[clairekuccuk39]

Hi everyone,

Was wondering if anyone had any funny stories to tell about customers and how they do or dont pay.

Our best and funniest one has to be a well off customer of ours who recently had taken a holiday to Istanbul.  Rather than see his left over holiday money go to waste he is now paying my husband in turkish lira!  My husband is turkish if youre wondering but we live in England! 

Claire

[Majestic]

I have been offered a portable tv, and living by the sea , fish. But had to refuse both offers

[captain lard]

Hi Claire - do you go to visit Turkey regularly (seeing relatives or on holiday)and use it then so you dont mind being paid in Turkish currency or is your hubbie just humouring the customer??

[Paul Coleman]

Hi everyone,

Was wondering if anyone had any funny stories to tell about customers and how they do or dont pay.

Our best and funniest one has to be a well off customer of ours who recently had taken a holiday to Istanbul.  Rather than see his left over holiday money go to waste he is now paying my husband in turkish lira!  My husband is turkish if youre wondering but we live in England! 

Claire

I was once paid in Sainsbury's vouchers (before they joined the "Nectar" scheme).  I was quite happy with that as I often shop there.  He had no cash on him and it saved him from hunting for his cheque book.

[windows_chepstow]

Just recently, a Scottish customer of mine paid me in Scottish ten pound notes for a seventy quid gutter clean.

Why?

Because she knows I dislike Jocks (in a jokey sort of way), so she kept the 'Sweaty' money back from a recent trip to Scottland to purposely pay me with.

That's cheek!

[Sir Squeaky]

I had a week recently where I took nearly £100 in Monopoly Scottish money off various customers.

Nothing before or since.

Must be the one acceptable week of weather to holiday there....

[ducky]

ha ha ha

[cleantech.co.uk]

I had a week recently where I took nearly £100 in Monopoly Scottish money off various customers.

Nothing before or since.

Must be the one acceptable week of weather to holiday there....

Strangly enough, most of our cash customers pay us with scottish money

  :

[macc]

I had a week recently where I took nearly £100 in Monopoly Scottish money off various customers.

Nothing before or since.

Must be the one acceptable week of weather to holiday there....

Is it legal tender (Scottish money)  . Shops down here wont take it so i always say NO THANKS. 

Macc

[RO-Sheen]

If the shops down south dont accept it is just because the shop assisstants are too thick to read that it says 'sterling' on it and legal tender!! Northern Irish sterling is also acceptable anywhere in the UK.
I live in oxford (although from Dublin originally) and quite often get Scottish Sterling - Never had a problem cashing or spending it here

[Sir Squeaky]

Is it legal tender (Scottish money)  . Shops down here wont take it so i always say NO THANKS. 

Macc

Wouldn't know.

I always bank my money.

[reah]

Any one been paid in euros yet.

[windows_chepstow]

Any one been paid in euros yet.

I'd like to be paid in 'kind', but I've not had any offers!

Anyway; get back on topic!

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When I first started I advertised a free clean to any customer who referred me to a friend. 

One lady customer 'went for it' and ended up getting free cleans for about eight months.  I had to stop her in the end.

(It wasn't a good idea; but that's another topic).

[RO-Sheen]

Tosh...
Why wasnt it a good idea?? I was thinking of doing it myself. as long as the referral are regular cleans and not once off I thought it would be worth while!

[windows_chepstow]

Tosh...
Why wasnt it a good idea?? I was thinking of doing it myself. as long as the referral are regular cleans and not once off I thought it would be worth while!

Then start a new topic and I'll give you my slant on it!

[macc]

Customer today never had enough cash to pay but didnt want to pay by cheque, so she offered me a bottle of Scotch,  .

That will do very nicely. I think her husband will have the hump, i would.

Macc

[JM123]

yeah it really winds me up - we have 4 different banks over here who make their own notes,they're all sterling but still the thick as champ shop assistants in England (and Scotland sometimes too) look at it and stare for ages then tell you they can't take it, ggrrrrr, its funny though when they see our Northern Bank £5 notes,they're plastic!!

[macc]

yeah it really winds me up - we have 4 different banks over here who make their own notes,they're all sterling but still the thick as champ shop assistants in England (and Scotland sometimes too) look at it and stare for ages then tell you they can't take it, ggrrrrr, its funny though when they see our Northern Bank £5 notes,they're plastic!!

Are they realy plastic or is that a wind up?

Macc

[WavieDavie]

Yes - they're plastic!

I got one from the Northern Bank recently and it's partly see-through too.

[danny mckim]

Whats with the slagging scottish notes lads. We scottish people  dont go around with the we are better than them atitude!