[sgibsoncleaning]

right... before i loose any of my custys im gonna start paying them to let me clean there windows! say £1 per window?

ahh, not thought of that had ya! 

by the way i dont wont anyone nicking my idea either! 

GB

haha i am going to poach your work by paying them 1.25

[GB Window Cleaning]

right... before i loose any of my custys im gonna start paying them to let me clean there windows! say £1 per window?

ahh, not thought of that had ya! 

by the way i dont wont anyone nicking my idea either! 

GB

haha i am going to poach your work by paying them 1.25

nope, i'll pay em 1.26! 

[sgibsoncleaning]

foiled again
 

[GB Window Cleaning]

foiled again
 

  hang on a minute, im not gonna make too much money doing this am i 

[Adam P]

let me get this straight. there is competition offering a lower quality service at a lower price, and to compete with these lower quality cleaners you'll reduce your prices to be closer to theirs but keep the higher quality clean, so you're now doing a better clean and not getting paid for it? i assume you wont be matching their prices so you'll still then lose work to them

[GB Window Cleaning]

@ sean brennan

im only having a laugh mate please dont take offence! at least im not banging on about spots 

but i still think it sounds like a daft idea mate!

GB

[thermoclean]

Spoke to a couple of guys in local shopping centre
They told mr they had lost some shops that they were charging £6 a clean for to a mob doing they for £1.50 a can of juice

[Dave66]

it aint april 1st is it 

[Danny Guest]

Basically dont do it. Its a stupid move.
You are saying you are not better than your competitors and so can not charge more. I would increase my prices yearly.
You will be working harder for less and will be putting your business at risk how can that be smart?

[Sean Dyer]

its a joke

[AuRavelling79]

I thought this was a Barry Mallet thread! 

[Alex Allen]

if you have to, why not donate the 15% to a good cause
lots of benefits in doing this to everyone
including your business

[lee_dewing]

sean, if you are worried about undercutters, maybe you could eek out your cleaning frequency monthly to 6 weeks.

Or if your 6 weekly to 8 weeks, i know you will need more work so won't happen over night but you could sell this to the customer as you can't drop prices/ or a way of softing the blow for price increases.

Is this thread serious or are you pulling our legs

[andyjm1]

Remember, any fool can work for next to nothing.

[petemg]

hi ya this made me laugh, my custermers are actully putting my prices up for me, they say is it still the same when i collect, have you not put your prices up i say no they say you should, and give me a couple of quid more, i do not think my prices are that low £12 for a 3 bed semi, whitch will soon be £14-15  .........pete

[dave.e]

I think this is a genuine post.

We ourselves no work for a cuppa, perhaps a sandwich if it's around lunchtime - we provide the filling obviously - the odd customer might press a shilling in to my hand and it makes my week.

Times are hard and we should be thinking of the community not our own welfare. So what if we fall behind on our mortgage or rent; and the kids were looking a little portly - not any more mind!! - we'll all feel good about ourselves in the end if we cut cut cut until we're offering our customers a fiver to let us clean their windows.

 

[steve rix]

Christ I'm glad you live up there and not down here