[LSB]

as some of the topics on here today are mentioning christmas , does anyone have or know of someone doing cards , possibly somehow w/c related ?

[Lizzy]

if you sign up with vistaprint.co.uk, you'll eventually get an email offering 10 free cards.  You do the wording youself, etc.  Makes them much more personal.
I start buying them like that in August so by Oct I have ordered quite a few dozen.

[windowwashers]

I always hand write Christmas cards to every customer, I was going to have printed ones saying Happy Christmas and thank you from window washers etc etc, but felt it would take away the personal touch, so I buy quality cards, write a note in each one and give one to every customer as we clean in december, that reminds me I better start buying them now I tend to write out about 25 a day as did it all one year in a night into early hours and hands killed me the next day  : 

[pingu]

We have decided not to send cards but will thank customers for their custom and tell them we will donate to a charity of our choice.

Cards....Just keeping Hallmark shareholders in profit....

Bah

Dave

[Majestic]

I always hand write Christmas cards to every customer

I only send cards to commercial customers. Otherwise it seems like you are begging for a tip, if they are going to tip you they will without sending them a card

[simon knight]

Bugger Xmas cards....I send my customers a hamper from Harrods

[windowwashers]

I always hand write Christmas cards to every customer

I only send cards to commercial customers. Otherwise it seems like you are begging for a tip, if they are going to tip you they will without sending them a card

I do not give Christmas cards to get tips, I gave them to customers out of respect and to say I am thankful for their continued custom.
And you are right that they will tip  or they wont, either way they still get a card, Commerical do not really get cards, maybe the desk girl if I see her.

[macmac]

I re-designe my receipts & just add something like-
wishing you a merry xmas & happy new year, thankyou for your custom throughout 2007.

tony

[rugby]

send customers xmas card?,no chance,never have and never will.

[need a cleaner]

We do, actualy our designer is at this moment designing this years Xmas card

[Ian Rochester]

All (well most) of our commercial accounts will get a card signed by all our staff, a bottle of wine and some chocolates.

Just bought 24 bottles of Brunello de Montalcino from Costco (£12.95+vat) to give out as gifts.  I'm halfway down the first bottle now ..... well you have to make sure it's of an acceptable quality dont you?!?!?  And it's very nice indeed

Domestic customers, which now number over 1300, get a picture of a Santa on their "You've been cleaned" slips! and a "Have a good Christmas" if they're in. 

Saying that the lads took over £600 and some wine in tips last year, including one tip for £50.00 all from domestic customers. 

The rule is:  They get the money, I get the wine!

[Majestic]

I do not give Christmas cards to get tips, I gave them to customers out of respect and to say I am thankful

Do all your customers give you a card out of respect and to thank you for your service all year

[Dean Aspects]

I give cards to all my domestic customers the large residential and commercial get hand made cards i do this as a thank you and as a by-product some will give a tip 

Dean

[windowwashers]

I do not give Christmas cards to get tips, I gave them to customers out of respect and to say I am thankful

Do all your customers give you a card out of respect and to thank you for your service all year

To be honest, I get hundreds of cards each year from my customers, not everyone but most of them yes, mutual respect I think 

[LSB]

i used to give cards when i started , but havent done for years because i thought it looked a bit like begging for tips .
i was thinking maybe this year a decent card ( somehow w/c related ) personalised , and including some small print along the lines of  ' this is not a request for a tip , but a genuine christmas wish '.
otherwise im left only giving cards to people after they have given me one !

[haggis]

Just thought i would do this this year I'm self employed but work as a subby that's got no idea, he just relies on the fact that we've been doing the same houses for years. I thought it would be a good idea just to keep some of them sweet, plus its nice to be nice, good manners cost nothing but bad manners can lose you a fortune. All i would write is, From your window cleaner. Get some cheap packs of cards from the pound shop or markets/ car boots, remember the tips will pay for them anyway and still have enough left over for that holiday abroad/ deposit on the new B.M.W. Or maybe just p1sh it up the wall

[Highrise]

What a lovely way of remining your customers to give you a nice Christmas drink....

[need a cleaner]

Well we got our first Xmas card from a custy 2day with a fiver inside

[Feen]

I read this thread the other day and it inspired me to get some xmas cards for my custies. Went on Ebay and bid on a job lot of 800 cards. 99p + 19.95 p&p. Needless to say I'd had a few and I won I now am the proud owner of 800 Xmas cards and about 300 customers Ah, the power of cider...