[creggan]

just being talking to 2 window cleaners today and like myself they are feeling the pinch.1 of them has lost nearly 40% of his run due to recession.even his weekly shop fronts are asking for fortnightly now. is this just our experience?

[martinsadie]

sorry to say but no problems here

[LWC]

Same as Stan but hes only trad.

[clean]

sorry to say but no problems here

Yes you do and it`s called being trad only     
PK

[L.J.Thorpe]

busier than ever

[scud]

 Still going strong here to.

  Evening LJ, how are you?

[martinsadie]

sorry to say but no problems here

Yes you do and it`s called being trad only     
PK

i dont think so  

[clean]

sorry to say but no problems here

Yes you do and it`s called being trad only     
PK

i dont think so  

Think again dinosaur       
PK

[windymiller]

No recession here business is thriving, picking up between 5 - 8 jobs a week. Just picked up ethel austins today.

[creggan]

maybe its only ireland,unemployment at 15% and cost of living is stupid anyway

[L.J.Thorpe]

Still going strong here to.

  Evening LJ, how are you?

alright mate
just gonna post a question about 2 reels off 1 pump
(sorry to hijack thread :)

[vacman]

Are we talking domestic customers here? If so, is it in an area recently hit by a local mass redundancy?

TBH i've found that as long as people are working, they've still got to get their housework done. If they didnt like doing it / weren't able to do it before, i doubt very much the thought of saving a bit of money is incentive enough. Especially in window cleaning? I pay £30 a quarter for mine and it would take a lot for me to give that up.

Do you think prehaps the 'reccession' is an excuse to ditch a window cleaner they don't like much?  

[martinsadie]

sorry to say but no problems here

Yes you do and it`s called being trad only     
PK

i dont think so  

Think again dinosaur       
PK

the type of work i clean i would run rings around you 

[pingu]

40% is a massive hit...must be a local firm/industry that has died...

[creggan]

Are we talking domestic customers here? If so, is it in an area recently hit by a local mass redundancy?

TBH i've found that as long as people are working, they've still got to get their housework done. If they didnt like doing it / weren't able to do it before, i doubt very much the thought of saving a bit of money is incentive enough. Especially in window cleaning? I pay £30 a quarter for mine and it would take a lot for me to give that up.

Do you think prehaps the 'reccession' is an excuse to ditch a window cleaner they don't like much?  

thats what we all said.many did lose jobs as its alot of builders,plumbers,etc in my catchment area

[creggan]

40% is a massive hit...must be a local firm/industry that has died...

the whole economy is in freefall,and i'm not joking.1 local factory cut 60 jobs this week in a small town of 4000. the other 100 on 3 day week

[pingu]

You'll have to start spreading your net a little wider...sorry to hear about your area's problems.

[ftp]

Flat out for me - turned two away again today and picked up four without trying so will have to start dumping very quickly.

[mlscontractcleaner]

No problems here; just picked up The Mortgage Shop, The Complex Pub, Noah's Ark Childcare Centres - we already had three of them and picked up the fourth, Hoppy's Sports Shop, a shop called Wow and eleven new domestic customers in the past week alone .

To loose 40% of his business I really do reckon he must have been doing something very wrong. Maybe he was too expensive, making it easy for other window cleaners to undercut his prices

[david thomas]

Lost builders cleans and show houses new build homes new building sight not selling houses the foremen is now cleaning them till things pick up this is in north/west england