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Steve.D

  • Posts: 32
Buying a round (not drinks)
« on: May 18, 2006, 05:10:13 pm »
Hi

I've been offered a round of 30 jobs (25 are bungalows) worth £320 every 4 weeks. It has a price tag of £400 including tool kit (buckets, squeegies,ext. pole, washers, scrapers. etc). Is it worth it????

Cheers
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macleod

Re: Buying a round (not drinks)
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2006, 05:13:50 pm »
my opinon... is yes its worth it BUT get the seller to introduce you to the customers AND drop a letter through their letterbox saying that he has sold to you.

mac
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matt

Re: Buying a round (not drinks)
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2006, 05:52:14 pm »
yes its worth it, IF they are priced ok (and even if they are not, heres what i did:

get old WC to introduce you to the customers

after the first clean, include with your "your windows have been cleaned tickets" a bit of a newsletter introduing yourself, personally, i included details about my family aswell, making a point that i am a familyman etc etc, tell them how often you clean, and what advantages you have over the old WC'er (this will include you use a specialist soap etc etc), point out you will keep the prices the same and review after 6 months

if they are too cheap, put the prices up after 6 months

i brought 90% of my work in, and its worked great for me, i paid 1X the amount, you do hear of people paying 2X or even 3 X the rounds worth, persoanlly i think this is a touch high

go for it, 400 quid isnt much, BUT DONT FORGET you are just buying the goodwill, they could drop you anytime

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mark dew

  • Posts: 2901
Re: Buying a round (not drinks)
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2006, 07:14:59 pm »
Quote from: Steve.D on May 18, 2006, 05:10:13 pm
Hi

I've been offered a round of 30 jobs (25 are bungalows) worth £320 every 4 weeks. It has a price tag of £400 including tool kit (buckets, squeegies,ext. pole, washers, scrapers. etc). Is it worth it????

Cheers

That is an average of over £10 per job. You will also need a ladder for the 5 non bungalow jobs which will be another £100+.
Even still that looks like a good start.
It would be better to get introduced to the customers 1st as said above, they could desert at once if they wanted.
I think at face value it is well worth it.
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windows_chepstow

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« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2006, 07:29:33 pm »
Steve,

That sounds like a bargin to me!

Get it quick!
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Moderator David@stives

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Re: Buying a round (not drinks)
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2006, 08:09:46 pm »
bargain

You have nothing to lose at that price

Dave
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Steve.D

  • Posts: 32
Re: Buying a round (not drinks)
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2006, 08:17:03 pm »
Thanks a lot everybody.
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jon adams

  • Posts: 124
Re: Buying a round (not drinks)
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2006, 08:31:47 pm »
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   after the first clean, include with your "your windows have been cleaned tickets" a bit of a newsletter introduing yourself, personally, i included details about my family aswell, making a point that i am a familyman-
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  So was Saadam Hussein
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matt

Re: Buying a round (not drinks)
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2006, 08:49:31 pm »
Quote from: jon adams on May 18, 2006, 08:31:47 pm
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   after the first clean, include with your "your windows have been cleaned tickets" a bit of a newsletter introduing yourself, personally, i included details about my family aswell, making a point that i am a familyman-
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  So was Saadam Hussein

he is slightly richer than me though, so i guess i should say

im a poor familyman, unlike Saadam Hussein  ::)
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Trevor Knight

  • Posts: 1825
Re: Buying a round (not drinks)
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2006, 06:57:25 am »
Typical Chelsea fan, just like your club BUY, BUY, BUY!!  :D :D ;D ;D :D :D

Only joking, sounds like a bargain, get him to introduce you to everyone first though, check the customers are genuine.

good luck, Trev
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Ian_Giles

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Re: Buying a round (not drinks)
« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2006, 12:01:31 pm »
Same here,
I concur with all of the above! ;)

Go for it!


Ian
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Ian. ISM CLEANING SERVICES

Londoner

Re: Buying a round (not drinks)
« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2006, 09:15:25 am »
It looks good but just to be cautious I have two questions

(1) Is the round currently being worked?.. A lot of rounds that are offered for sale have fallen into arrears. Often months, sometimes years, and another WC has moved in during that time. See Tosh's post "You gotta be quick......."

(2) How long has the guy selling the round had the houses on his books? Its not unknown for people selling addresses to have only been out the week before and canvassed them. Then they sell them on to make a fast buck. It doesn't sound like it in this case because he is selling his gear but the warning may help others in the future.

If it looks OK go for it, it looks good and you should get your money back in two days.
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