[dazmond]

her "would you like a coffee?"

me "yes please milk and one sugar"

she brings it out with a choccy biscuit as usual.lovely!

him "if i give you a tenner will you clean my solar panels?"(16 large panels,8 of them awkward,will need 47 footer).

me "NO!but ill clean them for £30!

him "NO WAY AM I PAYING YOU £30 TO SQUIRT A BIT OF WATER ON EM!"(then storms off and slams the door!)

by the way he s got 2 brand new cars on the drive(BMW,VW toureg),a large new caravan(20 grand+).

if it wasnt for his wife id of dumped the job years ago.

he asked me the very same question 6 months ago!!

[David stewart]

People asking to squirt a bit of water is starting to crack me up lol
Doing an elderly ladies quite fancy house in the country the other day, finished the windows and just before I packed up, the windscreen was minging so gave it a quick brush and rinse down.
Anyway I turned around to find the old lady standing waiting on me.
She asked could I give the exterior gutters and fascia and soffit a quick clean while I'm here. I says ok il just have a look round and give you a price to which she replies "oh never mind, I thought you could just squirt some water at it from your brush as you have time to wash your van while you're here" 
I replied by telling her that it would have taken at least 4-5 times the length of time to clean the gutters etc as it did to clean the windows and a I couldn't squirt any water at them for free, made me laugh 

[deeege]

And you posted the very same thread 6 months ago too!

[David stewart]

And you posted the very same thread 6 months ago too!

Hopefully he will have surrendered and given you the £30 in 6months daz 

[dazmond]

And you posted the very same thread 6 months ago too!

yeah danny and i reckon ill be posting the same in another 6 months!his solar panels are minging now!!

he s by far the worst customer on my round.real tight git.very bad tempered too.i feel sorry for him really.it must be awful being him!!

[bobplum]

This does relate in some parts to my post about cleaning connys and the price the existing window cleaning customers think you will charge because you just squirt water on it
We will never win

[Tom White]

Why not just squirt some water on them then; literally? 

Not bad for a tenner.

[dazmond]

This does relate in some parts to my post about cleaning connys and the price the existing window cleaning customers think you will charge because you just squirt water on it
We will never win

i win all the time bob.for every no to an add on job i get 5 or 6 that say yes!(from existing customers)so its a win win for me.im not particularly bothered at all if i dont get them at the price i want for them but a nice bonus when i do.

[dazmond]

Why not just squirt some water on them then; literally? 

Not bad for a tenner.

 

because tosh im not interested unless he pays me £30  to clean them properly!

[jk999]

I also would have given them a quick squirt and taken tenner

[Soupy]

Why not just squirt some water on them then; literally? 

Not bad for a tenner.

Oh sugar. I agree with Tish.

Shoot me now.

[C o z y]

Big cars and all the trimmings are expensive. I find that the unhappy bods are the ones with all that. They're like ducks on water. On the surface, all cool, and under the surface, legs going like a steam train.
Been there myself. Expensive house, nice car etc, and working 14 hours a day to stay level with the bills. I had a short fuse then, and had no time for anything but work and sleep.
I see this the same as Daz, the price is 30 quid. Why change? Foe all the trappings of their wealth, the guy seems to be reluctant to pay the going rate. Stuff 'em.

[Johnboy2525]

What would have happened he would have squirted them with water the dirt runs around the gutters even more then they will moan and not pay and say they look worse. They gotta be done properly and for a good price

[Ian101]

This does relate in some parts to my post about cleaning connys and the price the existing window cleaning customers think you will charge because you just squirt water on it
We will never win

Had one long time customer last evening on a text asking about conny roof .... she thought it would be £2 to have roof done on next visit 

[Ian101]

Going to try summit for next 2 months 

Adwords campaign for conny roof cleaning 1st month double my normal price ... 2nd month normal price ... lets see what happens.

To use a car sales trick gonna increase the features of the clean on the web page description to build value rather than reduce price cos people buy when they perceive the value of the product to exceed the price 

[dazmond]

Big cars and all the trimmings are expensive. I find that the unhappy bods are the ones with all that. They're like ducks on water. On the surface, all cool, and under the surface, legs going like a steam train.
Been there myself. Expensive house, nice car etc, and working 14 hours a day to stay level with the bills. I had a short fuse then, and had no time for anything but work and sleep.
I see this the same as Daz, the price is 30 quid. Why change? Foe all the trappings of their wealth, the guy seems to be reluctant to pay the going rate. Stuff 'em.

HE DOESNT WORK COZY! .i personally think hes got a problem.ive never met such a bad tempered guy.always angry,his wife lives in fear and so does his poor dog(always cowering).he s a bully.his wife is an angel and is the only reason i continue to clean the windows.

i try and humour him but it rarely works.he  always storms off slamming doors.

i stick to my guns.i want £30 to clean the solar panels.if he wont pay then they dont get cleaned.simple.

[PoleKing]

Just tell him that an extreme 47 is £1k's worth of pole.

[Clever Forum Name]

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[C o z y]

Big cars and all the trimmings are expensive. I find that the unhappy bods are the ones with all that. They're like ducks on water. On the surface, all cool, and under the surface, legs going like a steam train.
Been there myself. Expensive house, nice car etc, and working 14 hours a day to stay level with the bills. I had a short fuse then, and had no time for anything but work and sleep.
I see this the same as Daz, the price is 30 quid. Why change? Foe all the trappings of their wealth, the guy seems to be reluctant to pay the going rate. Stuff 'em.

HE DOESNT WORK COZY! .i personally think hes got a problem.ive never met such a bad tempered guy.always angry,his wife lives in fear and so does his poor dog(always cowering).he s a bully.his wife is an angel and is the only reason i continue to clean the windows.

i try and humour him but it rarely works.he  always storms off slamming doors.

i stick to my guns.i want £30 to clean the solar panels.if he wont pay then they dont get cleaned.simple.