[kenaltobelli]

  out over the weekend and i was told about a gang of leeds ladsgoing
  round Harrogate ; geting blokes working on there own giving them a hard time
  coming out with those words you just have to smile look out for an old astra van

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

If they said that to me they would get their (not mine) squeegee shoved up their arses (SIDEWAYS)!!!
Had one guy aged early 20's say that to me 4 years ago, just told him to EFF off my patch, as I had been cleaning windows since he was in Infant school. never had any trouble from anyone else. I usually chat to that guy on Friday mornings at the local snack van.

[ian1972]

that happens a lot round here i no more than 1 w/c bin scared off his own work by thugs there just bullys 

[NWH]

It should be an unspoken rule among WC`s that if you know someone does a particular job you don`t target that job,i wouldn`t like it although i personally wouldn`t feel threatened.If a customer came up to me and asked me i would quote but i wouldn`t knock if i new they had a WC.

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

but you dont know exactly which houses have window cleaners so you will always knock or drop flyers on someone elses work. it doesnt bother me if another window cleaner approaches my customers.

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

NWH I think with what Ken was saying about those kids is if a window cleaners has customers on a perticular road no other window cleaner should clean on that road.

[andyjm1]

NWH I think with what Ken was saying about those kids is if a window cleaners has customers on a perticular road no other window cleaner should clean on that road.

Anyone that canvasses regularly will know that a street that doesn't have at least one window cleaner is extremely rare, many have two or three.
Even more rare is a window cleaner that cleans every house in the street. Many window cleaners hate canvassing or just can't be bothered, so if someone else picks up customers on their streets, fair play to them I say.

[Amethyst]

Surely if the customer is happy with service and price they aren't going to change are they?

[Trevor Knight]

I recently had a new window cleaner put leaflets through doors saying about their services and at the bottom in big letters it said "We will beat your existing window cleaners price by 20%"

I'm not worried but it did make me chuckle ;O)

[GWCS]

Surely if the customer is happy with service and price they aren't going to change are they?

possibly they will.

Prob is not everyone's service is the same, so for a few quid cheaper you could get a worse service.

Then they would have to ask the old window cleaner back, who will no doubt increase their charge OR not go back.

In general if people are happy then they will not change..

[stfc]

this happend to me,,apparantly i peed off 6 wcs down this little estate,,bin doing it 5 years now and went advertising 2 weeks ago picked up 15 new customers did them last week and wc said ive peed him off etc and under cutting which is not true 1 bit all custtys come 2 me,,and didnt realise any wcs were down there,,after his abbuse im down there 2morow and doing a massive leaflet drop just to annoy him..If you do a good job then theres no need to worry,,i did say to him hes not going to bully me in to going and give back wot i got.

[SteveAllan]

some tool tried it with me after id started a couple of months, i said nothing to him and carried on which really p*ssed him off. anyway he went to push me so after a bit of krav maga he seen the error of his ways, i now do 8 houses on his "patch", feck im, its business, i dont get this patch thing at all.

[paul beckett]

some tool tried it with me after id started a couple of months, i said nothing to him and carried on which really p*ssed him off. anyway he went to push me so after a bit of krav maga he seen the error of his ways, i now do 8 houses on his "patch", feck im, its business, i dont get this patch thing at all.

dont talk about me like that. you was'nt that mouthy when i saw you, ill see you on my
PATCH and we'll pull each others hair out. ha ha
 bugger him and tell him not to spit his dummy out, put a load of leaflets through doors just to do his head in.  well said anyway, if he was'nt crap he would'nt lose his custys anyway would he ?

regards   paul