[ccmids]

when he is doing the windows go and have a word with him if he gets nasty he will be back inside as quick as that'  then you get your windows back .or better still buy him out make him an offer lump sum see what happens.

[CLEANGLASSUK]

The guy hasnt stolen my window's i dont do shop's, think they are a waste of time,
All i really meant by this post was -
Dont understand wc putting quotes in so low just to get the job,if everyone done this then there would be no money in window cleaning at all.

[craig b]

if he can make a living why not...the credit crunch will hurt the ones who r over charging..
and ther seems to be a brave few on this forum..ive brung prices down in some cases to fend of others just in case.
customers wont drop you for the sake of a pound but a few pound they will...i picked up one the last week £9 previous window cleaner was charging £14 should i not have took it...told her to tell him to slide on

[David Slater]

How's he going to work if something happens to his car

What goes around, comes around. If he's ruining every w/c's livelihood, I'm sure one of them will return the favour and give him a dose of his own medicine

Yeah, thats useful.

Do you see Tesco sending round the heavies if Asda undercut them?

Grow up and get real.

You're in BUSINESS my friend and everything is fair in love and war...and business.

Do you honestly think you'll progrees to anything more than a jobbing windy fella with an attitude like that?

OCS and MITIE (to name but two) seem to have grown their business and made their business model work without threatening violence/unlawful acts.

ACT like a pro, or scuttle off back to earning a couple of quid out of window cleaning on top of your dole money.




I am sick to death of reading posts like this....and you wonder why window cleaners have a bad name?

[craig b]

business have been putting ther price up for years and with economic boom we had people were paying it now its time to cut back...and people  with ther head screwed on could make a killing...more people out of work ..wanting work..they  will work for less so you dont have to charge as much..we our going through a time of change dont miss the ride..

[CLEANGLASSUK]

I dont agree with threatening people or smashing there car up, at the end of the it's business,Just dont understand why quotes are so low you would have to do so many shop's at that price to get any sort of wage.

[craig b]

iam sure you could clean 20 panes of glass in an hour ...£20 an hour sounds good to me for a guy just out of the nick

[David Slater]

I dont agree with threatening people or smashing there car up, at the end of the it's business,Just dont understand why quotes are so low you would have to do so many shop's at that price to get any sort of wage.

WHO CARES!!!!

He's offering his service for less than you. Can you stand back and look at you business model and make savings?

Virtually every business is in the same boat - BT laid off 10,000 employees. Astar Zeneca just laid off 2,000. Rolly Royce just laid off 1,400....the list goes on! they didnt do this for the fun of it. They did it to MAKE SAVINGS.

If someone thinks they can hang on to their work by threating violence they are an utter fool and not worthy of being 'in business'.

Stand back and look carefully at your business model -
1. Does it need tweaking?
2. Does it need overhauling to reflect a different economic enviroment?;... Or does it require violence and threats to survive?

Or maybe you rely on threats and violence for your work?

What a sorry state this business is in, if that is true....I hope the 'prison fella' has more business acumen than certain other posters  

[CLEANGLASSUK]

iam sure you could clean 20 panes of glass in an hour ...£20 an hour sounds good to me for a guy just out of the nick

If your happy with £20 an hour then great, I try to make sure i am on a minimum of £35 per hour. you cant get rich on £20 hr can you.

[Trotsky]

  Personally I couldn't care less!
Customers come and go... Prices rise and fall!
When the bottom falls out of the w/c game I just move onto something else!
(that why I was (WAS) a carpenter & joiner, now I'm a w/c... who knows what's next!)

[craig b]

a team of 5 cleaners making between £20 and £ 30 an hour adds up t0 a hell of a lot more than £35 pound an hour..

[CLEANGLASSUK]

a team of 5 cleaners making between £20 and £ 30 an hour adds up t0 a hell of a lot more than £35 pound an hour..

dont worry i know about that, my old boss 5 vans ten worker's all on between £35,000 - £40,000 a year and we was on only 30% of the job price,He kept the rest,roughly grossing over a million a year.
Just a few more contracts and i will catch him up  "I WISH"

[craig b]

UNDER CUT HIM !!! thats business..if you had half that you would be happy iam sure

[ccmids]

who said get violent with him ? i cant see