[dai]

An advert in our village shop window reads.
WINDOW CLEANING SERVICE, guaranteed to be cheaper than anyone else, member of the window cleaning club no 2389***.
Have anyone heard of the window cleaning club?
I went round to my lads house and someone had posted the following flyer.
                          First Choice window cleaning service
Bungalow 1 bed £1.50
Bungalow 2 bed £2.50
Bungalow 3 bed £3.50
Houses £4.50 [without conservatories]
Note: If there is more than one client on the same street the price will be reduced by 50P
Recommend a friend or relative and have yours done half price.
Telephone: Area manager 07506579228 Calls/ texts recorded.
traditional window cleaning at it's best. at the best rate going.

Now with the first advert by a different company is guaranteed to be cheaper, where the Hell does that leave me?
It's getting competitive out there guys.

[elite mike]

i would rather go on the dole, than work for that

[Ste M]

i just stick to my price, if someone is cheaper then so be it, they wont offer a better service in my opinion though.  couldnt care less if someone works for £100 an hour or £5 an hour, i charge my rate and thats it, i very very rarely get any complaints about my price and in 7 and half years of cleaning ive only ever received 2 complaints and they were both off the same customer.

[Ian Mason]

It seems legit if it the same one  :

http://www.yell.com/b/THE+WINDOW+CLEANING+CLUB-Window+Cleaners-Holyhead-LL651HR-6001494/index.html

[dai]

It seems legit if it the same one  :

http://www.yell.com/b/THE+WINDOW+CLEANING+CLUB-Window+Cleaners-Holyhead-LL651HR-6001494/index.html

Thanks Ian, that's a new one on me.
I don't worry about these guys, and charge my own price.
How do they make a living with prices like that?

[JRDEasiReach]

people like that get up my goat big style!! why on earth would they want to be busy fools, just doleys looking at the good weather coming in and they are looking more work again!! scumbags!!

[andyjm1]

They wont last five minutes at those prices so don't worry about them.
Price is only one of many factors that customers consider when choosing a window cleaner.

[Moderator David@stives]

Dai

The trick is not to even try to compete.

Let them clean up all the moaners, cheapskates, and disloyal customers, leaving you to keep the more profitable customers.

Just remember they cant clean them all, there is room for everyone, that is why Porsche can survive, while we have the likes of Hyundai etc.

Not everyone wants cheap.

Dave

[stephen s]

An advert in our village shop window reads.
WINDOW CLEANING SERVICE, guaranteed to be cheaper than anyone else, member of the window cleaning club no 2389***.
Have anyone heard of the window cleaning club?
I went round to my lads house and someone had posted the following flyer.
                          First Choice window cleaning service
Bungalow 1 bed £1.50
Bungalow 2 bed £2.50
Bungalow 3 bed £3.50
Houses £4.50 [without conservatories]
Note: If there is more than one client on the same street the price will be reduced by 50P
Recommend a friend or relative and have yours done half price.
Telephone: Area manager 07506579228 Calls/ texts recorded.
traditional window cleaning at it's best. at the best rate going.

Now with the first advert by a different company is guaranteed to be cheaper, where the Hell does that leave me?
It's getting competitive out there guys.

maybe he's the only w/c in the village 

[Ian Mason]

An advert in our village shop window reads.
WINDOW CLEANING SERVICE, guaranteed to be cheaper than anyone else, member of the window cleaning club no 2389***.
Have anyone heard of the window cleaning club?
I went round to my lads house and someone had posted the following flyer.
                          First Choice window cleaning service
Bungalow 1 bed £1.50
Bungalow 2 bed £2.50
Bungalow 3 bed £3.50
Houses £4.50 [without conservatories]
Note: If there is more than one client on the same street the price will be reduced by 50P
Recommend a friend or relative and have yours done half price.
Telephone: Area manager 07506579228 Calls/ texts recorded.
traditional window cleaning at it's best. at the best rate going.

Now with the first advert by a different company is guaranteed to be cheaper, where the Hell does that leave me?
It's getting competitive out there guys.

maybe he's the only w/c in the village 

Or an international trader


http://www.companycoltd.com/company_coltd.php?company_id=u290851&HT-international

[Steve CM]

The trick is not to even try to compete.
Let them clean up all the moaners, cheapskates, and disloyal customers, leaving you to keep the more profitable customers.
Not everyone wants cheap.

seconded

[L.Doubtfire - The Blade Runner]

They might be thinking this.If I end up getting 5 x1 bedroom bungalows
And 5x2 bed ones,I`ll knock out £20 for a mornings work.Do the same
After lunch and it`s £40 per day.Equals of course £200 per week.
Dos`nt work out like that we know,but tell that to them,especially if
They are desperate and looking for work.No ladder work,just a `V`ladder
At the most,not even that if they are 6 footers.
I did it myself in 1973 only the price then was 30 pence.!

P.S. And I thought it was good!

P.P.S. All I had was the clothes I stood in,a rat tail mop,piece of scrim
And an Ettore 18 inch brass squeegee.Not even a strip washer,could`nt
Afford one.


Lewis  Doubtfire

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

It seems legit if it the same one  :

http://www.yell.com/b/THE+WINDOW+CLEANING+CLUB-Window+Cleaners-Holyhead-LL651HR-6001494/index.html

Thanks Ian, that's a new one on me.
I don't worry about these guys, and charge my own price.
How do they make a living with prices like that?

They get a topup of the state its called the dole lol



Matt

[johns window kleen]

Thats a ridiculous price. Peeps was getting £10- £15 per 2 bed terraced in South Woodham Ferrers Essex 20 years ago.
Why do some newbie dole claiming twats charge so low and devalue the trade?

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

must be desparate in angelsey now i was working in broughton
friday an a company fr holywell ad leafleted all my work a gud pound cheaper
than i do em i did ring the number to av a word and found the guy
reasonable but will now av to think seriously bout an increase in april phew !!!!!

[jr windows]

I wonder if he drives a transporter sportline!!!

[simon knight]

They might be thinking this.If I end up getting 5 x1 bedroom bungalows
And 5x2 bed ones,I`ll knock out £20 for a mornings work.Do the same
After lunch and it`s £40 per day.Equals of course £200 per week.
Dos`nt work out like that we know,but tell that to them,especially if
They are desperate and looking for work.No ladder work,just a `V`ladder
At the most,not even that if they are 6 footers.
I did it myself in 1973 only the price then was 30 pence.!

P.S. And I thought it was good!

P.P.S. All I had was the clothes I stood in,a rat tail mop,piece of scrim
And an Ettore 18 inch brass squeegee.Not even a strip washer,could`nt
Afford one.


Lewis  Doubtfire

In 1973 I'd just left school and having nowt better to do knocked door to door offering to clean cars. Charged 50p a car and got a fair bit of work (around 7-8 cars a day...£20ish a week).

Cost= Zero
Profit= £20 ish a week

And this the average window cleaner's problem...ladder,bucket, squeegee, mop and scrim and it's 100% profit so therefore any coconut can set up and call themselves a w/c.  And let's not kid ourselves, many people given the choice of a great job done costing £10 or a just passable job for £1.50 would choose the cheaper option. I think we kid ourselves that the customer wants a pristine job at X cost happy to ignore the cheaper option (why else do "own brand" products in supermarkets do so well)?

It's not a question of "HOW can they work so cheaply?" and more a question of "Bugger they CAN work that cheaply."

If a crew like that set up trade on "my" patch I'd be bloody worried!

[ccmids]

is that per window

[JSMC]

mum livea in 4 bedroom house and it's £3.50 per month. this is the knd of prices in scotland ye deal with. Just the wa it is guys. Ye get some houses which are good money but majority ar epretty low wher ei am based.

guys get hunted around my town if charging too much. A house i do the woman told me the WC tried to move it up to 8 quid every month for 3 bed  house. Told he has lost majority  of the street now and his name is dirt. I charge 5 quid for house and taked me no time to do.

no point in being greedy. money isn't everything in life for me. if i pay my bills and have some left over then great. Money don't give you happiness.

[dai]

The problem is that people read the prices on these flyers, and when you give them an honest price they think you are ripping them off.
I live near Holywell so it could be the same lot working in Broughton.
I know that most of these operators Wise up eventually, they usually move to another area and charge higher. By then of course the damage has already been done.
One lot quoting silly prices, and another lot guaranteeing to be lower.
They could well be employing doleites you just don't know.