Quote from: Paul Clapham on March 09, 2013, 05:53:11 pm if you knock on a door and the home owner tells you they have a window cleaner do you say Ok thanks and move on, or try to find out what the other guy is charging and convert that customer over to you I try to avoid the situation altogether. I knock and say something like: "Good evening, my name is Ian Lancaster, I run a local window cleaning service and I've knocked to ask if you would like a quotation."I never ask if they already have a window cleaner, I don't want to know. If they want to tell me they have, then I take that as a no and move on. If they say they would like a quote then I give them one. I don't know if they already have a window cleaner or if they have how much that window cleaner charges - I'm not interested. I know how much I want for doing the job and I say so. If I'm cheaper than their current one I haven't undercut him, I've just given the householder the quote they requested. I may or may not get the job. I may or may not be cheaper. I may even get the job if I'm more expensive.Whatever the situation I haven't undercut any existing window cleaner so I've behaved ethically.I try to behave in the way that I would hope any other window cleaner would if he were canvassing an area where I have work.
if you knock on a door and the home owner tells you they have a window cleaner do you say Ok thanks and move on, or try to find out what the other guy is charging and convert that customer over to you