Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ryan @ Transparent, Carlisle on April 15, 2010, 10:38:47 pm
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i knocked on a large house today.... she said she already had a window cleaner but asked for a quote.
So my price was £30 every 4 weeks....... And i thought that was cheap ;D
So i asked how much her current windy charges.....
£16 :o obviously a tax evading windy >:(
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whys that , perhaps he cleans all the other local houses and makes a nice wage,you are just turning up for 1 house, get a compact round and keep the prices fair and you will always work
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whys that , perhaps he cleans all the other local houses and makes a nice wage,you are just turning up for 1 house
the house sits on its own in the middle of nowhere. So he is also turning up for the one house.
And i DO have some nice compact rounds ;)
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I do find it funny sometimes that if someone else works for a lot less than you are quoting then it is automatically assumed they are benefit cheats?
I have one cleaner in my area,well known with very compact areas,and he charges a lot lot less than i do,but i know because of how compact his round is and also the volume of business he has in the area,then he has a very profitable and legitimate business...dont tar everyone with the same brush. ;)
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I do find it funny sometimes that if someone else works for a lot less than you are quoting then it is automatically assumed they are benefit cheats?
I have one cleaner in my area,well known with very compact areas,and he charges a lot lot less than i do,but i know because of how compact his round is and also the volume of business he has in the area,then he has a very profitable and legitimate business...dont tar everyone with the same brush. ;)
thats what i meant, you have a better way with words than me ;D ;D
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whys that , perhaps he cleans all the other local houses and makes a nice wage,you are just turning up for 1 house
the house sits on its own in the middle of nowhere. So he is also turning up for the one house.
And i DO have some nice compact rounds ;)
it might be on the way to his compact work ;D
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there seems to be the attitude in this business, that if you are cheap then u are benefit cheat, but why
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to justify the stupid high prices they charge
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i agree with stan to a point!did you not say you clean frames sills, doors, and do em 2 monthly instead then she would be savin money and gettin a better job done!
if he s a likeable windy (even if he s pretty crap!) its very unlikely they would choose you over him!
you gotta offer them something more and better!even then its a case of better the devil you know a lot of the time.
i have a lot of very compact "bread and butter "work that is quite cheap but still make a nice wedge at the end of the day!stops the likes of you moving in on my work!makes good business sense and stops a lot of driving about!
dont assume hes not legit just cos he s cheaper than you!he may work 9am-5pm every day and be a real grafter and make the same money as you! ;D ;D
regards
dazmond
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Thats nothing, I priced up a job once at £65, I was told that their current window cleaner charged £8!!!!!!!!! But guess what... I still got the job!! ;D
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Thats nothing, I priced up a job once at £65, I was told that their current window cleaner charged £8!!!!!!!!! But guess what... I still got the job!! ;D
yawn yawn yawn as if
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;D ;D ;D
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look at all them sheep flying in the sky? ;D ;D ;D
Thats nothing, I priced up a job once at £65, I was told that their current window cleaner charged £8!!!!!!!!! But guess what... I still got the job!! ;D
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then he woke up ;D
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what when his funny fAg burnt his fingers?
was just looking at a tv in tesco £200,selling the exact same one in argos for £1500,i will get the one from argos,yeah right ;D
then he woke up ;D
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what when his funny f*g burnt his fingers?
was just looking at a tv in tesco £200,selling the exact same one in argos for £1500,i will get the one from argos,yeah right ;D
then he woke up ;D
;D ;D ;D
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If you are cheap you are not a benefit cheat .You are just a fool. As simple as that. You are thieving from yourself and family. I have not seen any monuments build to cheap window cleaners. Your Price should be the maximum your customer will pay you not your minimum. We try for the top price and the customers try for lower and we meet someware in-between. Its not for you to decide what the customer can afford, I think that is a insult to your customer to presume what they can and will pay. We will all pays less for everything if we could get away with it. Wake up fellows, this is not charity. ITS A BUSI
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whys that , perhaps he cleans all the other local houses and makes a nice wage,you are just turning up for 1 house
the house sits on its own in the middle of nowhere. So he is also turning up for the one house.
And i DO have some nice compact rounds ;)
Describe the house to us Ryan and we'll give our "expert" opinions. ;)
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i knocked on a large house today.... she said she already had a window cleaner but asked for a quote.
So my price was £30 every 4 weeks....... And i thought that was cheap ;D
So i asked how much her current windy charges.....
£16 :o obviously a tax evading windy >:(
He also might be able to do the job in 30 mins. ;)
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i knocked on a large house today.... she said she already had a window cleaner but asked for a quote.
So my price was £30 every 4 weeks....... And i thought that was cheap ;D
So i asked how much her current windy charges.....
£16 :o obviously a tax evading windy >:(
He also might be able to do the job in 30 mins. ;)
45-60mins it would take, one man, thats with cleaning frames & sills aswell.
GOLD, its a house, with windows ;D
big georgean windows, would have to put the ladders into one corner, do the first two "columns" of glass, then move the ladder to the other corner, and do the other two "columns"
ten tops, and i think 8 bottoms.
so about 18 big windows., 4 "columns" and 6 "rows"
anybody wants to do 18 of these windows for £16, has a screw loose.
Even for the bottom windows, a 3m ladder would be needed.
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i get away say theres another window cleaner like £2 less or the last window cleaner was cheaper,i just say your last window cleaner was no good you just told me.
also say you get doors sills and frames cleaned!
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like it clee infact ma son im aving it lol ;D ;D ;D ;D
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they tell always that they got rid of the last window cleaner because hes useless,i picked one up yesterday £9 she said my old window cleaner charged £6 i said your last one was no good and used a dirty rag she said true when can you do it!
like it clee infact ma son im aving it lol ;D ;D ;D ;D
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im keeing that one lad :D :D
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u have to be careful, the reason they might be cheap is they are building a round just to sell it, as i remmber a guy on here who said he use to go in cheap just to get rid of the other wc, then try and sell the work on, as i know he has sold a few rounds on here
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nah m8 just a slack wc triying his best
me thinks ;)
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the customers pulling your leg mate !