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jeff1

  • Posts: 5855
Re: Witnesses !!!!!
« Reply #40 on: November 11, 2009, 12:59:27 pm »
Thanks guys

I feel much better now, I just couldnt stop thinking about it yesterday, it really wound me up.

It just smacks of being You are a window cleaner so you are not trustworthy, so please prove you have been.

I have loads of commercial jobs and never leave slips, I have to get dockets signed at certain jobs, but I really dont want to go down the route of leaving slips, all my shops etc trust me to have cleaned them, it has been that way for 10 years or more.




I know you would like to go and slap the guy Dave but keep the slap head happy because its not £10 your loosing its £10 multiplied by the amount of times you clean per annum, upset the fool and chance him bad mouthing you to others and you being the good business man that you are value your customers. 

lesterM

  • Posts: 86
Re: Witnesses !!!!!
« Reply #41 on: November 11, 2009, 02:45:41 pm »
I always thought that a confession was better than any number of witnesses.
Boy I wonder what this guys is like with the garage that sevices his car.
No Job Too Odd.
Dont Panic - let us do it for you.
Pure dealers since 1746

wizard

Re: Witnesses !!!!!
« Reply #42 on: November 11, 2009, 03:08:22 pm »
And here I was think we are runnibg a window cleaning busuness and guys tell me I have to have witnesses sound more like a court to me.Next we will have to prove we are innocent for doing our job.Sing him a hyme F Him.

gordonswindows

  • Posts: 563
Re: Witnesses !!!!!
« Reply #43 on: November 11, 2009, 04:45:52 pm »
What is the problem?

Just leave a job completed slip each time and bob's your whatsit

He's not refusing to pay he just wants ressurance that he's not getting ripped off, probably heard all the horror stories about "dodgy" window cleaners

leave him a slip show him how good you are and put the price up a wee bit

cheers

Gordon
Don't Give Up
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Ian_Giles

  • Posts: 2993
Re: Witnesses !!!!!
« Reply #44 on: November 11, 2009, 05:05:01 pm »
This may be another moderators thread but he can't be expected to moderate it too...

So I've done it for him....a couple of replies deleted due to profanity.

Foul language, regardless of the use of asterisks or blank spaces are not allowed on the forum...

Ian
Ian. ISM CLEANING SERVICES

Llaaww

  • Posts: 2260
Re: Witnesses !!!!!
« Reply #45 on: November 11, 2009, 05:13:02 pm »
cant believe you would trip over something that small, just let it be and get ten more. Saw you out in the van the other day. Looking good.

Next step is to crack the nationals, given the tools you could take the lot in the next five years, will be dropping them your way as and when they come in.

for a fee of course 8)
if it is dirty it is fair game

ccmids

Re: Witnesses !!!!!
« Reply #46 on: November 11, 2009, 06:26:24 pm »
Just say Jehovah is your witness  ;D
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people always say to me" are you a jehovah witness"  they say most window cleaners are , is this true ???????

Re: Witnesses !!!!!
« Reply #47 on: November 11, 2009, 06:43:31 pm »
Just say Jehovah is your witness  ;D
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people always say to me" are you a jehovah witness"  they say most window cleaners are , is this true ???????

Funnily enough, when I used to live in East Grinstead, West Sussex (close to the UK centre of scientology), some people used to ask me if I was a scientologist.  Apparently a fair number of them who live nearby at Saint Hill used to take up window cleaning.

WCE

  • Posts: 968
Re: Witnesses !!!!!
« Reply #48 on: November 11, 2009, 07:01:10 pm »
Just say Jehovah is your witness  ;D
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people always say to me" are you a jehovah witness"  they say most window cleaners are , is this true ???????

Maybe not most be deffo a lot!!! You will find that some who have helped you are JW - Dont worry I didn't know this fact until I came on here! Nothing to worry about, no one has tried to convert me yet ;D
Just say Jehovah is your witness  ;D
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people always say to me" are you a jehovah witness"  they say most window cleaners are , is this true ???????

Funnily enough, when I used to live in East Grinstead, West Sussex (close to the UK centre of scientology), some people used to ask me if I was a scientologist.  Apparently a fair number of them who live nearby at Saint Hill used to take up window cleaning.

I've heard of them. They gave a load of money to the Bluebell Steam Railway a couple of years ago, which was nice! Not sure of their profession though!!!
WCE- For Windows that shine everytime!

WCE

  • Posts: 968
Re: Witnesses !!!!!
« Reply #49 on: November 11, 2009, 07:03:07 pm »
Thanks guys

I feel much better now, I just couldnt stop thinking about it yesterday, it really wound me up.

It just smacks of being You are a window cleaner so you are not trustworthy, so please prove you have been.

I have loads of commercial jobs and never leave slips, I have to get dockets signed at certain jobs, but I really dont want to go down the route of leaving slips, all my shops etc trust me to have cleaned them, it has been that way for 10 years or more.




I know you would like to go and slap the guy Dave but keep the slap head happy because its not £10 your loosing its £10 multiplied by the amount of times you clean per annum, upset the fool and chance him bad mouthing you to others and you being the good business man that you are value your customers. 

Unless it was daily wouldn't worry - even at weekly, £520 PA is hardly going to break the bank!!! 
WCE- For Windows that shine everytime!

mark dew

  • Posts: 2901
Re: Witnesses !!!!!
« Reply #50 on: November 11, 2009, 07:38:58 pm »
I don't think the guy was that out of order. He just questioned because he and others didn't know. He said he didn't want to make a big thing out of it, so he would probably feel mortified if he knew how you feel about it.
I personally wouldn't drop them, but explain you do them early and have vehicle tracker software giving times and locations etc. So you know have records of your employees locations and times at all times (I know you cleaned this one yourself).
The money isn't worth a seconds thought, but it wouldn't hurt to put a slip through the letterbox.
And i think you are getting too big locally to drop customers with as much ease as us sole traders. Your name can't be far off being a local brand now, can it?
The tone of the letter indicates they are very happy with your service. Leaving a slip is good practice anyway i think.

fergus77

  • Posts: 77
Re: Witnesses !!!!!
« Reply #51 on: November 11, 2009, 07:46:45 pm »
still think you should go look the guy in the face,
after all, it's reputation and integrity at stake

Re: Witnesses !!!!!
« Reply #52 on: November 11, 2009, 07:53:25 pm »
Lets be realistic about it, people jumping on the band wagon suggesting its about integrity etc, next someone'll suggest getting a posse together so we can have a lynching. Its just an error, a mistake a misjudgement.

The guy said that he had just recieved your invoice, so why dont you just invoice him when the job is done on the spot, there and then and he can take that as his 'slip'.

You get to invoice him immediately he gets his slip and no-one is any the worse off.

I can be diplomatic when I try  ;D

Re: Witnesses !!!!!
« Reply #53 on: November 11, 2009, 07:54:12 pm »
Why dont we get a posse together so we can have a lynching  ;D

ccmids

Re: Witnesses !!!!!
« Reply #54 on: November 11, 2009, 08:29:53 pm »
weres me pich fork ;D

mark dew

  • Posts: 2901
Re: Witnesses !!!!!
« Reply #55 on: November 11, 2009, 08:35:24 pm »
i've got some matches.  ;D

South Coast Cleaning Services

  • Posts: 237
Re: Witnesses !!!!!
« Reply #56 on: November 11, 2009, 09:54:17 pm »
Lets be realistic about it, people jumping on the band wagon suggesting its about integrity etc, next someone'll suggest getting a posse together so we can have a lynching. Its just an error, a mistake a misjudgement.

The guy said that he had just recieved your invoice, so why dont you just invoice him when the job is done on the spot, there and then and he can take that as his 'slip'.

You get to invoice him immediately he gets his slip and no-one is any the worse off.

I can be diplomatic when I try  ;D

The invoice probably has about 4 cleans on it and he probs doesnt remember one of the cleans on the list as im sure Dave doesnt do one clean go home sit at his comp, print out a invoice for £10 then post it, otherwise im sure if a clean had a individual invoice dave would do this the night before and post it straight after the clean or am I the only one that lets small commercials build up like this, as I invoice every 4 cleans on these small £10 jobs as there normally done Daily or weekly.