[Steve Rothwell]

I agree with Wynne










good grief what is happening first Simon and now Wynne 

[M.Acorn]

I am not Mr West !!

Oh dear oh dear. As Mr West said, he might as well get a job at macy d's!!.

[Craigp]

Oh dear oh dear. As Mr West said, he might as well get a job at macy d's!!.

The horrible fact is, customers treat you more like dirt and look at you with pity when you charge these sort of prices. You attract the cockroaches of society.
All professionalism is diminished with low prices, it just looks like desperation.

Respect is coupled to high pricing, smart aesthetics and quality workmanship.
If your marketing, be it print or web, is of high quality it tends to naturally filter out the scum before they pick up the phone.

Matt

[Craigp]

Matt, that's very true, I had a customer tell me they was put off using a company because "they was too cheap!" and the said company charge £50 a lounge which is not too cheap compared to some.

Another thing that makes c/c ers look desperate is this;

"Call us 6am to 10pm 7 days a week"

[JandS]

This is the reply I got from him re 3 rooms
totaling 52sq m.

Hi thanx for your email, yes i would do it for £35 for u, however at the moment it will only cost u £30 because i have an offer running that if you spend over £15 u get £5 off, plz get in touch if this is ok for u,

[AshWhite]

Well, he's professional with his communications. What is he, 14?

[Mike Mahoney]

Hi Guys, i am one of the poorer relations from general cleaning,

any way here is my question i sub out quite a lot of carpet work as I do not want to invest all the equipment and do not want to do domestic work as i am quite busy with comm kitchens, builders & ovens.

The job;

210 mile round trip
pub carpet 15 m2
fixed seating 15m

3 hour travel
3.5 hours labour

Could i have your ball park prices as the FM company i work for are refusing to pay what i was charged.

regards

MCM

thread hijacking.

Many apologies if this appears to be thread hijacking, but if you notice my initial point is related to the thread and people seemed happy to add comments to my question.

Should I put my hand up before I ask a question next time.

MCM

[Mike Mahoney]

Oh,

you can't see the whole of my post because you chose to leave out the point about the original thread.

MCM

[Steve Rothwell]

Off you trot ..................

to the naughty corner.............




go on...................





punishment time..................


naughty corner then ........................





 

[Jim_77]

Don't worry Mike.  I would call it "thread evolution" rather than hijacking!  How many pages of cr@p would be spouted about the latest low price merchant out there before it got boring anyway?

[Mike Mahoney]

Hector,

pls let me know when I am thoroughly chastised, until that point I will remain in the corner and not ask any questions, whether relevant or stupid.  


MCM (In a corner)

[Steve Rothwell]

 

[Steve Rothwell]

Ok Mike

have you learned your lesson now?

are you going to be a good interloper??

are you going to behave well ??

have you had a word with yourself about your behaviour ??








if you answered yes to any of the above












stay in the naughty corner forever   







oh alright then





come on out and try to behave

 

[Mike Mahoney]

Hector,

I could not possibly comment as i am still, as instructed in the corner, I went to one of them really bad corners, you know the one, the one behind the tele, how many (bad word) spiders, and how many more empty packs of mini cheddars can my four year old hide.

Can I play please, I promise as Jim put it 'evolve a thread'

Come on mate its 'BOW TIME'

MCM

[Steve Rothwell]

ok



you is free to play now

 

[Helen]

Well, he's professional with his communications. What is he, 14?

Don't knock it at least he used a few commas which is rare for that age group

[JandS]

Surely it must be harder to write like that than
to write properly.
After all you've got to think about it whereas to
write normally is more or less automatic.

John

[robert meldrum]

Don't knock it at least he used a few commas which is rare for that age group

I got slagged for " overuse " of comas recently. : : :

[Matt Lindus]

I am not Mr West !!

Oh dear oh dear. As Mr West said, he might as well get a job at macy d's!!.

Sorry Mark, didnt realise you said it.

[Ricky M]

Just had a chat with the young man charging those prices:

in a nut shell for 3 rooms lounge Master bed and kids bed room it would be £30 as he is running a promo leading up to xmas and if you spend £15 you get a £5 knocked off the price.

Asked how long it would take and he said depends how bad they are but between 20 min to ten mins per room and this would inc removal and resite of furniture.

I assume he is very new to the industry and he see's £30 and hour as big money and rightly so if your used to £7 - £8 an hour, I assume he will learn from his mistakes if he lasts.

it could be a very expensive learning curve !!

Bless him