[L.J.Thorpe]

same as me then

[sgibsoncleaning]

do i give a monkeys what other charge.NO

i charge what iam happy with and thats it,


unwritten rule what a load of old dog boxxocks.

you just said you charge what your happy with
if you go and quote for a house do you just give your price and walk away if customer says thats too dear??


or do you ask the customer how much he is paying his current window cleaner and then make your quote a couple of quid lower just to get the job,regardless of whether you think the price is too low?

thers where undercutting comes in. i never ask if they have a window cleaner and why do you need to ask a customer how much he is paying. i give my price thats it end of story.
if i am cheaper never mind
i dont care if they have a shiner, if the customer is happy they wont change.

ok heres another senario. you in a shop and you hear them chatting about the window cleaner they have. they say the price and you think thats dear i could do it for less.. would you introduce yourself
 

[Tom White]

Wouldnt worry about it Woody. Apparently, if its the belief of one person on CIU its the way of the world for the 60,000 window cleaners in the UK, apparently 

These types of posts have been flying around on here for years. Last month there were the hose-pipe ban threads, remember, then there's the Poles coming to clear up the window-cleaning game in the UK (well there's less Poles here now than 3 years ago).

Agreed.  There was loads of whining when the Kosovans were all over the shop; SSWC was frightened 'cos he thought they'd be quicker than him - sponge and squeegy in hand - at the traffic lights for the race to the car windscreens.

Funnily enough, the two biggest things to change window cleaning in the UK are the internet and the WFP.  If there's more window cleaners now than 10 years ago, it's due to those two factors.

[mci services]

do i give a monkeys what other charge.NO

i charge what iam happy with and thats it,


unwritten rule what a load of old dog boxxocks.

you just said you charge what your happy with
if you go and quote for a house do you just give your price and walk away if customer says thats too dear??


or do you ask the customer how much he is paying his current window cleaner and then make your quote a couple of quid lower just to get the job,regardless of whether you think the price is too low?

thers where undercutting comes in. i never ask if they have a window cleaner and why do you need to ask a customer how much he is paying. i give my price thats it end of story.
if i am cheaper never mind
i dont care if they have a shiner, if the customer is happy they wont change.

ok heres another senario. you in a shop and you hear them chatting about the window cleaner they have. they say the price and you think thats dear i could do it for less.. would you introduce yourself
 

I did this week So shoot me

[sgibsoncleaning]

i have done it before and would do it again.

[L.J.Thorpe]

do i give a monkeys what other charge.NO

i charge what iam happy with and thats it,


unwritten rule what a load of old dog boxxocks.

you just said you charge what your happy with
if you go and quote for a house do you just give your price and walk away if customer says thats too dear??


or do you ask the customer how much he is paying his current window cleaner and then make your quote a couple of quid lower just to get the job,regardless of whether you think the price is too low?

thers where undercutting comes in. i never ask if they have a window cleaner and why do you need to ask a customer how much he is paying. i give my price thats it end of story.
if i am cheaper never mind
i dont care if they have a shiner, if the customer is happy they wont change.

ok heres another senario. you in a shop and you hear them chatting about the window cleaner they have. they say the price and you think thats dear i could do it for less.. would you introduce yourself
 

i dont really get your point you seem to think i condone undercutting
i dont
i never ask new quotes what they paying
i just give my price
as for your scenario
i cant give a subjective answer as i have a very full round and tend to pick and choose new work
if i was new and desperate....who knows .....depends on if it was a real p take or just a couple of quid..

[mikecam]

do i give a monkeys what other charge.NO

i charge what iam happy with and thats it,


unwritten rule what a load of old dog boxxocks.

you just said you charge what your happy with
if you go and quote for a house do you just give your price and walk away if customer says thats too dear??


or do you ask the customer how much he is paying his current window cleaner and then make your quote a couple of quid lower just to get the job,regardless of whether you think the price is too low?

thers where undercutting comes in. i never ask if they have a window cleaner and why do you need to ask a customer how much he is paying. i give my price thats it end of story.
if i am cheaper never mind
i dont care if they have a shiner, if the customer is happy they wont change.

ok heres another senario. you in a shop and you hear them chatting about the window cleaner they have. they say the price and you think thats dear i could do it for less.. would you introduce yourself
 

I did this week So shoot me

And the rest of us who get an invite to quote for commercial !!!

[boshravie]

Wouldnt worry about it Woody. Apparently, if its the belief of one person on CIU its the way of the world for the 60,000 window cleaners in the UK, apparently 

These types of posts have been flying around on here for years. Last month there were the hose-pipe ban threads, remember, then there's the Poles coming to clear up the window-cleaning game in the UK (well there's less Poles here now than 3 years ago). The fly by nights, summer brigade, the 'gerrof my patch' crowd, undercutters, poachers, ladders are illegal, dodgy doorknockers they all have a role to play in the world of CIU. Lets face it window cleaning is the easiest game on the planet to get in to, despite all the problems, life threatening scenarios and dangerous times we have to deal with on a daily basis  

Well said matt 

[mikecam]

An unwritten rule of self regulation which displayed an admirable  "esprit de corps"(thats a feeling of pride,fellowship and common loyalty shared by members of a particular group) has seemingly been dismissed judging by recent posters.

Thats the downside of the internet, its full of internet window cleaners !!! And its just not like when you started on the internet. Sod them, no, hang on, thats what you're saying they're saying !!! Ah, bollox !!!!