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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: AuRavelling79 on May 13, 2009, 04:07:39 pm

Title: Drove off without getting paid!
Post by: AuRavelling79 on May 13, 2009, 04:07:39 pm: I have a terrace of four houses - all neighbours/friends who all pay for each other when not in. Anyhoo I do all the fronts and then drive round and do all the backs.

As I finish the fronts lady at 1st house asks who hasn't paid so that she can pay me all of them. I tell her one has paid and so she says when I get round the back she'll pay for the rest when I do hers (last as the backs are done in reverse order to the fronts.)

I do the backs - forget to knock on her door and drive off - that was last Friday!

She phones today to say she was wondering why I didn't collect. I just forgot and in the circs am going to pop down as it was my error.

How many other times have I done this!? ??? ::)
Title: Re: Drove off without getting paid!
Post by: johns window kleen on May 13, 2009, 04:09:31 pm: Malc it's normally the custie who drives off without paying me.
I hate that when that happens. Especially when theyve made the small talk with you. >:(
Title: Re: Drove off without getting paid!
Post by: clean on May 13, 2009, 04:17:59 pm: Quote from: johns window kleen on May 13, 2009, 04:09:31 pm
Malc it's normally the custie who drives off without paying me.
I hate that when that happens. Especially when theyve made the small talk with you. >:(

LOL ;D,I had this happen to me last job today a £20 house,she waved at me through the kitchen window smiles and i even thought to myself "yes going get paid" but nope when i got back round the front the car was gone and know one in :-\,how hard would it have been even if she hadn`t got any money on her to just say can you call back, ::)
Title: Re: Drove off without getting paid!
Post by: Window Washers on May 13, 2009, 06:26:05 pm: even worse when you forget to invoice them ::)
Title: Re: Drove off without getting paid!
Post by: Window Washers on May 13, 2009, 06:28:37 pm: Quote from: YWCS on May 13, 2009, 06:27:38 pm
not just me that's a numpty then :)
Never said I was a numpty :P
Title: Re: Drove off without getting paid!
Post by: Sunshine/Cleaning on May 13, 2009, 06:45:29 pm: Yes done that as well!
Title: Re: Drove off without getting paid!
Post by: Nathanael Jones on May 13, 2009, 06:46:06 pm: Quote from: windowwashers on May 13, 2009, 06:26:05 pm
even worse when you forget to invoice them ::)
Yep,.. did that just before Xmas for a 3 weekly commercial job,.. noticed i hadn't been paid in feb (6 weeks for payment normally with this one), and then noticed I hadn't typed up the invoice!
Still trying to get paid for that one! :(
Title: Re: Drove off without getting paid!
Post by: andyjm1 on May 13, 2009, 07:02:37 pm: I'm the opposite, the other week I called round to collect my money from a customer who had already paid me the day before! He did laugh about it though. :D
Title: Re: Drove off without getting paid!
Post by: karygate on May 14, 2009, 08:08:28 am: i collected off a customer round the back and then knocked the front for the money ;D
Title: Re: Drove off without getting paid!
Post by: dave0123 on May 14, 2009, 08:30:01 am: I done this the other day!

customer was going out he said i will just leave it here on the table and shows me.. great i said thanks! then i finish dont collect and totaly forgot to pick it up :(
Title: Re: Drove off without getting paid!
Post by: AuRavelling79 on May 15, 2009, 07:45:41 am: Quote from: karygate on May 14, 2009, 08:08:28 am
i collected off a customer round the back and then knocked the front for the money ;D

Done that too.