[ryanst1982]

What you charged tallies in with exactly what I have been charging and ive had no complaints. They were probably vastly overcharging

[wizard]

There is not such thing as overcharging as your price is your price. I cannot understand how anyone knows the cost of another businessman. If you under charge you will find out you cannot afford to grow your business. So there is experienced and not so good bis.man

[ryanst1982]

There is such a thing. Some people may value the job they have to do as say £10 but because of greed or what they think they should earn. They charge £15. Thats what I would call overchargng,

[Craig 72]

To be fair if a customer is willing to pay £15 for a job you thinks worth a tenner I would say fill your boots.I've got customers that I've thought would take me 45 minutes so I've quoted accordingly.Then in actual fact it's taken me half hour so it could be seen than I've charged too much.If a customer accepts the quote I don't see a problem.The reverse is the same though.I've got customers who I've underquoted so all in all it probably evens out.

[ryanst1982]

Absoultely, I agree fill your boots. But also dont be suprised if they get a quote elsewhere and realise they can get a good job done cheaper like the situation we have here

[dave f]

i think half the problem is ... a w/c has paid for a round and then somebody canvasess and gets a few that puts his nose out of joint ,gone have the days where this is my patch etc...its called free enterprise get over it move on i have lost 3 custys this week to other w/c thats life

[dave f]

hi john think you must have wrong w/c dosent cost me owt for my cards etc i get em for nowt try vista print very good for freebies regards

[d.ward]

Sod the other wcs and get all the work you can

Good Luck

[ccmids]

up north i charged 9 quid 9 windows

don't go under a tener i go £10 £15 £20 £25 and so on depending on the job  tell em take it or leave it.

[d.ward]

are them prices monthly

[ccmids]

yes, well every 6 weeks i do.

[ccmids]

8 on some. and others 5 weeks it all depends on what the cuzy wants .but to keep it simple thats how i price. if you get someone say hmm just say have a think and give me a call .
they will say ok then , they don't want the trouble in haveing to find another window cleaner that s quid cheaper. does this make sence .

[d.ward]

Dont you feel open to being undercut?

Id be thinking about them customers who would be put off by the price also... Maybe abit cheaper would mean more customers and a superior service at a very affordable price

[ccmids]

ye and working your nackers off for a crap price .

[d.ward]

but if you have 10 customers in a street and you lose 6 to another wc I.E Whos cleaning same quality for lower price your in trouble but the bigger your customer base the more insulated you are from loosing work and your business

[john66]

Hi Guys
some answers to your questions , i have lost only two custormors to dave f.know of others that have lost more.The promblem we have with him is that he is under cutting  to get the job.This in turn  can drives prices down which is not good for anyone. The window cleaners in his area all try to keep pricing at the same amount and we dont have any promblems with each other.Now i know its up to any one who they have doing there windows but w/c that start up by canvassing seldom last and its the longstanding w/c that deal with there poor pricing.I also think there is enough work out there for everyone so there is no real need to under cut .i work on plenty of streets were there is 2/3 w/c and we donot think its solely our patch

[1wayno]

depends what u charge,if u are chargin fairly at £1 a window,and sum1 comes along and says i'll do it for 50p then fair enuff,but if u charge £10 and sum1 does it for 8-9 quid,it not that bad of an undercut,different wc have different charges,sum want to earn £40 a hour,sum are happy with £25,but i dont agree with askin how much the other wc charges and then undercuttin on purpose,that is wrong,but if a custies asks how much u charge even tho they have a window cleaner and u charge less than the current window cleaner without knwin wat he charged b4 u quoted,then theys nothin wrong with that. they alot of wc were i live who believe in it bein 'my patch' and that is stupid,coz wen we do a street we dont do every single house on it usually,and if the current wc ant bin bothered to knock on the houses that he dunt do and try to give em a quote,then it is own fault,but anyways,it a crazy buissness sumtimes

[dave f]

just a quick replyi hope this aint some kind of witch hunt ive been in this game to long to be botherd any way i always make sure i dont nick, poach any work .i can give very competative price work cos idont do wfp have nobody else to pay and have very little overheads  imay be wrong  but with the current trend credit crunch etc every body is pullining their belts in and with a lot of redundancies alot more poeple jumping on the band wagon  i for one no 3 guys taking up window cleaning the weather will sort afew out  and when recesstion is over i dont think  they will be much greaving.me thinks ;Dhappy new year

[Niall McAllister]

do you make enough to pay the bills, keep a roof over your head and food on the table? thats all you need to worry about

[dave f]

i agree with that. also dependes on your life style