Interested In Advertising? | Contact Us Here
Warning!

 

Welcome to Clean It Up; the UK`s largest cleaning forum with over 34,000 members

 

Please login or register to post and reply to topics.      

 

Forgot your password? Click here

Richard iSparkle

  • Posts: 2491
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #20 on: September 10, 2012, 09:08:25 pm »
one nasty trick is to send him a letter outlining the unpaid debt, and the threat of legal action etc, but address it to his work without his name on the envelope.  that means the office will have to open it and read it, and then will pass it on to him because they think it's important
iSparkle Window Cleaning

www.isparklewindowcleaning.uk

Blue Frog Systems

  • Posts: 3813
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #21 on: September 10, 2012, 09:24:36 pm »
Spot on Richard ... i did this once but posted it through the neighbours house... just said final demand on the envelope but the customers name and address on the actual letter so the neighbour knew it was them .... they paid the next day funilly enough ;D
Only those who risk going too far will truly know how far they can actually go

Richard iSparkle

  • Posts: 2491
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #22 on: September 10, 2012, 09:26:43 pm »
Spot on Richard ... i did this once but posted it through the neighbours house... just said final demand on the envelope but the customers name and address on the actual letter so the neighbour knew it was them .... they paid the next day funilly enough ;D

Sweet!  ;D
iSparkle Window Cleaning

www.isparklewindowcleaning.uk

james peters

  • Posts: 990
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #23 on: September 10, 2012, 10:31:29 pm »
eggs and flour ;D

chanster00

  • Posts: 271
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #24 on: September 10, 2012, 10:45:08 pm »
Paint stripper

chanster00

  • Posts: 271
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #25 on: September 10, 2012, 10:47:39 pm »
In fact leave a nice smelly one on his bonnet

rosskesava

  • Posts: 17015
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #26 on: September 11, 2012, 12:29:20 am »
I wouldn't waste time even thinking about it.

If this happened to me, and similar has done in the past, it would be put in the dustbin of unwanted history.
Just chant..... Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. It's beats chanting Tory Tory or Labour Labour.

G Griffin

  • Posts: 40745
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #27 on: September 11, 2012, 12:33:33 am »
In fact leave a nice smelly one on his bonnet

While he's wearing it?  :o
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

robert mitchell

  • Posts: 2019
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #28 on: September 11, 2012, 01:37:05 am »
arrogant not a very nice persons like that really wind me up ........but if you think about it sensibly , is it really worth the aggro?
www.ishinewindowcleaning.co.uk

The man who never made a mistake never made anything.

H2GoKent

  • Posts: 532
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #29 on: September 11, 2012, 06:33:44 am »
Depends how seriously you take his threat.
If you think it will come to something then either phone the police or walk away.
If you think it's just bluster then enjoy yourself with one of the above suggestions if you want to.  ;D

Personally I would say you've tried, now move on and try and forget it, or you'll just be wasting time.

You could of course stick a large dog poo on his car, but that means you would have to pick one up  ;D
A manager is generally someone who has been promoted to the position by someone else who didn't see them as a threat.
Hence all people are promoted to the level of their incompetence

Ian101

  • Posts: 7889
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #30 on: September 11, 2012, 06:35:07 am »
Im all for chasing money and have even gone to a customers house at 8am on a Saturday (soon to be ex customer) but sometimes you have to realise its not worth hassle.

If he hadnt moved then fair enough but too much hassle now.

Show it as a bad debt against tax bill so at least get something back.  ;)

dazmond

  • Posts: 24450
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #31 on: September 11, 2012, 08:13:38 am »
just write it off mate.its simply not worth the hassle.if you go down to his office in liverpool how much will it cost in time and fuel when you could be cleaning windows and easily make that money back? and is it worth the anger and grief that this is obviously causing you?

some people just dont care about paying us.luckily it doesnt happen too often.other trades sometimes have to write off hundreds if not thousands of pounds on occasions!!

last year i wrote off around £70.its nothing in the greater scheme of things!! ;) ;D ;D ;D

best wishes


dazmond
price higher/work harder!

Tony Edwards

  • Posts: 791
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #32 on: September 11, 2012, 08:56:55 am »
Forget it. Life's to short to stress yourself out and maybe get urself in trouble for £22.

What goes around comes around and your the bigger man for not wasting your time trying to get revenge. Is it worth the stress and anger for that amount of money.

Chill winston !

Johnny B

  • Posts: 2385
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #33 on: September 11, 2012, 09:00:31 am »
Forget it. Life's to short to stress yourself out and maybe get urself in trouble for £22.

What goes around comes around and your the bigger man for not wasting your time trying to get revenge. Is it worth the stress and anger for that amount of money.

Chill winston !

Excellent advice.

John
Being diplomatic is being able to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.

AuRavelling79

  • Posts: 26585
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #34 on: September 11, 2012, 05:03:50 pm »
He's been needled - shown up in front of his secretary. He'll not do anything - people who are "going to do something" don't tell you they are. He has a "position" to lose. He is showing anger because he is frightened - he is frightened because he is losing face.


Don't get upset, don't get angry - just decide what you want to do and calmly do it without letting it eat you up.

He hasn't threatened you - he just said "See what happens if ..."

It's no different to another windy saying "gettof my patch, see what happens if ..."

You've worked; he owes.

Simples!



It's a game of three halves!

Phil @ Extreme Clean

  • Posts: 1296
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #35 on: September 11, 2012, 05:57:41 pm »
as much as it pes you off just let it be £22 not worth the hassle but now you will learn and no 1 will owe you for 2 cleans because if the 1st isn't paid the next doesn't happen  ;)
Extreme Clean
Carpets to DRY For!!!!!

www.bookaquote.co.uk

Carl2009

  • Posts: 806
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #36 on: September 11, 2012, 06:34:39 pm »
I tend to agree with the 'just leave it crowd', but then those who know about my run in with Tayna Batteries (avoid at all costs) know I find it difficult to let things lie. Like the time I was owed £10 for a clean of a soldier's married quarters. The wife annoyed me as she had complained about a clean and when I went it was on the inside, but she didn't apologise. I left phone messages and then finally sent a red final demand. Nothing. So I wrote to the husband's Commanding Officer at regimental HQ, explaining that my next step was to call upon the services of the Thomas Higgins Partnership, debt collection specialists and that I was letting him know because a CCJ can often have ramifications for the people who live at the address afterwards and as it was MOD property I thought he'd want to know.

She went ballistic! She wanted me to drive (the 24 miles there and 24 miles back to discuss it). I told her to just pay up.

She did. Very nice warm feeling to get that cheque.

Pete10

  • Posts: 120
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #37 on: September 11, 2012, 10:02:19 pm »
send him an old car battery with only part postage paid....leave your card inside the box  ;D

amayze

  • Posts: 341
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #38 on: September 12, 2012, 09:09:04 pm »
Simply fill in 100's of those pre-paid address info sheets requesting more info, or free brochures on line - you know where it says fill in this to get more info.
Had a neighbour that once ped me off, sent 100's of info requests inc bra's for larger women etc. - apparently still gets info even now !

Lee Gilroy

  • Posts: 129
Re: Threatened by a custy today
« Reply #39 on: September 13, 2012, 12:00:44 am »
Money Claim Online and send baliffs round to take his poop and watch them do it