[Phil @ Extreme Clean]

very cheap prices i thought i was cheap but i can't beat that.

http://egscleaningandmaintenanceservice.weebly.com/

I mite phone them with a 100 x 100 they dont state the size just per room lol.

[Mike Halliday]

and they are giving an extra £5 off in december ......... you can get 2 rooms cleaned for just £20

[robert meldrum]

If you zoom to 200% that "after" carpet is far from clean and there are mysterious tracks like you might get from one of these domestic machines.

This guy was mentioned on here recently and I posted that one of the most expensive guys on here is local to that area.

[james roffey]

I see he is charging £15 for a large rug i did a 12x10 rug the other day £120 and i thought that was cheap considering it was collect and return.

How long before someone comes on saying "how do you know he's a cowboy he may do a very good job" if i had charged £15 to do that rug i would have made a considerable loss, i would make a loss if i charged any of those prices doing what i am doing, i would have to provide a very different service even then i dont think i could keep afloat,  besides i work bloody hard to do the very best job i can and would never leave a job thinking i could have got that cleaner so i like to think i am worth more than £10 per room, obviously he doesn't or is incapable of selling at a higher price. hes probably busy though but surely its better to make £200/300 a day doing two or three jobs than doing six and very nearly killing yourself.

[Mike Halliday]

I could have 10 companies charging these prices in my town and i would'nt bat an eyelid, the only companies who i worry about are the ones who are charging £130 to clean a suite or a living room at £60....... these are the ones who might take work away from me.

if one of my customer got 3 prices  for 2 average rooms of carpet cleaning @....

£20
£70

or my price of £85 I would never lose out to the £20 company, my usual customers would never consider using a company who would only charge £20, but they might use a company charging £70. So my competition is that company

this will be the same as most of us......our true competition are the companies who charge just enough less than us to tempt our potential customers away.

[james roffey]

I think you are spot on Mike, that explains why i dont get too upset when i lose out to these sort of prices, do you really want customers who are looking to have the whole house done for £60 or a 3 pc suite cleaned for £30 ?

[John Kelly]

As has been said you are not up against these, at least you don't want to be. Let them tattle on at the bottom of the market and just don't worry about them. Charge decent money for a decent job and you will succeed, provided you do your marketing right. This is the most important aspect of this industry.
We were talking about minimum charges on here last week. I was with the guy who has £90 minimum and he's on about putting his prices up by 20%.

[Paul Moss]

What a muppet 

The problem is they get on these type of forums and gleem abit of info and then go out and do something like this. The country is full of the plonkers

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I lost out on a job yesterday to a company who quoted and got a full house of carpets for £700 they had taken the time to position themselves in the market properly the customer informed me that she was happy with what they had to say my quoted was nearly half their price.

Shaun

[Billy Russell]

I lost out on a job yesterday to a company who quoted and got a full house of carpets for £700 they had taken the time to position themselves in the market properly the customer informed me that she was happy with what they had to say my quoted was nearly half their price.

Shaun

They obviously knew you were the first person in the uk to use a glide, so probably thought you weren't man enough to do a full house in a day!!!! 

[davep]

Great marketing here 

Www..burnleycarpetcleaners.com

[AshWhite]

Great marketing here 

Www..burnleycarpetcleaners.com

and those prices include VAT..

[Paul Moss]

Great marketing here 

Www..burnleycarpetcleaners.com

That picture looks lke Simon Gerrard. I thought he had a powerfull truckmount?

[Shaun_Ashmore]

and and and ..... they use porti's, how very very dare they!

Shaun

[Bbarrow]

i posted a topic on these couple of weeks back, im in preston area, not effected me though at all.let them have those kind of customers saves them ringing me. i wouldnt worry about it. have you seen there before and after pic. 

[Simon Gerrard]

very cheap prices i thought i was cheap but i can't beat that.

http://egscleaningandmaintenanceservice.weebly.com/

I mite phone them with a 100 x 100 they dont state the size just per room lol.

Phillip,
You don't see this guy as a threat, do you?

Simon

[Phil @ Extreme Clean]

well only if people want cheap job but i'm fairly cheap offering dry fusion minimum charge £20 but £1 a ft so a 10 x 12 = £22 i'm happy with that price i think it's fair but on commercial i go off the same but i add extras ie.blacktop + longer time and more chemical

[Simon Gerrard]

Phillip,
I am surprised DF will allow you to be so cheap. You should be charging a minimum of at least £45. It's no wonder you can't afford the training or equipment you need when you charge half of what you should be. Just because some of your competitors are cheap doesn't mean the only way of competing with them is to match them. You offer the DF system, none of your competitors do, so you can charge what you like.

Simon

[Bbarrow]

cheaper doesnt mean more work, id say maybe less an if it does it doesnt mean more profit.

[Steve. Taylor]

£15 FIRST ROOM SUBTRACT

Insurance, tax, fuel,transport,chemicals, wear & tear

I reckon if he boils the kettle in the morning to make a flask of tea = A loss