Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: M.Acorn on March 11, 2010, 02:33:23 pm
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Still a way off being out the shizzle,but i have booked a couple of big jobs today ;D Was getting too close,was weighing up either selling more studio equipment,my technics decks,or parts i had collected for my 16valve conversion for the car ;D.
Posted on face book this morning how i am waiting to hear from mr tax man,flipping letter turned up in the post this morning.
Had even considered cleaning upholstery,using just my sprayer and the machine to suck it up,if the pump had gone !!
Closest i have been to going under in the 6 years i have been running
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Keep plugging away Mark mate. I know of a few people who are strugging so far in 2010 (gona be a tough on i think).
Dont get too dishartend (easy to say i know), keep up the marketing side especialy quiet times. I take it you dont do upholstery, maybe invest in a course and tool and see what work you get.
All the best and well done on the jobs.
J
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I think 2010 will be tougher then last year.
Mark, put the Roc on the back burner, you got to keep the business going as 1st priority - its your income.
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hi mark its beeen a right hard few months but things will get better im sure
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fairplay m8 i forgot what like to hear the phone ring its bad
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Mark i would get shut of the car mate and get some good machines and it will get youmore work rather than struggle on as it sounds if the pump will go soon mate..
Look at newbies like derek whos going good as he has put his set up first and is paying off.
Good luck mark
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Forget all this about the recession. The reason it's been quiet is because of the lousy weather. Once it warms up, we will all catch up with things and be extra busy, just stick it out, it's round the corner.
Dave.
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yeh you could be right there dave, ;)we have to just ride the storm im getting more commercial work which will keep me going i hope,
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Hi Guys
I agree with Dave, Jan and Feb are challenging months for all but the well established and the weather has made this worse.
Make sure you discipline yourselves to market to your local businesses, a card delivered to a hotel, nursing home, office now may be a job in 6 months .
Cheers
Doug
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Hi Jason,yes i do upholstery,got 2 sofa`s to quote on Fri !
I like to have a grand at least in the bank as a buffer,i now have a grands worth of overdraft,at my disposal,but i don`t wanna touch that,if the pump does go again,i have money to get another one,and i will be calling Prochem,and asking what the feck is going on,pump seems to be ok at the mo,since i re connected the neg,and re routed the input pipe,so it`s not kinked (touch wood ).
Broke a front spring on my van,so need to get that sorted now,roads around here are worse than they are in Poland !! And i do forget i am in my van sometimes,and have to remember i can`t go full chat through the bends,fully laden !
Flipping wifes car had been playing up,choke sticking on,then,both the chokes were not opening at full throttle,i adjusted the cable,so you got full throttle,i drove it,and it stuck open !! Don`t know what all the fuss is about with Toyota,i just put my foot under the pedal,and moved it back up,so spent this morn stripping down her carb,and it`s now running sweet,one less expense top worry about.
Joe,the roc is on the back burner now,both van and roc tax run out end of this month,i am also putting some of that expense through my books,as i use it to go and do quotes ;D,not sure what mr tax man will think of the stuff i am doing though.
I am a pretty positive person,but very pesimistic,i allway look for the worst thing that could possibly happen in a situation,and prepare myself for it,i don`t like surprises.Some people say you cause stuff to happen thinking like that,but not i,9 x out of 10,just as i think it it happens though !!
Some people just get chosen to ber ordeal workers,i think i may be one of them sometimes..
Clinton,i couldn`t part with it mate,my studio gear,and turntables etc would go first,and i wouldn`t get rid of them.
Have been helping my wife out at her language school contracts.
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Keep your head up mark your luck will turn soon 8) 8)
ebay have a 160psi pump for £125
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That`s pretty good ! One i got from Prochem was much more than that.it`s my 40th at the end of April,my bro in law is lending me his house for the weekend,going to have a full on rave,he lives in an old Niab house miles from anywhere,got a full on Turbosound rig,inc big active bass cabs,i get centre stage,best set of the night,and i get to play whatever the hell i like ;D I have a penchant for really dark hard / industrial stuff,and will be diggindg some out for sure,was just hoping to be in a bit of a better financial situ for then.
But then my wife has said she is going to get me to write out a big list of all the stuff i have acheived,in the 40 yrs,so i can look at it whenever i feel doubt ;D
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Cleansmart ( Matt) have them at areasonable price too 130psi shurflo
http://www.cleansmartsupplies.co.uk/acatalog/Shurflo_130psi_pump.html
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,as i use it to go and do quotes ;D,not sure what mr tax man will think of the stuff i am doing though.
If you just shout from your upstairs window Mark it'll save him reading it on here
,i allway look for the worst thing that could possibly happen in a situation,and prepare myself for it,i don`t like surprises.
The words driving fast, rutted roads, full load and broken spring. You didn't see that coming?
What was on your school report? Always manages to achieve the low standards he sets himself ;D
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Still have them here,had adhd as a kid,was not known about then,E104 sends me potty,took them a long time to realise the drinks they gave me sent me mad..So i left school with geog ,metalwork,and art gcse,hence why i became a chef,got city and guilds qualifications,so didn`t mind learning stuff that was interesting,just teach me something relavent to life !
Neil,they have far more important things to do,i only claim about 30% on the roc anyway ;D
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What's a roc??
John
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What's a roc??
John
Volkswagen sciROCco , the one in the pic , I would be putting all the costs of it through the business.
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worst car i ever owned was a scirocco, cost me a fortune, if i needed a nut and bolt it cost the earth,
colin, :(
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What's a roc??
It's that thing you can see in the picture. Something that a few of us have been trying to tell Mark to stop throwing money at!
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When they were current yeah,i had a mk 1 gti when i was 18,back in 1988,it cost me a fortune,and was expensive to run.
Cost me £1800,good one now is worth 3x that !!
Just doing all the stuff to this one that i would have done to the first one if i had the cash,this one is like triggers broom.It`s getting the 2ltr 16v engine as it`s a good strong base for a lot more power,350 + easy with turbo,i had just about reached the maximum potential of this engine,without spending more than it would cost for a bigger engine,the car weighs nowt,as most of the interior is stripped out,so power to weight is good,and i can hit 60mph in under 7 sec in 2nd gear,not bad for a 26 yr old car.
Just a little hobby that`s all,keeps me out of trouble,and will see some track action too.
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if its any consolation we are dead regarding carpet cleaning at the mo :-\ but I do have a new very pro like web going up soon that will get me first page at the top Google in my area I am hoping that will make the world wake up :-\ thats why I have no machine at the mo and will be looking hard at the show for a deal :-\if they dont give me a good deal they loose :-\
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Terry,are you taking your squeegee to the show ?
Are you going to try and break your own speed
Record at window cleaning ?
Lewis Doubtfire
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Terry, where you on the CBBC program "world record breakers" about 15 years ago? if so i remember seeing you on it ;D :) legend
Tonh
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Every penny goes in the bank, i started last year so it has been tough Jan and Feb was scary just as well i put everything i earnt in Dec in the bank but picking up now thank god.
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;Tony ;D yes I was 1995 in fact it was my very first world record ;D
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It`s slowly picking up,3 bedder for one agy this morn,and i also collected payment for a 3 story town house,i will be cleaning end of march,machine better not pack up before then,did mention to the agy about getting paid prior to job,but i had a look this morn,and they are almost new looking,the tenants who have been there 7 years ,really did look after them ;D
Another job wed,inc flea treat,so should be ok this week.well back in black anyway
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;Tony ;D yes I was 1995 in fact it was my very first world record ;D
;D ha ha cool i used to love that show, was only 12 at the time but i remember. Tried to youtube it but no luck :( poo
Tony