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davetherave

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do you get messed about a lot?
« on: October 20, 2007, 09:50:37 am »
the other day i was asked by some builders to clean the windows of a house they were putting up for sale so i did.
they told me they would be back in an hour and even if i didn't see them they would be there all afternoon to pay me. They weren't on both counts and i am almost certain they deliberately did this never intending to actually pay me. I have lefts notes at the house about when i'm supposed to collect with out any reply. i'm seriously considering going round at night and egging every window not for revenge but to teach them that ripping people off is wrong and not ot do it to other people, its just makes me so angry.

But it doesnt end there, today i was supposed to clean some gutters but the customer of this particular house had to be in at the time to let me through to the back.  despite me telling them to inform me by phone if they couldn't be in on the date we arranged there wasn't a single person in the house this morning, it was deserted. 

 one of these days im gonna snap and go on a killing spree.
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cybersye

Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2007, 10:06:38 am »
Egg em! ;D
leave it until halloween though!  ;)
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davetherave

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Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2007, 10:20:01 am »
i want to egg the house before those gits sell it tho. i don't want the brand new owners who have done nothing wrong by me with egged windows. i just want the builders who are selling it to suffer. they wont be able to sell a house thats windows are egged. i don't care if they know its me thats done it coz they know they've ripped me off. 
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windowwashers

Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2007, 10:24:47 am »
Could go one better speak to a local farmer ask him to use his much spreader park in front of said houses and cover the whole lot  ;D when they say you only cleaned windows but covered whole house just say that was the interest  ;)
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SonOfFormby

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Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2007, 10:45:04 am »
Why not put soap on with an applicator....and leave it ;D

Lee
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supernova77

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Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2007, 11:24:43 am »
If you've been messed around by them mate seriously just put the dirt back on the windows.

Soap up your applicator dip it into some mud and go for it!

Andy
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M & C Window Cleaning

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Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2007, 11:55:19 am »
Come come guys! Don't make yourself as bad as them.

Know the feeling though.
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supernova77

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Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2007, 12:03:24 pm »
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Come come guys! Don't make yourself as bad as them.

Know the feeling though.

They were supposed to pay for the windows to be cleaned...

Dave cleaned them, but they didn't pay!

So... What's wrong with "un-cleaning them"?

Andy
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mark dew

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Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2007, 12:47:05 pm »
Quote from: Andy @ SCS on October 20, 2007, 12:03:24 pm
They were supposed to pay for the windows to be cleaned...

Dave cleaned them, but they didn't pay!

So... What's wrong with "un-cleaning them"?

Andy

nothing!! someone's taken the pee.
A soapy applicator is i think better than egged windows if someone is watching.
He must be able to find out who the builders are though. Get their details, double the price you agreed and make a claim against them.


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xxmattyxx

Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2007, 12:48:29 pm »
Give 'em their dirt back.

Dave, you've stolen their dirt you realise, I suggest you give it back  ;D
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M & C Window Cleaning

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Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2007, 03:04:21 pm »
I wouldn't waste any more of my precious time on them than was absolutely necessary. They are not worth it in my book. It'll more than likely happen to all of us sooner or later.
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Neil_A

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Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2007, 04:09:36 pm »
Just give some kids a fiver and 12 eggs... tell them to have some fun with the house:)
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Bertie Boo

Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2007, 04:15:39 pm »
eggs  ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

stephen
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Moderator David@stives

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Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2007, 04:25:02 pm »
Quote from: Neil_A on October 20, 2007, 04:09:36 pm
Just give some kids a fiver and 12 eggs... tell them to have some fun with the house:)

Yes great idea , just imagine if they get caught you can just see the headlines.
Not very professional at all.

Dave
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D woods

Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2007, 05:42:03 pm »
A guy I know was given the keys of a small office building that had been refurbished and told to clean the windows inside and out.

When he had finished he sent in the invoice . A couple of days later the builder phoned and and told him he was not going to pay him as he was not happy with the work. So this guy who still has the keys for the building buys himself some super glue and squirts it in every lock, then he puts in the keys and snaps them of inside all the locks.
 
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Village Gleam

Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2007, 08:42:40 pm »
D Woods, did you have any comeback, or was that the last you heard?
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Lizzy

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Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #16 on: October 20, 2007, 08:49:10 pm »
surely the house will be on with an Estate Agent?   Are the Ea's doing the viewings?  Book a viewing!  If so, ask who the builders were.  If not, you'll meet the builders face to face..........hopefully with their BILL & Court papers!

Or Issue papers to the EA to pass onto them, taking them to court.
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Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile.

D woods

Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #17 on: October 20, 2007, 08:52:41 pm »
Hi VG
I have no idea what happend after.
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mike richardson

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Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #18 on: October 20, 2007, 09:03:49 pm »
i had 1 like that the owner was in the 1st week of wfp

he watched me wfp pole tops sqeegee bottoms them came out &said he wasent paying me for using a hose pipe when he cud have done that
 
he wudnet even pay for dowms trad

so the lad who wokrs for me was in histerics when i got applicator out & a ladder & soaped  all ups & downs then told customer to stick his money lol.

i felt really good & the lad cudent believe id done it

bovered face bovered nope ;D

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windowwashers

Re: do you get messed about a lot?
« Reply #19 on: October 20, 2007, 09:06:03 pm »
I would have just took it on the chin, maybe followed it up in court if it was over £100, if less I would just forget it. I have a name to protect and doing eggs superglue ect will only come back to haunt you and cost you alot more than you lost in the first place. IMO forget about it
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