Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Jay Le Huray on March 14, 2019, 02:35:23 pm
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went to one of my jobs today, a nice old lady who I've been cleaning for years, it's fronts only so only 2 windows and front door, price £10.
so I get there today and she tells me that she had another guy knock the door asking to clean her windows, when she told him that she's been using the same people for many years he asked her how much she was paying and she replied £10 for fronts only
he then tried to undercut by offering to do it for £6 to which she refused and told him to go away.
don't get me wrong I have no problem with people canvassing for more work but to try and undercut a regular guy by almost 50% is unbelievable and this sort of behavior really annoys me,
glad to say that most of my customers won't fall for these tatics and are loyal customers
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If your charging £10 for 2 windows and a door I don't blame the guy for undercutting you..a tenner for 2 windows and a door is daylight robbery ;D
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If your charging £10 for 2 windows and a door I don't blame the guy for undercutting you..a tenner for 2 windows and a door is daylight robbery ;D
so what would you charge £2-50 LOL
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If your charging £10 for 2 windows and a door I don't blame the guy for undercutting you..a tenner for 2 windows and a door is daylight robbery ;D
so what would you charge £2-50 LOL
I wouldn't stop the van for 2 windows and a door !
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Flipping heck . Lol .
I do a run of fronts only as described. If I was to charge £10 I would get £140 in an hour .
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If your charging £10 for 2 windows and a door I don't blame the guy for undercutting you..a tenner for 2 windows and a door is daylight robbery ;D
I think most window cleaners have a minimum price we certainly do it’s not worth turning up for less than £10 as far as Ime concerned,
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Flipping heck . Lol .
I do a run of fronts only as described. If I was to charge £10 I would get £140 in an hour .
We do a few like this £10 a go very good earner , I wish I had mor of them , I think it was mick Kent on hear that has hundreds of fronts at a tenner a go , that’s what got me doing them as before I turned them down
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If your charging £10 for 2 windows and a door I don't blame the guy for undercutting you..a tenner for 2 windows and a door is daylight robbery ;D
so what would you charge £2-50 LOL
£6
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Assume this has nothing to do with a “pet hate” more about the OP boasting about his prices.
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If your charging £10 for 2 windows and a door I don't blame the guy for undercutting you..a tenner for 2 windows and a door is daylight robbery ;D
The fact the old dear didnt snap his hand off speaks volumes in this case. Some people are scared to ask for a descent price.
(Disclaimer lol, obviously each district is different to the next.)
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If your charging £10 for 2 windows and a door I don't blame the guy for undercutting you..a tenner for 2 windows and a door is daylight robbery ;D
I wouldn't stop the van for 2 windows and a door !
Just checking: you're arguing that it's overpriced and also that it's underpriced and not worth doing. Cool.
Vin
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If your charging £10 for 2 windows and a door I don't blame the guy for undercutting you..a tenner for 2 windows and a door is daylight robbery ;D
I wouldn't stop the van for 2 windows and a door !
Just checking: you're arguing that it's overpriced and also that it's underpriced and not worth doing. Cool.
Vin
Yep. More BS ;D
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went to one of my jobs today, a nice old lady who I've been cleaning for years, it's fronts only so only 2 windows and front door, price £10.
so I get there today and she tells me that she had another guy knock the door asking to clean her windows, when she told him that she's been using the same people for many years he asked her how much she was paying and she replied £10 for fronts only
he then tried to undercut by offering to do it for £6 to which she refused and told him to go away.
don't get me wrong I have no problem with people canvassing for more work but to try and undercut a regular guy by almost 50% is unbelievable and this sort of behavior really annoys me,
glad to say that most of my customers won't fall for these tatics and are loyal customers
..£10 for 2 windows and a front door?....IMO thats expensive.....i do some for half that price on compact estate work and i still make £45-£50 an hour on this work.no need to be greedy....they literally take 3 mins to clean! ;D
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went to one of my jobs today, a nice old lady who I've been cleaning for years, it's fronts only so only 2 windows and front door, price £10.
so I get there today and she tells me that she had another guy knock the door asking to clean her windows, when she told him that she's been using the same people for many years he asked her how much she was paying and she replied £10 for fronts only
he then tried to undercut by offering to do it for £6 to which she refused and told him to go away.
don't get me wrong I have no problem with people canvassing for more work but to try and undercut a regular guy by almost 50% is unbelievable and this sort of behavior really annoys me,
glad to say that most of my customers won't fall for these tatics and are loyal customers
other windows cleaners can do what they like.....ive lost jobs where other WCs have undercut me by being £15 CHEAPER than me on some larger domestics.....they can have them for that price! ::)roll ;D
....IT DOESNT HAPPEN VERY OFTEN THOUGH.........its just business at the end of the day.....
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£10 is my min charge no matter what. Take it or leave it. I don't care but I won't get out of van for anything less. No other trade that goes to a customers property ever charges less then £50.00 to just knock on the door.
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I have one front only like that, £10 job... i feel like its the great train robbery every time i do it, 3 windows and a door must take me 3 minutes.
A couple of months ago they had an extension built which added one extra window onto the front, i was quite happy as i felt less of a rip off merchant.
Dont know why they pay it to be honest.
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If you have two windows and a door and it's on it's own you would be nuts to do it cheap.
If it's among half a a dozen other jobs with no van move then you can adjust to suit.
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If you have two windows and a door and it's on it's own you would be nuts to do it cheap.
If it's among half a a dozen other jobs with no van move then you can adjust to suit.
thats true but i wouldnt take on a small stand alone front only job.....only larger jobs....i clean on 2 estates with large compact chunks of work (80+ houses on one and 70+ on the other)mostly i clean the whole houses but some fronts only due to access issues.....its easy if their all next door to each other...
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Try working for a company and saying, you wouldn't get out of the van for less than £10.
3 mins work for £10. Don't get me wrong. I charge £10 for old people bungalows (5 mins work) but getting out of the van for say £5 to do 2 mins of work. Seriously not worth it?
Most people work 1 hour for £10/£15
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if its a stand alone for £10 and then a drive to another job then you could end up only making £30 for an hours work which is too low for me...ive got to be hitting £40+ or i wont take it on.its not worth it for the short hours i work these days....
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It happened to me a couple of years ago but I actually lost three ( all neighbours and friends no doubt) they were priced at £10 each for eight windows and door so whoever took job from me they're welcome to it!
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My pet hate.
I have a charming old lady customer that I've had for years. She's slap bang in the middle of an estate where I do most of the houses. Hers though is only one door and two windows. Takes me a few minutes from pulling up, cleaning and leaving.
I charge £57, because I can get away with it and she knows no better. Poor woman.
Someone had the cheek to knock on her door and after asking how much she pays offered to do them for £10.
I was right peeved.
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When I bought a new car I went to two garages, the first quoted me their price of lets say 50k, id used this garage for a number of years and was always happy with them. I happened to notice a new garage go up in the area though selling the same cars, they offered me the same car for 30k.
I decided to still pay the 50k though as the garage explained that this was their minimum price and I liked them
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Nobody’s getting ripped off you agree a price between you end of story,I do flats above shops they take minutes each I charge 15.
They are awkward although they only have 3 windows each I told them if you want me to do them it will be that price,you could end up taking on loads of front only stuff for a few quid each clean over time and end up with a load of ball ache jobs you would just end up dropping.
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I did forget to mention that this is the only job I do in this particular road and parking is never that easy either hence the price and I think most of you would agree that warrants a £10 price tag
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I did forget to mention that this is the only job I do in this particular road and parking is never that easy either hence the price and I think most of you would agree that warrants a £10 price tag
To be honest, Jay, if you think it's a fair price and she does as well then there's no need for any comment regarding why it's priced as it is.
Vin
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I did forget to mention that this is the only job I do in this particular road and parking is never that easy either hence the price and I think most of you would agree that warrants a £10 price tag
To be honest, Jay, if you think it's a fair price and she does as well then there's no need for any comment regarding why it's priced as it is.
Vin
Spot on Vin