[Window Washers]

as the topic says, what are you reasons for stopping cleaning people windows ?

[Dale Smith]

Usually because they have asked us to stop, we have not got enough yet to drop people but we are working on it....

[tomy jackson]

noi being payed

[pingu]

I took advice from here when I started about dropping customers and in the 1st 18months I was a little too zealous on certain occassions and dropped around 10 for things that now I would certainly leave until the next day before making a judgement.

But in the main:

Being mucked around for varying reasons.
Payment issues.
Access issues.

.........and in combination with, how much I like the job/person/location/money

Cheers
Dave.

[mark dew]

Too many 'not this time.'
Having to keep chasing up payment.
Was underpriced to begin with and they weren't happy with a previous price increase.
I simply didn't like the job or the customer.

[jeff68]

I have just gone w.f.p now and I clean a 1st floor flat,but the water drips down onto the groundfloor windows and they have complained so I have had to drop them as I no longer use ladders and they were bad payers too. :

[johns window kleen]

In town Chip shops, which you can only do when there open and people are in their at tables eating.
Two weekly fish & chip shops, too much air borne grease on the windows, which really messes up applicator and rubber. Told him he needed weekly he said he cant afford it. Yeah right chips are £1.50 a portion on their own.

People who dont clean up tons of dog poo in back garden.
Peeps who mess me about regarding payment.
My round is now nearly completely rid of all these. Probably 40 jobs in total dropped.

[trevor povey]

reason why I stopped cleaning one house is I was in a nite club one night well sozzeled ended up taking a lass back to my place....after we,d finished been rude to each other she got a taxi back home in the morning and I thought that was that...anyway a week later was cleaning a customers house and angry voice shouted up "oi you I thought you was supposed to ring me up you big fat lousey *******   


Unknown to me it was my customers eldest daughter who had moved back home after a split from her fella

[jonisondell]

i drop people for being too tight had a job 4 quid 2 windows went from monthly, bi then wanted every 3 months, wanted me to clean a roof quite small 2min job, ill do it for 5 quid, the bloke nearly had a heart attack, he went into shock when i told him.

[elite mike]

i have a yearly or 18 month cull of custys

usual reasons  bad payers, rude ones or just plain annoying :

[s.w.c]

my reasons would be, very bad payers, ignorant customer, more hassle than the jobs worth, or if I'm trying to compact the round i do this every couple of years.

[cozy]

Nice 1 Elite mike, Cull, annoying mmmmmmm getting an idea here.....

[bobspooks]

I had a guy who only ever had me do his windows as and when, would here nothing from him for months then he phones and tells me he has visitors coming on the friday and wants the windows done on the thursday, but thinks its ok calling me on the wednesday afternoon to tell me. he must think  I am sitting at home waiting for him to call.

[bumper]

if they have loads of dog crap in garden and if they say can you do them every 2 months

[sageorgeta]

I never drop any customers...i just sell them onto other cleaners.

[sparklebright]

Bad payers.
People who don't clean up their gardens after the dog.



The above would all be dropped but for those obnoxious or awkward customers I levy what I call a PITA supplement, as in they are a Pain In The A**e.

That way if they continue to use my service it's for top dollar, or they drop me, cos I'm too dear, tho often they have had trouble keeping a windy cos they are obnoxious/awkward.

[stig]

my reasons would be, very bad payers, ignorant customer, more hassle than the jobs worth, or if I'm trying to compact the round i do this every couple of years.

SAME ERE

[pjulk]

Bad payers
Poor access
Dogs mess
Customer only wants it done at certain times.

[windowswashed]

Bad payers & irregular cleaning frequency from customers that get dumped.

[windowswashed]

reason why I stopped cleaning one house is I was in a nite club one night well sozzeled ended up taking a lass back to my place....after we,d finished been rude to each other she got a taxi back home in the morning and I thought that was that...anyway a week later was cleaning a customers house and angry voice shouted up "oi you I thought you was supposed to ring me up you big fat lousey *******   


Unknown to me it was my customers eldest daughter who had moved back home after a split from her fella

I like it.

I clean 3 houses of 3 of ex-girlfriends and they are all fine with me cleaning their windows becuse their previous window cleaners were terrible. Occasionally, they phone me or I phone them and we  go out of a Friday or Saturday night and get merry with drink and back to theirs or mine to look at the bedroom ceiling, etc. The good thing is none of them have any hang ups about the situation afterwards as we just treat it very casually. I'm onto a good thing with the extra perks of window cleaning. In the past I would never dream of mixing business with pleasure but I'm single now so what the hell, life's too short.