[therapist]

No matter what you think of this, the will get a huge volume of work............Why ?.........
because they are making themselves known, even without the low prices, this leaflet would pull in work.

On the bright side.

Their leaflet will stimulate interest in many of your clients, so, WHAT YOU GONNA DO ?

That's right, get your letter, or whatever you use to remind your clients, that  ' it's been a while '
or whatever.

Ignore at your peril

rob m

[BRSL]

Hi guys I got a home clean flyer the other day the numbers and address dont match
so dont think there the same company  : :

And whats wrong with Kirbys from Ebay mine is loving it still  lol

[cleaning co]

if they getting work of these they make good money,more than i charge

[carpetclean]

beats me why you are all panicking. i havent been in the game long but my imoression is that most peole have had or known about bad experience with c/cs. talk of tide marks and shrinkage due to the splash and dash from years back. people feel safer not cleaning the carpet. its up to us to convince them that there are professionals in the game who care about customer satisfaction and do the job right at a fair price. not easy but what is!? if you have a client base why on earth would they leave!!? if you are doing a good job with a fair price then i would not worry . also if you do get people ringing saying they have found someone cheaper then match the price if only for that time. have confidence in what you do and who you are

[cleaning co]

im not in the least bit worried about these flyers ive done them myself for over 10 years

[scott.]

They may be frauds..using a mail re-direction service..and operating from a high rise flat in peckham wouldnt be the first time..havnt had their leaflets here...maybe we're too close to home.

[therapist]

Carpetclean

Your assertion that splash and dash, is something from the past couldn't be further from the truth.There are more of these people out there today,than ever and they are frequently charging high prices, with smart advertising and attractive vans.

Calling yourself a professional, is no guarantee that you will deliver the service that a competent , concientious and skilled operator will.

I've been in this business for 20 odd years and regularly find the aftermath of bad cleaning practice, which is often caused by people with good equipment..........

With experience, knowledge and application a good cleaner can clean a suite with a little Karcher and even achieve excellent drying times. Wouldn't recommend it, but I've done it, when machines have been out of use, or when I've committed to a client in a flat...

r m

Scott


Why would they be frauds?

[nick p]

hi

i think the company you are on about was homecare was based in chichester owned by someone called henry i was one of the mugs that worked for them in 1994 that didnt last long got myself on a course and started myself earnt alot more than i ever did with them

cheers nick p

[cleaning co]

hi nick, homeclean was how i got into carpet cleaning, i saw add in paper looking for cleaning opps and theys was interveiwing at a local hotel, so i went along to c what it was all about, gos in there and this gezzer henry is their anyway he starts coming out with load old toot but at the time is sounded great !! while he is talking to me this cleaning op comes in and hands him large bag money saying heer u go boss not bad days taking (wink wink  :) so i agree to go out with the local area boss c what its all about after saying id hav to get loan to buy crapy little machine!!  as iam am walking out the door about 20ft away from these two planks!  henry says in a rather loud voice " that gary would make a terific cleaner  hes got it "   : never laughed so much in me life !! i done two days with area op bloke were he was doing all good jobs and lots of them !! on last day i was getting in me car when a cleaning op turns up at his house to ofload his takings  and he asks me am i starting? i say yes he then tells me to meet him down rd in pub for chat, well in the pub he tells me what they are upto and how he parted with £4000 for £1000 machine and how he was getting a job every other day and only getting 25% cut and how they told him to go 60 miles for a £12 job !!! and he got £3  and if he complained it was like it or lump it, off course i never took the job or parted with me money, when got me own machine and put flyers out and away i went, what they were doing was praying on people in dead end jobs,made redun etc people clutching at straws i was one of them but got lucky and didnt get sucked in, as u know your self they suckerd lot poor gezzers, and thier is prob few on this forum
gary

[scott.]

Thrapist
Read Garys' last post....Thats what I mean.

[nick p]

hi gary

no what you mean i used to get sent 30 odd miles to clean a 3pc for £34 and only get 25% of that if u did over a 100 miles in a day you would get an extra £10 wow i did used to make it up to a 100 miles nearly every day though had to get money from somewhere and you used to have to try and sell extras on every job most of that went in my pocket  i stil have the machine in a dark coner of my shed woodbridge twin powermate when i left i did take a few of there customers with me think i deserved that.

cheers nick

[cleaning co]

 any thing u got or took of them ie money for extras custy etc  was fully deserved imo, they were the scum of the earth !!!!
gary

[craigp]

interesting story gary, do you think there still doing that? i mean ops only getting 25%? that posted homeclean leaflet is pretty good mind!

[cleaning co]

yes they are firms out thier prob still operateing this way, rember they get rid of one sucker theres allways 10 round the corner

[therapist]

Don't know if thet're still at it, but there are people based in Bury St Edmunds doing something similalr.

Advertising for c/c's to service National contracts and earn €1500 plus per week

r m

[John Kelly]

Home clean used to run a local newspaper ad asking people if they wanted to run a carpet cleaning business and earn ***** per week.
Arranged a meeting at a local hotel and signed up all the hopefulls. Had a bloke came to see me who had fell for it. He wanted to know if I would be interested in buying his machine. It was worth about 400 quid second hand and he had paid nearly 4 grand for it in weekly instalments. He was telling me they would book, say a lounge in for 11.00 in Morpeth and then a suite in Sunderland at 12.15. This is a distance of about 30-40 miles and you have to get through the congestion on Tyneside.
After I kindly refused the chance to purchase the machine he told me if he or the wife ever seen this guy again they would wring his neck.