[East coast window cleaning Services]

I cant be the only one, But ive losing customers at a alarming rate on my residential rounds due to job losses. Thank good ive got a half decent commercial round to fall back on. How are you guys finding it.

[GWCS]

only one that has actually admitted to it..

[martinsadie]

Lost 3 so far because husbands lost his job 

[bad trippy]

I cant be the only one, But ive losing customers at a alarming rate on my residential rounds due to job losses. Thank good ive got a half decent commercial round to fall back on. How are you guys finding it.

what part of the country are you from?

[Tosh]

I've lost one due to a job loss and another because he's a mortgage advisor.

But there's no one single 'big employer' round here; so I guess we're lucky.

I'm guessing that if you live in an area with, say for example a car manufacturing plant, that employs thousands of 'locals'; and that firm goes bust or cuts everyone's wages/hours; and you have a lot of customers from that factory, then you could lose a few.  Not to mention the other jobs that are off-shoots; relying on that big company's trade.

However, from the little I understand, the last big reccesion in the 1980s really hit the blue collar workers.  But this one is different because it's hitting the white-collar workers in the South-East due to the subsequent growth from the 1980s into the financial sector.

I could be wrong though, I'm just a window cleaner; and a Geordie one at that.

[foxy]

GWCS   some of the posters on this site have not yet felt the effects of the recession. i clean retail and lots of the shops are really struggling, some have cut back to every other week. it will probably get worse before it gets better. other window cleaners i know are feeling the effects as well; and i imagine that some of the posters are reluctant to admit that they are losing customers in case others feel it reflects on their professionalism.

[seandyer2003]

I dont have a massive round, but i have lost 5-10 and a few every other time, but most are cutting back rather than losing jobs, but i have picked up more than enough to compensate, so i wouldnt say i have been bashed by recession , YET , fingers crossed

[Niall McAllister]

Most of my custs are past worrying about work, so not so worried by that
unfortunately, a lot are near falling off the perch age

[sparklebright]

I cant be the only one, But ive losing customers at a alarming rate on my residential rounds due to job losses. Thank good ive got a half decent commercial round to fall back on. How are you guys finding it.

All of my losses have been commercial £700 a month down and counting
Residential holding up ok, most of my resi customers are retired (seaside town) so they are alright, but all my shops are cutting back, one job has gone from 3 x £8 a week to once at £7.
Round here there were hardly any jobs to start with  :
But I'm still picking up new work, go figure

[kris martin]

i have lost quite a few businesses and also a fair few residential  but luckily it is mainly the customers that i would of got rid of anyway, crap payers, arragent, priced too low etc etc etc..

businesses though :-(

[davids3511]

i have lost quite a few businesses and also a fair few residential  but luckily it is mainly the customers that i would of got rid of anyway, crap payers, arragent, priced too low etc etc etc..

businesses though :-(

It's weird like that for me too. Mostly the ones I have lost are ones I have been glad to see that back of anyway.

[kris martin]

i have lost quite a few businesses and also a fair few residential  but luckily it is mainly the customers that i would of got rid of anyway, crap payers, arragent, priced too low etc etc etc..

businesses though :-(

It's weird like that for me too. Mostly the ones I have lost are ones I have been glad to see that back of anyway.

im actually quite glad i have lost some of the work i have, more of a pain in the backside sometimes.  anyhow still picking up better paid work at the moment so not that worried.... still a little worried though.

[davids3511]

That's me exactly, picking up alot more than I lost but still worried I might loose loads.

I had a guy a few weeks ago leaflet all my customers offering to do them for £5.00, I charge between £10 and £12.00. I didn't loose a single one but my stress levels went up for a few weeks.

[kris martin]

dosnt worry me people canvassing my work it happens all the time around where i work, i wouldnt say im picking up more than i have lost, maybe even steven but on the picking up front it has slowed down so i have to make sure that loosing slows down as well 

[dai]

I'm losing more than I'm gaining, but still have a lot more work than I need.
I was going to have a cull at end of last summer, but put it off when things started looking bad, glad I did now.

[Sir Squeaky]

Nope, haven't lost any.
Picked up dozens too.

[AuRavelling79]

Nope, haven't lost any.
Picked up dozens too.

Not as good as squeaky but picked up two new domestic custies (recommends off existing) today and got a primary school I quoted for ....

Haven't lost any domestic since three tiny (£6 council bungalow; £10 semi and a £6 front only) ones went in Nov/Dec. In fact one family I clean for - three houses and two have lost their job have kept me on.

[williamx]

I have not lost any since November, I am also gaining 20 plus new customers every week from door knocking, I want this to raise to 50 before the end of april and I am in talks with some commercials which should be worthwhile if I get them.

My new cleaner will be starting in 6 weeks with another 2 planned before christmas.

There is still plenty of work avaiable.

[GWCS]

GWCS   some of the posters on this site have not yet felt the effects of the recession. i clean retail and lots of the shops are really struggling, some have cut back to every other week. it will probably get worse before it gets better. other window cleaners i know are feeling the effects as well; and i imagine that some of the posters are reluctant to admit that they are losing customers in case others feel it reflects on their professionalism.

you have mistaken my comment

Ive only had one custy drop off as they have admitted openly they lost their job to me.

[jouk45]

rather than lose a custy, try and move them to monthy or every 6 weeks, at least until things subside, at least you are keeping hold of them,