[john tomkins]

jdemarco,

Are you VAT registered yet?

Andy

yes and no!

I think this is the answer to your questions Andy

jdemarco, ......    yes
Are you VAT registered yet?...... no

[ronnie paton]

wots the cloak and dagger about jd?

[supernova77]

Surely you are well over the VAT threshold?

Andy

[jdemarco]

Surely you are well over the VAT threshold?

Andy

Are you all saying that you declare every penny that you earn. All my work is cash in hand!

[Kwackers]

bet the taxman wonders hows you brought simon cowells old house! 

[supernova77]

Are you all saying that you declare every penny that you earn. All my work is cash in hand!

What a great businessman you are!

Andy

[jdemarco]

Are you all saying that you declare every penny that you earn. All my work is cash in hand!

What a great businessman you are!

Andy

We all have our flaws!

[Dean Aspects]

How many people do you have working for you earning £500 per day and how do you manage to get enough work for these workers and also how do you manage the round

Dean

[jdemarco]

How many people do you have working for you earning £500 per day and how do you manage to get enough work for these workers and also how do you manage the round

Dean

2 lads working 3 days per week.

[xxmattyxx]

Here we go again : Boring

Oh how I laughed at that post 

Boring post, tad thick as well.

[Paul Coleman]

Surely you are well over the VAT threshold?

Andy

Are you all saying that you declare every penny that you earn. All my work is cash in hand!

If that's the case and you're not a wind-up merchant, then you are cheating the other window cleaners in your area.  Fiddling the books helps you keep the rates down which more honest window cleaners might have trouble competing against.
Personally, I think you're just a wind up merchant.  Quite entertaining though.

[windowwashers]

Are you all saying that you declare every penny that you earn. All my work is cash in hand!

What a great businessman you are!

Andy

We all have our flaws!

what is your round value per month JDE ?

[Grafters Cleaning Services]

£500-00 a day? yeh ok

even if this were the case you are grossly underpaying them
they won't last 5 minutes when the reality kicks in of the potenial earnings from window cleaning

if i had 2 guys earning me £500-00 a day
i would happily pay them £100 each per day, therefore they would be on £500  per week (5 days)
and i would be getting £1,500 per week for sitting on my a*rse (probally retire on that, almost £78,000 per year)

if what you are saying is true then pay them a decent living wage

I will do eventually. Everyone that has worked with me the past 2 years have earnt the same amount 500+. so what does that tell you?

everyone that has worked for you in the last 2 years?
where are they now??

i rest my case your lordship

[NWH]

Squeaky look at the big picture,with good employes figures like this can be acheived.No offense intented mate but because you feel you couldn`t acheive these numbers it dosen`t make it impossible for others with different work,one thing i don`t agree with is what he`s paying them,once one of them 2 grows a brain they`ll be off on there toes.Don`t be greedy JD you`ll end up with loads of work and no one to do it,pay them what your paying them at the moment + bonus if they complete the amount of work required over the course of the month,if you treat them mean it won`t keep them keen.

[Sir Squeaky]

Squeaky look at the big picture,with good employes figures like this can be acheived.No offense intented mate but because you feel you couldn`t acheive these numbers it dosen`t make it impossible for others with different work,one thing i don`t agree with is what he`s paying them,once one of them 2 grows a brain they`ll be off on there toes.Don`t be greedy JD you`ll end up with loads of work and no one to do it,pay them what your paying them at the moment + bonus if they complete the amount of work required over the course of the month,if you treat them mean it won`t keep them keen.

NWH, no offense taken, but I'm realistic mate.
Yes it is impossible.
It's not going to happen. :

When I first started 10 years ago this week, my first few days turnover were something like £35, £38 and £44.

After a few weeks it was up around £60 to £70.
I was doing way more than anyone else I worked with.
On the same round now if I worked all day like that I'd do £160-odd.

What I'm saying is when you start you're miles slower.
I don't believe £500 anyway, but on the first few days?
More like £50, and everybody knows it.

[tonylee]

can not belive you think he is just a tad.
mental illness is also my best friend!

[jdemarco]

Are you all saying that you declare every penny that you earn. All my work is cash in hand!

What a great businessman you are!

Andy

We all have our flaws!

what is your round value per month JDE ?

At the moment its 6000 pounds a month. Picked up a few more last week and lost a couple this week so poss just over 6 grand. I didnt get the extra work i was after that went to a chap who used to work with me, wasnt much good then cant imagine hes any better now, another hit and miss. but now have alot more time for canvassing the whole of Anglesey and then into north wales main land.

[Davew]

Yes Snowdonia is heavily populated i believe.

[jdemarco]

Squeaky look at the big picture,with good employes figures like this can be acheived.No offense intented mate but because you feel you couldn`t acheive these numbers it dosen`t make it impossible for others with different work,one thing i don`t agree with is what he`s paying them,once one of them 2 grows a brain they`ll be off on there toes.Don`t be greedy JD you`ll end up with loads of work and no one to do it,pay them what your paying them at the moment + bonus if they complete the amount of work required over the course of the month,if you treat them mean it won`t keep them keen.

NWH, no offense taken, but I'm realistic mate.
Yes it is impossible.
It's not going to happen. :

When I first started 10 years ago this week, my first few days turnover were something like £35, £38 and £44.

After a few weeks it was up around £60 to £70.
I was doing way more than anyone else I worked with.
On the same round now if I worked all day like that I'd do £160-odd.

What I'm saying is when you start you're miles slower.
I don't believe £500 anyway, but on the first few days?
More like £50, and everybody knows it.

When i started on my own 4 years ago i was on 15 pound an hour and every 6 months after that it kept rising and is still rising i couldnt explain it, its just the way it was. I just put it down to my hard work. I was nothing special and still arent...what can i say. Must just be lucky!

[NWH]

Squeaky you must have a poor round,if you`ve been going as long as you say and are now unable to acheive a top daily rate you must have been standing still for the last 10 years,again no offense intended cos if you hadn`t you would would know this is possible,maybe not with 2 new to the game employees but it is possible.