i recently bought a round and i held back 500 retention, and i glad i did because the round he sold was supposed to have been worth 550 a month, but after me working it the gross value to me after the cancellations and messer which i eliminated straight away was worth 350, so in real terms he would have got 4.5 times instead of the agreed 3 times. he wasnt happy but after a meeting he conceded and reduced the cost . remember that a customer who liked it done trad before may be difficult to change to wfp .some people just dislike wfp . there is a lot of wc who dont do it properly. (inc me when i first started.) experience changes that
Hi Why not go out and get your own customers,i only started last year and am surprised at how easy it is to get customers if you are well presented do a good job and charge a reasonable rate,it also gives experience regarding pricing ,meeting people,getting a feel for the job etc.Just try a couple of hours canvassing once a week,it soon builds up.
Quote from: sean mcc on April 21, 2013, 10:50:46 amHi Why not go out and get your own customers,i only started last year and am surprised at how easy it is to get customers if you are well presented do a good job and charge a reasonable rate,it also gives experience regarding pricing ,meeting people,getting a feel for the job etc.Just try a couple of hours canvassing once a week,it soon builds up. It does seem people around here don't respond to canvassing tooi think different areas of the country can be good to do this, however where i live its not a good town to canvass. i dont know why tbh
Quote from: sean mcc on April 21, 2013, 10:50:46 amHi Why not go out and get your own customers,i only started last year and am surprised at how easy it is to get customers if you are well presented do a good job and charge a reasonable rate,it also gives experience regarding pricing ,meeting people,getting a feel for the job etc.Just try a couple of hours canvassing once a week,it soon builds up. Sean that's the way I intended to go mate but the area I am in seems to be a Closed shop so to speak.
Many good points on this thread and only you will really know if the asking price is worth the cost.If buying i would expect to do the round with the seller doing the majority of the work so i could see the timetaken and how customer relations are. if satisfied the seller would have to do the round with be while i cleanhe would introduce explain that i would be cleaning from now on etc.. ( but no mention of selling )You are likely to gey some drop out but this should be small if you thorough with the first clean ( BTW - does he clean the frames ?? - if not your in for one hell of a month )with the above you can judge the time it takes ( trad ) and after the initial clean you should be able to knock 30% off the times for wfp and give you some idea on what this work will bring in p/hDarran