[dave75]

i dont want 2 stand on anyones toes /patch. what is the etiquette here i am out off work and am going to start to build a round from scratch (mum said she will b first customer  lol ) i will b door to door & leaflets in different areas. if there is a w/c already well established in the area am i out off order canvassing it anyway ? i will never try 2 undercut or poach ,if i knock & they dont have a window cleaner is this fair play?   in short i want  2 know if its dog eat dog ?   
i am new to forums and type slow so i apologise if any of my questions seem disjointed as i have a million questions i want answers to.

I am looking at this ladder on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330489654361&var=540019838360&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

5.43 version,what do you think?

many thanks for your help

[Blue Frog Systems]

Patches dont exist any more ... knock & leaflet where you want to mate.

[SherwoodCleaningSe]

If a customer is happy with a service then they won't leave their current window cleaner, so just go out pick an area and canvass away. One thing I wouldn't do though is price low to get jobs as you will end up with a lot of rubbish work and rubbish customers.

I don't think areas exist anymore where there isn't a window cleaner, today within about 300 yards I passed 3 professional pole system vans and a trad window cleaner all doing the odd house.

Simon.

[wpclean]

Get a waterfed system rather then ladders to be safe !

If you think you cannot afford it then ask yourself how much you value your life ?

Leaflet drop en mass and you will get a good idea of the potential in the area.

[dave0123]

try telling other window cleaners patch's don't exist

[dazmond]

ive got some areas of work that are so compact that id consider them "my patch".150 houses virtually all right next to each other on one of my 5 rounds.they get canvassed around 4 -5 times a year.

ive never lost even one customer to a rival.the prices are pretty cheap but i still make a reasonable day rate.its really not worth another window cleaner cleaning the odd one or two as he would have to charge twice as much to make it pay!!

also cleaning them for 18 years im part of the furniture on this estate!im tried and trusted and always clean frames and doors even on my £5 jobs!!

there is work out there but you have to be persistent!!


good luck!


dazmond

[luther1]

Its a turf war on a global scale, i wanna hear both sides of the tale. See its not about races,just places,faces.

[Perfect Windows]

Its a turf war on a global scale, i wanna hear both sides of the tale. See its not about races,just places,faces.

Drunk already?

Vin

[john entwistle]

the patch system is still live and kicking in my neck of the woods as i found out the other day when i had a nasty call of a wc who's 'patch' i was flyering so just be careful

[Johnny B]

Some windys are still living the dark ages. By that, I mean those who think they have a God-given right to monopolize an area.

It is usually someone who does a lousy job, has a big mouth and little other bits, and nothing to back it up other than threats. These creatures often intimidate their (unhappy) customers into putting up with them as 'they are the local window cleaner'.

Anyway, back to the 21st century, we live in a land where there is free enterprise.

Note to the above mentioned Neanderthals: This means that others have the right to look for work and pick up customers in the same vicinity that you operate, but who don't want you.

Best wishes to those who are starting up.  

John

[Wc Solutions]

patch, turf what ever you want to call it - bit old hat mate! it simple doesnt exsist in business!!

asda dont have a go at tesco for advertising, so why shoul another wc have a go at you.

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

might not be any patches or
turf wars in preston m8y
but here in wrexham there is
its all mine i tell ya 

[dave75]

might not be any patches or
turf wars in preston m8y
but here in wrexham there is
its all mine i tell ya 

pmsl

[groundhog]

Patches dont exist any more ... knock & leaflet where you want to mate.

If we keep encouraging newbies to get out there and canvass our work, then sooner or later we will all be defending our shrinking rounds!!! Oh and by the way... KEEP OFF MY PATCH!!!!!!  

[Pope vader]

most wc will take a job of other wc, and not give 2 hoots, but as soon as you do it to them,  there is hell to pay,

dont care what any one thinks, as you are in this to make money not friends

[gary999]

Patches dont exist any more ... knock & leaflet where you want to mate.

If we keep encouraging newbies to get out there and canvass our work, then sooner or later we will all be defending our shrinking rounds!!! Oh and by the way... KEEP OFF MY PATCH!!!!!!  

hoggy is the type you got to watch out for...a bit cuckoo!!
go round all day with his backpack on telling everybody he,s a
ghost buster!!

mans a fruitloop!!

[ian1972]

No Asda and tesco won't knock the ladders out from under u there is the odd shiner that will,remember some of these guys paid a small frortune for there rounds so patches Mayb out the window but don't expect it b a walk in the park all the time,

[colin purewater]

hoggy is the type you got to watch out for...a bit cuckoo!!
go round all day with his backpack on telling everybody he,s a
ghost buster!!

mans a fruitloop!!
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[groundhog]

go round all day with his backpack on telling everybody he,s a
ghost buster!!

Who grassed me up!!! 

[groundhog]

hoggy is the type you got to watch out for...a bit cuckoo!!
go round all day with his backpack on telling everybody he,s a
ghost buster!!

mans a fruitloop!!

It's a good job I like you Gary!!!