[Jason Hedges]

Hi all,

Just wondered what your best and worst tips have been.

My best was a full house clean when the bloke paid the £200 cheque for the job and gave me £40 cash as a tip, thankyou very much!

The worst is obviously nothing but I've had £1, £2's as well? Mainly from older customers who think you can still have a night out on it

Theres been a few bottles of wine thrown in along the way as well, much appreciated!

Anyone had a good or bad one or something completely different?

Kind regards,
Jason.

[carpetclean]

on percentage i suppose i would have to say a job last week where i did a quick job for £40 and was given an extra £10  25% tip its always nice to get a tip regardless of how much as it shows  appreciation

[mark_roberts]

When I worked for the cheap company I got loads of tips.  Now that my prices are higher I rarely get tips.

My theory is that if I get a lot of tips then my prices are too low.

Mark

[david holland]

£300  tip for  £45=00 job- old ladys son had to lose money because the goverment would not pay her oap home unless she had less than £28000 savings - mad !!!!

[AquaMagic]

Had a £40 on a £150 job, had a £2 tip once but ussaly get a fiver, to be honest we have had a 6 tips out of our last 7 jobs, and we arent the cheapest by a long shot, makes me wonder though.

[nick p]

hi

had a massive 50p last week had £20s several times

cheers nick

[spindle]

normally get 5 or 10£££££££££

[maxcarpets]

£20 about 1/2 an hour ago for £100.00 job, not bad.

[HolmansUKLTD]

Had a few £40 tips over the years, i wonder how much in tips the longer established people out there have had John Bolton must have had about £20k's worth

[Steve Chapman]

One customer gave me a 28" colour tv as they were moving and couldn't get it in the car!

Does that count?
 
steve

[the red carpet]

£300 job, clean and protect 3 bed house = £30 tip

get tipped on around 50% of jobs, and for some strange reason it seems to be the ones that moan about price and try to haggle at the survey that tip.

[Phil Marlor]

Biggest tip £35.00

One lady also gave me a great big wooden wishing well out of her garden, she paid £80.00 6 weeks earlier for it, but decided it was too big for the house she was due to move in to.

Phil

[terrymaloy]

I often find its the people who seem to have nowt that are most generous when it comes to giving tips.

Most unusual was a carrier bag of Fresh Garden Mint !

[gwrightson]

Jar of home made pickled shallots last week

a dustbin full of qualiy golf balls, majority would cost around £3 each to buy

custys garden backed onto an exclusive golf course, she had collected them over some period of time, and when I mentioned I played golf,

"take them if you want them "
tks very muck Madam

Geoff

[John Kelly]

I hope the taxman isn't reading this. Did you know binmen and postmen have a lower tax allowance because the tax man expects them to make so much in tips.

[stevegunn]

Best £20
Worst "my dad has sent some tomatoes round for you from his greenhouse"  :

[*paul_moss]

I find the same as you guys the tips vary from £1 to £25 / bottle of wine or 3 bottle once.
For some strange reason I have had 2 moaners this week which is really strange first was a 3 piece suite I cleaned I had 2 air movers blowing it dry and the lady said can you switch them off as my son pays the electric bill and the little dial is wizzing around.
The other was a £250 job for a suite and a couple of carpets,again had turbos going and the guy came in and said this is a good business you have no over heads. I said what do you mean no over heads he said well im payiong for all the electric your using.
He was very embarresed though when I presented him with the bill £250 minus £5 for electric used and good will put a free protector on suite and gave a bottle of spotter free.
Very red faced.
But still a misrable git