house on a Sunday I would listen to them I would not have a problem with it. Hence why I would say go for it.
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I'm not canvassing today but I'm going to give someone that phoned a quote later. Only because its on my way to the pub lol
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I'm not canvassing today but I'm going to give someone that phoned a quote later. Only because its on my way to the pub lol
I got a call today for a clean tomorrow thats now booked, so this also tells me people really dont mind that much, for the ones that do, oh well ::)
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id tell you and anyone where to go its a day of rest to be with the family get a life.
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id tell you and anyone where to go its a day of rest to be with the family get a life.
::) ::)
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id tell you and anyone where to go its a day of rest to be with the family get a life.
Dont you think thats a bit strong?
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id tell you and anyone where to go its a day of rest to be with the family get a life.
Dont you think thats a bit strong?
so how did it go Lee?
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not at all to much intrussion into others space.
you need time off to charge up; you find if you work hard through the week the weekend
is important. youl get us a bad name like double glazing sales
folk dont want retards on there doorstep on a sunday :)
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well Steve im glad you asked
2 hours knocking
8 quotes
5 new customers and the rest to chase up later in the week
£100.00 added to this coming week
£860.00 added to the years turnover
not bad id say.
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dont want retards on there doorstep on a sunday :)
you can speak for yourself on that one!! ;D
well done Lee sounds good ;)
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not at all to much intrussion into others space.
you need time off to charge up; you find if you work hard through the week the weekend
is important. youl get us a bad name like double glazing sales
folk dont want retards on there doorstep on a sunday :)
I think you will find people really dont mind, it is the small minded people that are a minority, nothing wrong with it at all imo
Ian.
p.s Lee you dont sound like a retard to me, more of a clever business man
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i mind people pestering at the door specially if footballs on
nothing worse than when you just sat down to your tea and you get a cold caller on the phone ;D
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well done lee , there really are some idiots on here regards alan
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i mind people pestering at the door specially if footballs on
nothing worse than when you just sat down to your tea and you get a cold caller on the phone ;D
Actually it's not legal for telesales people to operate on a Sunday. 9am to 9pm Monday to Saturday is the law.
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i mind people pestering at the door specially if footballs on
nothing worse than when you just sat down to your tea and you get a cold caller on the phone ;D
Actually it's not legal for telesales people to operate on a Sunday. 9am to 9pm Monday to Saturday is the law.
i meant during the week with the phone,so thats why we dont get calls Sunday,maybe that law applies to door knocking because the crews that pester you to change gas suppliers dont operate on Sundays ;D
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i mind people pestering at the door specially if footballs on
nothing worse than when you just sat down to your tea and you get a cold caller on the phone ;D
Actually it's not legal for telesales people to operate on a Sunday. 9am to 9pm Monday to Saturday is the law.
I did this for years opps ::), but made a packet in that time working for a telesales business :-\ So I would like to see the law on this
weekends seemed to be the best time 4 till 8pm
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so all you that dont mind what do you think when a jehoves witness lands on your doorstep
oh great nice to see you/ why do you think no one else does this on a sunday?
if you spent time with family may be youd control your children better not have your teenage daugters
coming home pregnant. live to work or work to live your choice in the end
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so all you that dont mind what do you think when a jehoves witness lands on your doorstep
oh great nice to see you/ why do you think no one else does this on a sunday?
I find the majority of people don't mind, and are quite pleasant ;)
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i mind people pestering at the door specially if footballs on
nothing worse than when you just sat down to your tea and you get a cold caller on the phone ;D
Actually it's not legal for telesales people to operate on a Sunday. 9am to 9pm Monday to Saturday is the law.
I did this for years opps ::), but made a packet in that time working for a telesales business :-\ So I would like to see the law on this
weekends seemed to be the best time 4 till 8pm
I did a course years back and I definately remember that it's 9-9 Monday to Saturday. Mind you it could have changed since then.
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so all you that dont mind what do you think when a jehoves witness lands on your doorstep
oh great nice to see you/ why do you think no one else does this on a sunday?
I find the majority of people don't mind, and are quite pleasant ;)
JWs are absolutely harmless. Rather them than some soap-dodger trying to sell dusters at £5 for a pack of 3 out of a suitcase.
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so all you that dont mind what do you think when a jehoves witness lands on your doorstep
oh great nice to see you/ why do you think no one else does this on a sunday?
if you spent time with family may be youd control your children better not have your teenage daugters
coming home pregnant. live to work or work to live your choice in the end
Jehoves make me laugh i clean near one of there churches and 9 am they all turn up and then set off door knocking,they do the same streets,miss the houses were people are in and knock on doors where nobody is in,they do this in 2s and just spend the morning gossiping ;D
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so all you that dont mind what do you think when a jehoves witness lands on your doorstep
oh great nice to see you/ why do you think no one else does this on a sunday?
I find the majority of people don't mind, and are quite pleasant ;)
JWs are absolutely harmless. Rather them than some soap-dodger trying to sell dusters at £5 for a pack of 3 out of a suitcase.
soap dodger LOL
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when you think about it you dont even get calls from india on a sunday
i get them all the time through the week but i recon im a top business man and have never
had to graft on a sunday must be doing something right? even though i may be dim
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so all you that dont mind what do you think when a jehoves witness lands on your doorstep
oh great nice to see you/ why do you think no one else does this on a sunday?
I find the majority of people don't mind, and are quite pleasant ;)
and you will find that it's not just sundays that no one else does it :)
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so all you that dont mind what do you think when a jehoves witness lands on your doorstep
oh great nice to see you/ why do you think no one else does this on a sunday?
if you spent time with family may be youd control your children better not have your teenage daugters
coming home pregnant. live to work or work to live your choice in the end
JW's are good for a cup of tea and a chat. ;)
as for working to live and not living to work your right but just cause a sunday could be canvassed it doesn't mean the other 6 days are all being worked to ;) this week i've had a brand new bathroom fitted. i have worked 2 days out of seven, watched my bathroom be fitted ;D and took my kids to a 3 hour party today. i think that qualifys as working to live. even though there wasn't much work done! ;D ;D
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so all you that dont mind what do you think when a jehoves witness lands on your doorstep
oh great nice to see you/ why do you think no one else does this on a sunday?
if you spent time with family may be youd control your children better not have your teenage daugters
coming home pregnant. live to work or work to live your choice in the end
JW's are good for a cup of tea and a chat. ;)
as for working to live and not living to work your right but just cause a sunday could be canvassed it doesn't mean the other 6 days are all being worked to ;) this week i've had a brand new bathroom fitted. i have worked 2 days out of seven, watched my bathroom be fitted ;D and took my kids to a 3 hour party today. i think that qualifys as working to live. even though there wasn't much work done! ;D ;D
didnt you trust the plumber on his own ;D
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so all you that dont mind what do you think when a jehoves witness lands on your doorstep
oh great nice to see you/ why do you think no one else does this on a sunday?
if you spent time with family may be youd control your children better not have your teenage daugters
coming home pregnant. live to work or work to live your choice in the end
JW's are good for a cup of tea and a chat. ;)
as for working to live and not living to work your right but just cause a sunday could be canvassed it doesn't mean the other 6 days are all being worked to ;) this week i've had a brand new bathroom fitted. i have worked 2 days out of seven, watched my bathroom be fitted ;D and took my kids to a 3 hour party today. i think that qualifys as working to live. even though there wasn't much work done! ;D ;D
didnt you trust the plumber on his own ;D
i was paying him so i thought i'd watch ;D my custies do it to me when i work so i thought i'd do the same ;D ;D
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i mind people pestering at the door specially if footballs on
nothing worse than when you just sat down to your tea and you get a cold caller on the phone ;D
Actually it's not legal for telesales people to operate on a Sunday. 9am to 9pm Monday to Saturday is the law.
its till 8 actually mid week, and cant remember what time sunday but it isnt illegal at all, and most of them times are for big companies... freeness of speech - you can go where you want as long asyou leave when thet say so!
and 99.9 % are fine with you calling... i bet all you who dont like the idea dont even door knock and have never tried doing it on sunday- get your pitch right and its a good day to catch people in a chilled mood!!
lees success today proves it - bad experiences door knocking are mostly down to you not the householder - its how you deal with them!!
:)
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never done it never needed to :P
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never done it never needed to :P
same here ;D ;D
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never done it never needed to :P
thats good, but doesnt mean no one else will :)
others want to be bigger and better and have to knock at weekend when they have time :)
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never done it never needed to :P
thats good, but doesnt mean no one else will :)
others want to be bigger and better and have to knock at weekend when they have time :)
buy more work its easier ;D ;D
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never done it never needed to :P
thats good, but doesnt mean no one else will :)
others want to be bigger and better and have to knock at weekend when they have time :)
buy more work its easier ;D ;D
then you end up with a lot of underpriced kak work! build your own then you can earn more ;)
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never done it never needed to :P
thats good, but doesnt mean no one else will :)
others want to be bigger and better and have to knock at weekend when they have time :)
buy more work its easier ;D ;D
then you end up with a lot of underpriced kak work! build your own then you can earn more ;)
Exactly , the last two bits of work i bought were absolute sh it
But i am glad - it taught me something - people only sell crap work unless they are retiring!!
So canvass your own!! How do you think the round you are buying came about to start with !! If you canvass a bit in one area, then get in there do a good job and leaflet drop regular you will pick it all up eventually, other window cleaners come and go and when they do its yours :)
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and when they go and its all yours you can work 8 days and nights to come to think of it why
dont you just clean in the dark make more good business ;)
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when it comes to working to live or living to work I see my business as more of a hobey than work that I build a little every day. although I went knocking today i will work from home tomorrow, Since starting as a window cleaner I have seen the weekend as just other days in the week. I only knocked today as I had a quote booked for 2.30pm then another at 5. as they were on the edge of the area we cover I didnt want to drive home then go back, so made use of the time. And Im glad I did, in fact i plan to do the same again next week. I didnt get a single rude person today either. I would have only sat at home doing nothing anyway which i hate.
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take up cycling or scooters or moter bikes or football maybe go to church
watch tv or go to pictures or go for a meal get your self a dog take up fishing
hang gliding even rest
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Exactly , the last two bits of work i bought were absolute sh it
But i am glad - it taught me something - people only sell crap work unless they are retiring!!
what do you expect ,them to sell you good work and keep the bad, buy work and you are earning all the time if its bad get better then sell the bad,thats buisness ,sat on your arse waiting for good work doesnt pay the bills
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do you ever see the shineing all work no play makes jack a dull boy/
all work no play makes jack a dull boy/ all work no play makes jack a dull boy
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When I was starting I canvased on Sundays, and very successfully too. No good knocking if they're out, Sundays the best day to catch them in.
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so all you that dont mind what do you think when a jehoves witness lands on your doorstep
oh great nice to see you/ why do you think no one else does this on a sunday?
if you spent time with family may be youd control your children better not have your teenage daugters
coming home pregnant. live to work or work to live your choice in the end
What a strange and ignorant thing to say. ::) JW's have lower teenage pregnancy rates than the rest of society, and other religious groups. They are not perfect, but in general have a good family life, low divorce rates, and like them or hate them they seem pretty cheerful don't they?
But sometimes teenagers will do whatever the hell they want and forget the consequences.
We strive to protect our kids from all the rubbish other people just worry about, my kids don't have a TV for a babysitter, I spend nearly all my free time being a good Dad, not down the pub, or indeed knocking on doors.
Perhaps you are having a dig at an individual...It happens sometimes I'm sure.
And by the way a polite 'No thanks' will do the trick usually. :)
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sparkle read it again i dont say jw get pregnant i say spend time with family
bring your kids up if you have them if you havent at least take up train spotting
just leave people to get on with life least you can do they have a hard week aswell
read better next time
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sparkle read it again i dont say jw get pregnant i say spend time with family
bring your kids up if you have them if you havent at least take up train spotting
just leave people to get on with life least you can do they have a hard week aswell
read better next time
You're right that is what you said. I did mis-read. Sorry been a long day, not sure how I missed that...Just driven over 200 miles to see the wife's Grandmother, I guess half my brain is still on the motorway.
That is good advice for everyone, spend less time at work and more with your family. Make a living and then come home, neglect your family and it will probably end in tears...
I apologise I was wrong to jump down your throat for something you hadn't even said.
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sparkle read it again i dont say jw get pregnant i say spend time with family
bring your kids up if you have them if you havent at least take up train spotting
just leave people to get on with life least you can do they have a hard week aswell
read better next time
What you are meaning to say is you dont want to go out on a sunday, dont dress it up fella, i dont work (as some would class it) weekends but there is nothing wrong with it at all. I work 7 days a week, I have done the odd bit of canvassing when wife is at sisters for an hour as i would be bored earning extra instead of sitting being bored is good, my family life is very good i spend more time with my kids than most people i know that work, yet, oes this mean if you work 9/5 mon to friday it is better ? if you have staff that goes straight away, you still have to work to grow but you and not tied to the though patten of the 9 till 5 people ;) if you work for yourself as a one man band you may choose to work hard for three days a week and canvass at weekends. I think you are saying what you think only m8, nothing wrong in what you think, but others are different from you!
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no probs but ive wrote on here before and not been understood so i try to becarefull
how i word things
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That's true actually when I had a 'normal' job I left the house at 6.30 got in about 6, too tired to do much. Whereas now I'm home more, and I do the school run Fridays to give the wife a break.
It's that old buzzword work-life balance. I could work 6 days a week, but I think you would miss so much.
The difference between being skint and having enough is far greater than the difference between having enough and having loads.
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i used to do paint jobs sat sun next week draged never got half the work i do now
infact wifes started working sats hates it same thing dont get two days off you feel it
false ecconemy if you ask me but i admit i do think things have gone far too far infact 24 hour
work ethics no good i dont mind going to a shop staff know they work sun but i wouldnt
force myself on the public in there time like good fri easter mon who in there right mind would work
them days whats next xmas day ;
rant over been a great day today evry one deserves one day a week take my advice next time
you get bored get out to a tapas bar eat well and make sure you drink at least two jugs of sangria
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when the kids were small 25 years ago i worked six and half days a week,and i was jaded,i would be out sat night and be falling asleep
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I love finishing about 3. Either me or my wife will pick our son up and then we get to spend the rest of the day together. It's great when you can say that your family are your best friends !! ;D
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I agree, why would you go out to knock on peoples doors on a sunday? Like door knocking through the week wasnt enough. I read somewhere some guys wife packed up and left him because all he ever thought about was his dam business, He made a post on a forum about it and gave his advice: ''Dont make the same mistake i did, i feel so alone.''
Really people is your business worth more to you then your family?
People have lost track of whats really important here.
But by all means, everyone to there own! My hat comes off to ya! 8)