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Roy Cauldery

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Canvassing today- the hard knock! New
« on: March 19, 2012, 08:07:32 pm »
some days its a doddle
some days you want to grab folk on the door and say what a sh**te house they got!! :o
today was the latter sadly :(     ....medway towns, blimey they are a grim faced lot!
One guy said we were the fourteenth lot of wcs to knock since september!! :o
Oh well, better get used to seeing my face as I will be back in few weeks time to have another go!! 8) 8)

keep going everyone, dont let the bar stewards grind you down!!

Roy
we succeed because others can't or won't

Erithwc

Re: canvassing today- the hard knock!
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2012, 08:25:48 pm »
Thats why i preffer not to door knock just leaflets, website, van signage and word of mouth   ;D ;D ;D

I don't get that many messers this way either  ;)

Regards Paul

roundbuilder

Re: canvassing today- the hard knock!
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2012, 08:42:02 pm »
some days its a doddle
some days you want to grab folk on the door and say what a sh**te house they got!! :o
today was the latter sadly :(     ....medway towns, blimey they are a grim faced lot!
One guy said we were the fourteenth lot of wcs to knock since september!! :o
Oh well, better get used to seeing my face as I will be back in few weeks time to have another go!! 8) 8)

keep going everyone, dont let the bar stewards grind you down!!

Roy



Thats a good heads up.. WAs going to hit medway/gravsend for next round, i wont bother now

Smudger

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Re: canvassing today- the hard knock!
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2012, 08:45:17 pm »
there is defo bad karma in some area's & even roads !

there is a village near me where every1 is a right old misog & you'd think you were asking them to hand over their life savings at gun point - think they are all interbred  :-X

yet the next village along complete and utter pleasure to canvass - smiles at the door - even if they don't require a windy.

perhaps like minded people naturally congrigate together ?

Darran
Never argue with an idiot, they will only bring you down to their level, and beat you with experience

magic moments

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Re: canvassing today- the hard knock!
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2012, 08:53:50 pm »
What area was you in Roy,I'm going for maidstone,medway seems saturated at the moment on constantly being told to join the que.

mlscontractcleaner

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Re: canvassing today- the hard knock!
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2012, 08:58:01 pm »
It might be worth travelling up from Plymouth to canvass Medway just to p the residents off; after all, 15 is a nice round number isn't it ;D
Come and talk dirty to us!!!

Pete10

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Re: canvassing today- the hard knock!
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2012, 09:06:28 pm »
Glad you said that re different areas & different Karmas...my thoughts exaclty; I'm canvassing Tankerton & Herne Bay in Kent, lots of retired folk, millions of big yellow stickers everywhere saying NO COLD CALLERS/ CANVASSERS, they even make big signs themselves saying GO AWAY, WE DONT WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU!!!! I also work in London where its a different story....happy to speak even if they're sorted for a windy.....

Roy Cauldery

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Re: canvassing today- the hard knock!
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2012, 09:17:32 pm »
What area was you in Roy,I'm going for maidstone,medway seems saturated at the moment on constantly being told to join the que.

Hi Magic
in Rainham today
Its a tough knock coz they got some silly cheap prices!
houses we would go in at £14 - 20 , were getting it for £ 8 - 9 :o :o
Someones probably happy with an hourly rate or not had a price rise in a long, long time.
Will keep plugging away tho, I take it as a personal challenge to educate and elevate peoples expectations ;D
we succeed because others can't or won't

ARWindows

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Re: canvassing today- the hard knock!
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2012, 09:18:37 pm »
Pete 10 hope all is going well, did all go well in York road/

Crystal-clear

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Re: canvassing today- the hard knock!
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2012, 11:09:46 pm »
you get horror days i have them all the time,

thankfully i was lucky today another window cleaning company totally warm it up for me all streets had his leaflets so they already had window cleaning in there head,totally took the edge off hard eara but didnt do too bad in the end.

Roy Cauldery

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Re: canvassing today- the hard knock!
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2012, 07:53:36 pm »
some days its a doddle
some days you want to grab folk on the door and say what a sh**te house they got!! :o
today was the latter sadly :(     ....medway towns, blimey they are a grim faced lot!
One guy said we were the fourteenth lot of wcs to knock since september!! :o
Oh well, better get used to seeing my face as I will be back in few weeks time to have another go!! 8) 8)

keep going everyone, dont let the bar stewards grind you down!!

Roy

What areas you cover Mick Kent?


Thats a good heads up.. WAs going to hit medway/gravsend for next round, i wont bother now
we succeed because others can't or won't

magic moments

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Re: canvassing today- the hard knock!
« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2012, 08:48:19 pm »
Roy,I canvassed in maidstone ,staplehurst today got 6 ,very good I thought,then as I'm eating dinner in my home town of Gillingham ,2 canvassers knock whithin 30 mins of each other,::.........conclusion medway is saturated.

Roy Cauldery

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Re: canvassing today- the hard knock!
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2012, 05:48:55 am »
Roy,I canvassed in maidstone ,staplehurst today got 6 ,very good I thought,then as I'm eating dinner in my home town of Gillingham ,2 canvassers knock whithin 30 mins of each other,::.........conclusion medway is saturated.
Agreed,
I only need to add another 3 or 4 cleans on to the day and it's a good one man round,or an easy 2 man day with leafletting thrown in
so just gonna keep plugging!
Staplehurst is nice area-lots of Money down there my friend
Good luck

Roy
we succeed because others can't or won't

Re: canvassing today- the hard knock!
« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2012, 06:25:54 am »
Its your right to earn a living so keep on canvassing.You have full right to build your business just as much as people want to there privacy.They defining fact is canvassing is no skin of the noses, but if you starve that`s said.

magic moments

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Re: canvassing today- the hard knock!
« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2012, 07:05:26 am »
Saying I got 6 4 were front only ,but still my highest amount of custom in a day.