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geefree

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Why tell Porkies.?
« on: July 01, 2010, 11:09:16 pm »
Some people come on here just to wind people up or , blatantly lie.

Why say they can clean x amount of houses in a day when they quite obviously cant?

Why say they earn x amount , when its clear they dont ( if you look back on their earlier posts)

i know things are possible, but generally earnings and topics like that should be taken tongue in cheek,

After all what right minded person would brag on a nationwide forum , what they earn?

Does that not say it all ?

A good business man never tells all and sundry how much he earns, nor how he became successful.

He leaves that admiration for others to wonder,!

Lets hear less of earnings talk please, its not good for anyone,

And it also gives out confusing signals to the new starters on here.

Who are likely to believe it  ;)

Tom White

Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2010, 11:13:09 pm »
Some people come on here just to wind people up or , blatantly lie.

Why say they can clean x amount of houses in a day when they quite obviously cant?

Why say they earn x amount , when its clear they dont ( if you look back on their earlier posts)

i know things are possible, but generally earnings and topics like that should be taken tongue in cheek,

After all what right minded person would brag on a nationwide forum , what they earn?

Does that not say it all ?


It's probably got something to do with low self-esteem and child hood insecurities; or something.  Just feel sorry for them.

d s windowcleaning

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Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2010, 11:15:27 pm »
hey up gazza
                    you no for a fact that i do 60 houses daily with a minimum of £20 , thats why you started cause you seen how well i was doing .
hows dean going on mate ?
                                          all the best
                                                dave
where theres muck theres money

geefree

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Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2010, 11:17:02 pm »
Hey Dave lol.

Right .,  ;)

He is doing fine, canvass canvass and some more  ;)

LQQK

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Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2010, 11:21:31 pm »
Some people come on here just to wind people up or , blatantly lie.

Why say they can clean x amount of houses in a day when they quite obviously cant?

Why say they earn x amount , when its clear they dont ( if you look back on their earlier posts)

i know things are possible, but generally earnings and topics like that should be taken tongue in cheek,

After all what right minded person would brag on a nationwide forum , what they earn?

Does that not say it all ?


It's probably got something to do with low self-esteem and child hood insecurities; or something.  Just feel sorry for them.


Which is pretty much the same as attention seeking isnt it Tosh!

Should we feel sorry for you in that case?

Tom White

Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2010, 11:25:26 pm »

Which is pretty much the same as attention seeking isnt it Tosh!

Should we feel sorry for you in that case?

Yes, mate.  I need all the sympathy I can get these days!

Dave Willis

Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2010, 11:25:57 pm »
Telling porkies is the one biggest requirement of joining this forum. Join in make youself look big, pretend you are earning millions, pretend you are an expert then forget yourself by asking the most dumb question imaginable. loads do it.  ;D

d s windowcleaning

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Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2010, 11:26:10 pm »
Hey Dave lol.

Right .,  ;)

He is doing fine, canvass canvass and some more  ;)
where you canvassing , my neighbour bought that work i told you about and hes been canvassing in the same area most of this week and picked up quite a bit of work there . give me a ring tomoz mate and i will put you onto a area where they aint seen there wc for over 3 months and its unlikely they will as hes gone working full time at mokton coking plant at royston .
where theres muck theres money

geefree

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Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2010, 11:27:26 pm »
I understand that people exaggerate, but you read how many cleans some do in one day,.... and some will say they earn all the money in the world.....

but hey, who am i to disagree , and for all i know it could be true,

But i really dont think so at all , and you get tired of reading it

geefree

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Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2010, 11:28:45 pm »
Cheers dave , will do

Thanks for that.  ;)

SherwoodCleaningSe

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Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2010, 11:51:47 pm »
Just because someone posts big numbers it doesn't make them a liar.  Fair point many threads are riddled with porkies, but as for x amount of houses in a day, well those guys that were cleaning windows 15 years back for £2:50 a time had to clean a lot just to make a wage.  Some of the longer serving cleaners will know that 40, 50, 60 places a day is hard work but possible by trad methods let alone wfp. 

It also depends on the work, I've had rows and rows of terraced houses in the past and not had to move the motor once in the day, but if you are moving for every 2 or 3 houses and they are semi's or detached then of course maybe 25 is going to be an upper limit.

Simon.

mark dew

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Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #11 on: July 02, 2010, 12:32:39 am »
It was the big numbers being bandied about on here that inspired me to look at my working practices.
Numbers of jobs done or ££££s earnt don't really mean much though, without the descriptions of how they were achieved.

Jack Wallace

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Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2010, 06:45:46 am »
I don’t think you will ever stop people bragging about their earnings, it’s the natural "mine is bigger than yours" instinct in some.

I have a mate who turns over millions, (no he is not a window cleaner) he drives a Bentley and a Lambo, everyone knows he is loaded, yet every time I see him all he can talk about is himself and how good he is. It annoys everyone around but he can’t help himself.

In this trade it is not restricted to this forum, perhaps the rot sets in when certain big suppliers say "buy our big shiny van full of our top of the range (and very over priced) equipment, and then all you need to do is drive around and the work will come to you. EARN THOUSANDS!!!
At least on here when someone puts something about big earnings it’s only a matter of moments before someone puts them down.
Who is there to tell the newbie’s about the load of rubbish the suppliers come out with?

Paul Coleman

Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2010, 07:33:44 am »
If I were to say how much I earnt on my top two days ever, most people might think I was lying.  But that's the point - it was only two days - both of which contained my top earning accounts when I was really up for grafting and worked a very long day.  If I tried to repeat that too regularly, I would end up a physical wreck.
Ironically, on my highest earning day ever I did about 0.7 of one job.  On my second highest I did five jobs.  The most jobs I ever did in one day was 28 quite some years back.  I did them trad and they were poorly paid jobs so the total for the day wasn't so good really.
So it's not necessarily about the quantity of jobs but the quality.  N.B.  I didn't post any financial numbers but that wouldn't matter anyway as I've nothing to hide.

tomy jackson

Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2010, 08:24:53 am »
if we urn that much how come one just robed a bank on nationl news  ;D ;D ;D

s.w.c

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Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #15 on: July 02, 2010, 09:05:32 am »
a liar is just a liar,

also they don't have a life outside forums

to sum them up,   bum-pots!!

Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #16 on: July 02, 2010, 11:02:43 am »
the best ones are the ones who come on here saying they make X an hour  pick up custy in there sleep   then ask how to canvess 2 weeks later under a new name



geefree

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Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #17 on: July 02, 2010, 07:00:43 pm »
 ;D

or you never hear of them again.

Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #18 on: July 02, 2010, 10:26:01 pm »
Maybe the tax man needs to read some of these over inflated incomes.

geefree

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Re: Why tell Porkies.?
« Reply #19 on: July 03, 2010, 10:08:44 am »
Really,?

What , with all the dole boys, i really dont think so,

Its time the government clamped down on the waste of space non tax paying drop outs.