[chrisjohn]

Got a leaflet through my door from a cc in Doncaster.I live in Leeds so is about 25 miles,or a 50 miles round trip.

He states he will clean a typical  3 bed full house in my area for £60.So lets break this down!Petrol about £10,Chemicals £5,Tax & insurance £20.So thats £35 before you start.That leaves £25 remaining.Now for me with my porty to clean a 3 bed full house,with Vac,pre spray,agitation,extraction,turbo dry would take me about 5 hours.

Doesn't add up!

[Colin Day]

Any chance off a piccy or a down load Chris?

Cheers, Col!

[derek west]

tax and insurance on one job £20?

[chrisjohn]

Derek

Ok, im not going to quibble over a few quid, just trying to make the point that its amazingly cheap

Chris

[JandS]

3 bed semi in about 3.5 hours.

chrisjohn

I typed in cc's W.Yorks on Vivastreet this morning and there was one advertising
3 piece suites at £30. Think he was located in Stanningley.

John

[chrisjohn]

John

Your a bit quicker than me,sure I will speed up with experience.

Might book this guy to clean my 3 bed house,save me the hassle for £60

Chris

[gwrightson]

My advise Chris john,

Dont let it worry you, there is a market for these c/c and i should say they do well, on the other hand plenty more would be willing to pay more, infact a fair percentage imo would think twice about low priced c/c , i know over the years I have succeeded in attaing the job after they have been quoted far lower.
ok you may lose a few but do you really want these?

geoff

[JandS]

chrisjohn

Do you keep moving your machine around to stay on the 25 footer?
I just bang mine outside the door and bang the 50 footer on.
Hardly ever pre vac, usually find the owner has done that already.

John

[chrisjohn]

John

Most of the time I do stick to the 25ft length.

I would always Vac,no matter what.Thats why im slower I suppose.It takes quite a while to Vac a full house,but i still think its worth it.

Chris

[Kinver_Clean]

He also gives 10% discount for OAPs

[markpowell]

I had same leaflet year ago, i posted it on here back then, same prices too.
Rang him to ask if he could remove lucozade stain from 100% wool carpet, said he "dint nor, would send one a lads rarnd next tues to give it a good hammering, if it comes art it comes art if it dunt it dunt"
absolute toilet
Mark

[Matt Lindus]

I bet he looks like the Stereo typical carpet cleaner. Mid 50's-to early 60's, creepy looking, miserable attitude, smoker, wears glasses, knitted jumpers and brown cords, uses an old estate Volvo to get about in.
 
Most carpet cleaners look like Peter Tobin.

[nevil]

A new one appeared near me not so long ago. I gave them a call and asked how they would clean my wool carpets. In best Cornish accent he said. Got this amazing machine and we will blast your carpet with 3000psi  ( then he shouted to someone "that machine it's 3000psi int it" ) and also use the vacuum to recover the water at the same time.

I said is that going to be safe for the carpet. He assured me it would be fine   :  I inquired a little more about his expertise but decided to clean it myself. 

[swiftclean]

if his flyer give's the same impression as his workmanship then i would give him a miss

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I googled the telephone and it's in Adwick le street, it'll take some time to get to Leeds.

Shaun

[Mike Halliday]

but he won 't be coming to leeds for just one job he'll book four jobs in and will sell  some protector and deodoriser so he be making £300 a day at least.

he won't prevac but he's selling a cheap service, so they won't expect him too.

he's giving the exact service the people are paying for, he's not selling himself as a high priced, top of the range cleaner.

[Jim_77]

What makes you think he'll actually charge those prices!

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Where he lives is a very poor area it's called the Dearne Valley and there's some of the highest unemployment, teenage pregnacy and drug related problems so asking for the highest rates aren't something he'll be used to.

Shaun

[markpowell]

Give him a ring as a potential customer you will soon realise what he is all about. He will move from area to area doing the same thing. If you have a spare 5 mins, give him a bell with some standard questions, you will bae amazed with his answers.
I have had this leaflet, i posted it on here some time since, i live about 55 miles from the dearne valley
Mark

[Dave Whittaker]

I bet he looks like the Stereo typical carpet cleaner. Mid 50's-to early 60's, creepy looking, miserable attitude, smoker, wears glasses, knitted jumpers and brown cords, uses an old estate Volvo to get about in.
 
Most carpet cleaners look like Peter Tobin.

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