Hilton, honestly this is the last time I'm going to talk about this because quite frankly, you don't know the costs involved nor do you understand the client. Your argument is based on your thoughts and has nothing to do with facts.
People that have contacted me are mainly successful commercial truckmounted operations and are looking to tap into residential or boost residential tickets. It hasnt worked in a particular region because we know my sales staff hadnt been converting calls, we think its locality issues. But dont worry about the state of the said businesses, they didnt build up to running 3 trucks without having marketing skills of their own.
I have today formulated a new strategy for this region whereby we cut out my office. With this step cut out the cost to the cleaner is dramatically reduced because my costs are reduced. They now are just paying a small set fee because they manage their own calls and quotes. This is what we are now doing and again everyone is happy.
Because I dont know you this isnt addressed to you personally but so far the people that have given me the most grief about this have been quite small time and the same people who moan about being quiet all the time, the ones that contact me have all the toys.
Warren, you might not want to comment further but I can't let your assumptions above go unanswered, I am fully aware of the costs invlolved in such an operation and do know the facts which is I why I commented in the first place.
We ran a similar operation many years ago, no where near 50% I grant you, we did it on a sliding scale on the value of the job, it was very successful and we had calls coming in from all over the country, ( and abroad) pretty much along the lines as currently being advertised on here under 'Spick & Span'.
It run away with us and grew too large to control and we started to get prospects being let down by cleaners we had appointed, in the end we took a decision to drop it but with the
right resources and at the correct fee's it is very much viable and we might revisit some time in the future which is what I trying , probably badly, to convey.
I have to say you have confirmed what I was pointing out by now going down the route I mentioned above at a lower fee and at lower costs precisely because the 50% did not work.
Your right though I dont understand your clients who go out and buy all the 'big toys' only to find they do not have the batteries big enough to operate them, I don't buy 'they wanted to dip their toe in the domestic market' nonsense, sorry. If you have three TM's and can only run two, then sell one.
But hey good luck with it
I really mean that, which is why I commented earlier about being behind people who take risks and earn out of it, my initial pop was at the naysayers who knock anything that seems out of the ordinary, I just sort of got distracted by your 50% charges, I'll be quiet now, promise
