[steve rix]

£1 for every £5 is 20% p/a That ic crazy. We put ours up 10% every 2 years, about in line with inflation. Bit more realastic

[CLEANCARE WC]

After half a minute with Excel...

Hope you're still in business in 19 years - I'd love to see how many customers you have left...

2012   £44
2013   £52
2014   £62
2015   £74
2016   £88
2017   £105
2018   £126
2019   £151
2020   £181
2021   £217
2022   £260
2023   £312
2024   £374
2025   £448
2026   £537
2027   £644
2028   £772
2029   £926
2030   £1,111

rain man strikes again   

[Jackal]

Price rises are essential,
Its one things do every year, revue em all, then increase where necessary, nobody ever goes more than 2years without increase

Guy local to me, custy I know says she and neighbour paying same for over 8 years, £8 for 4 bed det Hse..........
This is crazy, even custy says he must be living in cuckoo land..

Mr B

my uncle been going 10 year and increased prices about 50p each roughly 5 or 6 years ago,he is old school tho wont buy anything new unless its fell to bits,i nearly fainted when he showed me one of his scrims full of rubber marks and more holes than  actual cloth 

[londoncleaners]

This is just for mr perfect windows..

Yes you can add up, well done chap.
How ever it's not that much sunshine and rainbows.
Our most costly customer, domestic, I was referring to btw, is 35 pounds, and yes this is a very cut throt world we all live in, I've lost a few but not many, we get rich quick and that's the business side of life, if I'm honest not every one goes up, but the ones who can afford it and sometimes miss the odd clean, they very much do go up.

Naturally there is a cut off point or I would be out of business a ong time ago.
But I'm here telling the tale, so we r doing something right.

Don't hate the player, hate the game

[John F]

london. you have to be careful what you post on here    snipers like me and perfect are just waiting for posts like that 

i see your idea though. welcome to the mine field 

[Perfect Windows]

This is just for mr perfect windows..

Yes you can add up, well done chap.
How ever it's not that much sunshine and rainbows.
Our most costly customer, domestic, I was referring to btw, is 35 pounds, and yes this is a very cut throt world we all live in, I've lost a few but not many, we get rich quick and that's the business side of life, if I'm honest not every one goes up, but the ones who can afford it and sometimes miss the odd clean, they very much do go up.

Naturally there is a cut off point or I would be out of business a ong time ago.
But I'm here telling the tale, so we r doing something right.

Don't hate the player, hate the game

Sorry matey, but your exact words were: "All up a pound for every £5.00 once a year."  Very clear indeed.  So your £35 one will go up to £42 this year.  And to £50 next year.  And £60 in 2014.

Yeah, right.

I'm not interested in players or games but I am interested when people give advice that clearly doesn't stand up to a moment's scrutiny.

Vin

[Window Washers]

welcome to the Lion's Den

[dazmond]

yeh he ll be asking has anybody got any second hand poles for sale soon i bet!as he hasnt got enough money to buy a new one!!

[londoncleaners]

Hi John f.

Honesty, I'm not at all interested in being polite or using the correct words and being a generally monkey see monkey do guy on here.

Il post as I see fit, keeping in the house rules. A forum will bring out all kinds of fake threads and fortune cookie stories, del boys and Alan sugar the 2nds..

It's all fun and some good advice here, but thanks for your kind reply, il bare it in mind.

I can also see where I contradicted my self on my reply, il be sure to rag my self for the highly costly mistake..
Over and out

[H S and Son]

This is just for mr perfect windows..

Yes you can add up, well done chap.
How ever it's not that much sunshine and rainbows.
Our most costly customer, domestic, I was referring to btw, is 35 pounds, and yes this is a very cut throt world we all live in, I've lost a few but not many, we get rich quick and that's the business side of life, if I'm honest not every one goes up, but the ones who can afford it and sometimes miss the odd clean, they very much do go up.

Naturally there is a cut off point or I would be out of business a ong time ago.
But I'm here telling the tale, so we r doing something right.

Don't hate the player, hate the game

Sorry matey, but your exact words were: "All up a pound for every £5.00 once a year."  Very clear indeed.  So your £35 one will go up to £42 this year.  And to £50 next year.  And £60 in 2014.

Yeah, right.

I'm not interested in players or games but I am interested when people give advice that clearly doesn't stand up to a moment's scrutiny.

Vin

You like a bundle dont you?

[Helen]

This is just for mr perfect windows..

Yes you can add up, well done chap.
How ever it's not that much sunshine and rainbows.
Our most costly customer, domestic, I was referring to btw, is 35 pounds, and yes this is a very cut throt world we all live in, I've lost a few but not many, we get rich quick and that's the business side of life, if I'm honest not every one goes up, but the ones who can afford it and sometimes miss the odd clean, they very much do go up.

Naturally there is a cut off point or I would be out of business a ong time ago.
But I'm here telling the tale, so we r doing something right.

Don't hate the player, hate the game

Sorry matey, but your exact words were: "All up a pound for every £5.00 once a year."  Very clear indeed.  So your £35 one will go up to £42 this year.  And to £50 next year.  And £60 in 2014.

Yeah, right.

I'm not interested in players or games but I am interested when people give advice that clearly doesn't stand up to a moment's scrutiny.

Vin

You like a bundle dont you?

Bring it on.........





oh you meant bundle of money

[Perfect Windows]

You like a bundle dont you?

No, but I do enjoy exposing mathematical solecisms.

Vin

[groundhog]

mine all go up £1 every year, I don't mess about with letters or telling customers face to face, thats just asking for trouble imo, I just add a pound to the their bill, its very rare for anyone to even comment on the rise.. and even rarer for someone to cancel because of it!! Don't make a song and dance about it, just put em up!!! 

[londoncleaners]

Thank you groundhog

Well said that man

[CLEANCARE WC]

mine all go up £1 every year, I don't mess about with letters or telling customers face to face, thats just asking for trouble imo, I just add a pound to the their bill, its very rare for anyone to even comment on the rise.. and even rarer for someone to cancel because of it!! Don't make a song and dance about it, just put em up!!! 

i always write it on their bill...as from next visit please note a small price increase to £..

[KS Cleaning]

I always tell my customers face to face,if there are any questions why there is a price increase I can answer them and if they are still unhappy I get the satisfaction of dumping them, before they dump me

[William McCafferty]

I never increase my prices to excisting customers, I try to upgrade my equipment and methods of cleaning, by doing so over the last 7 years or so, my cleaning time has gone down and my hourly and monthly turnover has gone up.

All new customers or those that move house, are charged at the new rates which do go up from time to time, but there is a limit on what you can charge for a simple 7 window house.

So putting your prices up every year could soon price you out of the market.