[macmac]

Did one a few weeks ago one off job, one egg + one pane of glass = £35 
   
Could work for free, but that would be stupid   :

That is working for free, you're way too cheap on your one offs!

[macmac]

Five minute detour, ten minutes to do the work five minutes extra travelling to next job 20 minutes total, fair price?

Answer phone-       10
Detour-                   15
10 mins work-         25
travel to next job-  10

You're almost half price, I would sub to you if you were nearer though!

[DaveG]

did one the other day...didnt charge any eggstra.......all part of the job

[Neil Williams]

All these years and clearly I've been missing a trick with all this charging extra for a minute or two's extra work.
Builders cleans are different. If they can't be ar-ed to protect windows before throwing cement, plaster, paint etc all over the place then they can pay more. Some brat throwing an egg an an OAPs place is an opportunity for a PR exercise......tips, recommendations etc

[martinsadie]

Did one a few weeks ago one off job, one egg + one pane of glass = £35 
   
Could work for free, but that would be stupid   :

greedy numpty 

[DaveG]

Like Neil Williams says its good for customer relations etc

[perfectpanesplymouth]

i clearly have a lot to learn!
i did a first clean the other day and she had about a dozen eggs thrown over her windows that had been on there since halloween and i only charged her £4 for the front of her house

[martinsadie]

i clearly have a lot to learn!
i did a first clean the other day and she had about a dozen eggs thrown over her windows that had been on there since halloween and i only charged her £4 for the front of her house

Ewan would have charged £420 for the eggs alone  

[wfp master]

sometimes they put super-glue in the egg with a syringe so it's impossible to get off!!

i dont clean egg off glass it cracks me up

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

YWCS would you clean all the weathered stains off the frames as part of the window cleaning price? lol 
I charge accordingly, if theres dried egg over the windows, and it takes longer than the clean you priced for, you charge more.
Time is money.




Matt

[cozy]

Did one a few weeks ago one off job, one egg + one pane of glass = £35 
   
Could work for free, but that would be stupid   :

Yes, I can just imagine how that went.

Custy "I've got egg on my window, can you clean it please?"

WC "Yes, I'm only 5 minutes away, I'll be there in a moment"

Custy "Oh good"


WC cleans 1 plate glass window in 10 mins, "35 quid please"

Custy "That's fantastic, thank you for taking 24.75 minutes from your busy day, would you come back and clean that window again if there is any bird poo etc on it?"

WC "Yes Ma'am, just doing my job" (Mission impossible theme plays in the background as WC zooms off in his batmobile)

I think someone here works in Sainsbury's filling shelves and pretending to be a window cleaner. If this person had a fatal accident and an autopsy was performed, the pathologist would remove the top of his skull and find  a 1/4 pound of boiled rice.

[cozy]

Quote, YWCS

“These rare occurrences should be factored into your regular pricing structure. Add 25p to every price you give, then any eggy attacks are paid for!! Most jobs will never get egged anyway!!”


Good points, I don’t have any problem with what you have said.

You shouldn’t knock people for charging the customer extra for removing any egg on the windows, if you are charging your entire customer base for this service and they many never have egg on there windows!

(Cozy you’re a numpty   )

No need to use offensive words like that Ewan. It just makes me wonder how a guy that has only been in this window shining game for about 18 months feels that blokes who have been doing this for more than 20 years will benefit from your endless wisdome.

If someone gladly hands over 35 quid for you to scrape a sheet of glass clean for 10 minutes, then good luck.

I just find that what  you post to be total cow poo, that's all, no need to resort to swearwords, shows weakness.

I don't think you are a window cleaner though. Judging by your posts, you  want to give the impression that you were some sort of white collar office bod with some degree of some sort.

An example would be when someone posts a question about prices, and you don't agree with an answer, that person is WRONG. It should always be your price that is right.You've been giving advice on here since 2 months of coming on and you have never been wrong yet.

What an amazing businessman. Alan Sugar would love you working for him.

[Oakley Windows]

It can commonly be observed with Ewan that he believes his opinion is fact. Opinions are not factual but are likely to be subjective....

Which IMO therefore means he is deluded, fact 

[DaveG]

Like Neil Williams says its good for customer relations etc

If that’s true, don’t charge for cleaning the customer’s windows.

What you on about Ewan..........really clever thing to say that !!

If im there cleaning the customers windows and there s egg on one of them, then how easy is it to get the scraper from the van, scrape it off and  hey presto!

[ftp]

Ewan's obviously eggsaderating as usual.  :


"Come on Ewan get off that laptop your tea's on the table"
"and I want you to get your homework done before bed!"

[DaveG]

Was that an "agree"??

[sgibsoncleaning]

35 quid for one pane of glass.  one egg ? i would have expected a lemon merangue pie on it for that price.
ewan thats a result.
but heres something to think about, if someone phoned me for a quote and told me that they where charged that much money, then they asked do i think thats a bit expensive, (people ask me all the time if what they pay is too much), what would i say, what would you say. what would all the others say.
this is a time of recession, customers are not just cash cows there to be milked.

[ftp]

I've just been to Tescos, I have around four hundred eggs and my son has agreed to take my round book and egg all my customers tonight. I'm thinking of around £200 per hour tomorrow.

[ronnie paton]

proberly lucky if you gwt 4.50 a hour

[Oakley Windows]

Ewan's obviously eggsaderating as usual.  :


"Come on Ewan get off that laptop your tea's on the table"
"and I want you to get your homework done before bed!"