Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Jonathan Spencer on March 29, 2010, 11:20:00 am
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I had a phone call asking how much to clean some windows. It is a normal ex council 3 bed semi. Ie 4 upstairs windows, 1 downstairs bay and 2 windows downstairs. I said I charge £7 which includes all frames, cill and doors. She said I am a pensioner, that is too dear my last window cleaner did not charge that much and put the phone down on me.
I am in Smethwick, West Midlands. Sometimes I get customers saying "Is that all?!?!" Am I charging too much and lower my prices. ( I have had a couple say this recently)
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You need to ask why she is looking for a new cleaner.
Don`t be put off by one knock back.
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You need to ask why she is looking for a new cleaner.
Don`t be put off by one knock back.
I have decided that I am not going to lower my prices. I used to charge £6 but recently put my prices for a ll new ones upto £7.
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The old WC may have stopped going because it was under priced. Or he could have been doing a poor job and she stopped him.
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Stick to your price mate, or else you will be doing more work for less pay, & let her find out the hard way.
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I think I am pricing right for the area I live in.
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I think I am pricing right for the area I live in.
And you know better than some customer. She sounds rude anyway, you`re probably better off without her.
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my last window cleaner did not charge that much and put the phone down on me.
She sounds like a charming lady.
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how come some places are stuck in 1970's prices?
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how come some places are stuck in 1970's prices?
It was 50p for an end of terrace house in Geordieland in the early 1970s. A big fat bloke with tattoos and a hefty set of wooden ladders used to do St Stephen's Way, in Percy Main, just outside of North Shields.
In fact these are the 50p houses I'm talking about! ;D
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v737/tosh0987/b8492ed8.jpg)
I'm the little urchin on the right, with the slanty eyes, training to be a professional smoker. ;D
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50p!! mad! cool purple chopper on the right! used to have a backy on the back of my mates facing the wrong way! weight of those things! they had those cool 3 speed shifters in the middle. not such a good position for your nuts!
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i picked up a 3 bed semi in a affluent area the other week.fairly big windows and charged her £12.she nearly fell over!the last wc was charging £6 and insisted to her that he came round every 2 weeks!!in the end i got it on a 8 weekly with a reduction on price to £10 if i get 4 or more down that street.ill be canvassing after easter just before hers are due again.
if you offer a better service at longer frequency clean they usually pay more as they are saving more than havin a cheap fornightly cleaner who obviously hasnt much work! ::)AND you do a better job and earn more if you already have a pretty full round(i do!) ;D ;D
EVERYONES A WINNER apart from the last WC!!! :P :P