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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: AuRavelling79 on July 14, 2009, 11:26:20 pm

Title: Lost a commercial today.
Post by: AuRavelling79 on July 14, 2009, 11:26:20 pm
Got a phone call on a little commercial today "due to the recession blah blah head office cutting out everything non-essential blah blah.

Not the end of the world at £40 a month but a pain all the same ...

First one to go in two years. Sigh!
Title: Re: Lost a commercial today.
Post by: Niall McAllister on July 15, 2009, 12:18:01 am
typical wait till the recession in just about finished before canceling.
you can't deal with some people.
but something better always comes along ;)
Title: Re: Lost a commercial today.
Post by: pingu on July 15, 2009, 06:57:47 am
People cancelling in a way can be a opportunity...

Lets you gain dditioanal at revised prices.

Cheers
Dave.
Title: Re: Lost a commercial today.
Post by: STEVE-UK on July 15, 2009, 08:15:01 am
one of my managing agents have just cut window cleaning to all properties to quarterly from 4 weekly ' due to the current financial climate'  :'(

Title: Re: Lost a commercial today.
Post by: stephen s on July 15, 2009, 09:41:41 am
I lost a small office block back in March due to the recession  but the sad thing is a month later I was driving past and noticed it all boarded up  meaning that the poor 40-50 people working there had lost their jobs.

this recession is far from over and although fuel prices have steadied again after creeping up of late,   it would only take the middle east oil barons to do what they did last year to cause absolute chaos and hit industry big time.
Title: Re: Lost a commercial today.
Post by: landy2 on July 15, 2009, 06:55:43 pm
i agree this ressesion is far from over people are still losing there jobs on a big scale houses are still getting taken of people i had two reposesions on one of my rounds today
Title: Re: Lost a commercial today.
Post by: stephen s on July 15, 2009, 07:13:54 pm
unemployment figures up again today and I honestly think is gonna get worse before it gets better.

thankfully for window cleaners that people are still house proud and want their windows cleaned even if more and more are going from monthly to bi-monthly
Title: Re: Lost a commercial today.
Post by: windowswashed on July 15, 2009, 07:59:40 pm
If I tell my girlfriend I've lost a customer, she replies: "that's life, get over it". Morale of the story forget it and move onwards and upwards.
Title: Re: Lost a commercial today.
Post by: matt on July 15, 2009, 08:31:33 pm
though to be fair, we are seeing " green shoots " the housing market is slowly moving again
Title: Re: Lost a commercial today.
Post by: stephen s on July 15, 2009, 10:27:38 pm
If I tell my girlfriend I've lost a customer, she replies: "that's life, get over it". Morale of the story forget it and move onwards and upwards.









yep  she tells me exactly the same thing  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D