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Perfect Windows

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Invitation to sell our company - email today
« on: December 11, 2024, 04:36:34 pm »
Anyone else had one of these?

From a window cleaning company away from our area, a limited company with dormant company accounts (normally means it's not trading).

Vin

AuRavelling79

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2024, 05:47:32 pm »
Anyone else had one of these?

From a window cleaning company away from our area, a limited company with dormant company accounts (normally means it's not trading).

Vin

Not me. I'm too busy sifting through emails purporting to be from Africa based Christian Princesses trying to get me to help them unlock tens of millions of US Dollars from their deceased fathers' bank accounts.
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Arnold Palmer

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2024, 06:40:27 pm »
Not had that particular one no.

Get enquiries weekly.

I assume they are b******s.

Normally it's agents as opposed to competitors though.
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The Jester of Wibbly

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2024, 06:57:11 pm »
Had similar email, it's definitely a scam targeting small business.   

After researching and checking IP the email was sent from a VPN from another country pretending to be from London.
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Slacky

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2024, 04:59:12 am »
I use a VPN indicating I’m in London. It ain’t me though.

I use a VPN so I can use iPlayer 👍

Scottish Cleaning Service

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2024, 09:22:57 am »
Its good to put them on here so we get a heads up and can quickly delete them. 👍

jo5hm4n

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2024, 01:14:30 pm »
Anyone else had one of these?

From a window cleaning company away from our area, a limited company with dormant company accounts (normally means it's not trading).

Vin

There is a new ish company going round buying window cleaning rounds and companies all over the UK.  Huge investment, i don't know the details from the email you had but it could be them maybe.

Jay Le Huray

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2024, 02:56:50 pm »
I sold mine on FB..... first enquiry

Perfect Windows

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2024, 03:28:54 pm »
I sold mine on FB..... first enquiry

Not surprised - good work, mature, well-regarded by customers.

This was just an offer out of the blue.

Vin

Slacky

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2024, 04:28:18 pm »
I sold mine on FB..... first enquiry

I had many offers and enquiries on FB but took an offer from someone who heard through the grapevine via CIU.

Scottish Cleaning Service

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2024, 07:20:48 pm »
Anyone else had one of these?

From a window cleaning company away from our area, a limited company with dormant company accounts (normally means it's not trading).

Vin

There is a new ish company going round buying window cleaning rounds and companies all over the UK.  Huge investment, i don't know the details from the email you had but it could be them maybe.

What you find is big American companies come over with plenty of dosh and buy up small businesses in expanding business. Mate met an old guy on a plane from Kilmarnock who was telling him he got a great offer from an American company for his funeral business. Turns out he was one of the first and the company was called Dignity. They went massive and covid hit and they sold out to a private equity with that guy Wood incharge who started Direct Line.

Hard to believe they would come for window cleaning companies but they sniff around companies that are expanding. I think it would be difficult for them to make money but you never know. What they would probably do is go down my route and also do property maintenance.  🤔

KS Cleaning

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #11 on: December 12, 2024, 08:02:14 pm »
Anyone else had one of these?

From a window cleaning company away from our area, a limited company with dormant company accounts (normally means it's not trading).

Vin

There is a new ish company going round buying window cleaning rounds and companies all over the UK.  Huge investment, i don't know the details from the email you had but it could be them maybe.

What you find is big American companies come over with plenty of dosh and buy up small businesses in expanding business. Mate met an old guy on a plane from Kilmarnock who was telling him he got a great offer from an American company for his funeral business. Turns out he was one of the first and the company was called Dignity. They went massive and covid hit and they sold out to a private equity with that guy Wood incharge who started Direct Line.

Hard to believe they would come for window cleaning companies but they sniff around companies that are expanding. I think it would be difficult for them to make money but you never know. What they would probably do is go down my route and also do property maintenance.  🤔
They might be interested in your mate Oliver’s company then😂

Spruce

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #12 on: December 13, 2024, 08:37:34 am »
Anyone else had one of these?

From a window cleaning company away from our area, a limited company with dormant company accounts (normally means it's not trading).

Vin

There is a new ish company going round buying window cleaning rounds and companies all over the UK.  Huge investment, i don't know the details from the email you had but it could be them maybe.

What you find is big American companies come over with plenty of dosh and buy up small businesses in expanding business. Mate met an old guy on a plane from Kilmarnock who was telling him he got a great offer from an American company for his funeral business. Turns out he was one of the first and the company was called Dignity. They went massive and covid hit and they sold out to a private equity with that guy Wood incharge who started Direct Line.

Hard to believe they would come for window cleaning companies but they sniff around companies that are expanding. I think it would be difficult for them to make money but you never know. What they would probably do is go down my route and also do property maintenance.  🤔
They might be interested in your mate Oliver’s company then😂

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CleanClear

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2024, 10:26:59 am »
What they would probably do is go down my route and also do property maintenance.  🤔

I think you've identified a gap in the market since the collapse of Carillion.
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AuRavelling79

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #14 on: December 13, 2024, 11:26:55 am »
I sold mine on FB..... first enquiry

How did you check the offer was legitimate and trustworthy, Jay?
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The Jester of Wibbly

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #15 on: December 13, 2024, 01:25:02 pm »
Plus don't forget there are now very strick rules about selling or passing on customers private details without permission,  GDPR
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Jay Le Huray

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #16 on: December 13, 2024, 03:06:31 pm »
I sold mine on FB..... first enquiry

Not surprised - good work, mature, well-regarded by customers.

This was just an offer out of the blue.

Vin

Thanx Vin
nice of you to say that
Jay

Splash and dash

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #17 on: December 13, 2024, 05:37:50 pm »
Anyone else had one of these?

From a window cleaning company away from our area, a limited company with dormant company accounts (normally means it's not trading).

Vin

There is a new ish company going round buying window cleaning rounds and companies all over the UK.  Huge investment, i don't know the details from the email you had but it could be them maybe.

What you find is big American companies come over with plenty of dosh and buy up small businesses in expanding business. Mate met an old guy on a plane from Kilmarnock who was telling him he got a great offer from an American company for his funeral business. Turns out he was one of the first and the company was called Dignity. They went massive and covid hit and they sold out to a private equity with that guy Wood incharge who started Direct Line.

Hard to believe they would come for window cleaning companies but they sniff around companies that are expanding. I think it would be difficult for them to make money but you never know. What they would probably do is go down my route and also do property maintenance.  🤔
They might be interested in your mate Oliver’s company then😂

No they would only want a company that’s making decent money 😀

Slacky

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #18 on: December 13, 2024, 09:30:17 pm »
I had an email invite today asking if I wanted my roof tiles obliterated.

CleanClear

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Re: Invitation to sell our company - email today
« Reply #19 on: December 13, 2024, 10:03:32 pm »
I had an email invite today asking if I wanted my roof tiles obliterated.

Just delete it mate, it'll be from one of the softwashers on here  ;D

From what i've seen its always cheaper to buy new gutters, fascias and even roof rather than what some cowboys want to charge for cleaning them  ;D
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