[collins ReVive Stoneworks]

Any bods going??

 

[james roffey]

Make sure you take your cheque book actually DONT take you cheque book

[benny d]

Look into my eyes...Look deep into my eyes...dont look away from my eyes...D'oh! Too late...Another £10,000-00 I didn't mean to spend!
Have a good day. 

[derek west]

its all about upselling karl, something i don't do so not for me, but each to there own. remember, there teaching you how to be pushy persuasive sales people so don't fall for it yourself. i'm starting to get fed up with altecs emails, "the boss is on holiday and i'm in charge for a week so i thought i'd sell everything at half price" i got that email while i was at the hard floor course there and guess what? the boss was there.

worth a nosey if your into upselling, let us know how you get on. make a good and interesting thread that would

[Ian Gourlay]

Its the type of headlines some  direct marketing people use  to attract attention

But agree  I did repond to one  which then developed into a forthright discussion between the boss and me

[james roffey]

I find it quite depressing that some members of the public do fall for this, that "bait and swithch" carpet cleaning company we were discussing the other day i looked at some of the testimonials most were awful but one guy said something like " i did not go for the basic £8.99 clean and it did cost a lot more but the clean was very good" why would you want to use someone who has obviously conned you?

I would have.

1. Not even bothered using a tradesman who uses such an obvious con.
2. been really p....d off that when they got their foot in the door and then hiked the price up to several hundred quid.

But this guy still used them   no accounting for some people, some of the Alltec stuff is good, but most is just that obvious speal you get from those awful American salesmen :

Not that i am suggesting the Alltec  is dodgy but it is not all it's cracked up to be, and one thing is guaranteed Alltec make money out of it even if you dont.

[M.Acorn]

Getting sick of all the e mails from them to be honest !
Pink flyer with Mr d wet doing the rounds here again,all good though,as i charge half what they do and still make a decent amount of money 

Typical,just deleted an  e mail from them,wrote this,and got another one !!!!

[Simon@arenaclean]

Getting sick of all the e mails from them to be honest !
Pink flyer with Mr d wet doing the rounds here again,all good though,as i charge half what they do and still make a decent amount of money 

Typical,just deleted an  e mail from them,wrote this,and got another one !!!!

Ditto. Just un-subscribed. One a day is ok (ish) but getting a bit sick of multiple emails.

Simon.

[JandS]

Got the PDW broken bottle one the other day
and the Steve Clark seminar one.
Load of b*llocks to me.
I make £25,000 a week but I'm not going to
tell you lot how unless you pay me £500.
Don't believe me? I wouldn't either.

Just had this afternoons job cancelled at 12.30.
She had a good excuse though, she went into
labour early so I'll let her off.
Have to mow the bl**dy lawns now.

John

[Joe H]

Mowed mine this morning John - so get to it!

That was after tidying up some end of month paperwork.

[Simon@arenaclean]

I found someone to mow mine for a tenner a week, recommended him to neighbours he does 5 or 6 now I might change trades there's money in mowing

[Gary Webber]

Talking of  the Bait & Switchers James,

Ad running on web & local paper

WANTED CARPET CLEANING TECHNICIANS

We are recruiting Carpet Cleaning Technicians for our busy Bristol based Office.

No experience is required as full training is given. Must have full UK driving license, have excellent communication skills, be of smart appearance and raring to go.

If this sounds like you, please call Mark on 01454 878 442 (CRB checked)


Funny when I rang, no repl??? busy???

Regards

Gary

[MAX Carpets]

Thats them Garry, still advertising in Reading!!!

[robert meldrum]

A thought for the posters of the negative comments in this thread.............

UPSELLING is NOT BAIT and SWITCH

If you DON'T offer an additional service such as PROTECTION when it would be beneficial to the client, you are letting the client down.

BAIT and SWITCH is baiting prospects with low prices, but attempting to increase the price by lying about what's required, eg, saying " Your carpets will need EXTRA products to get a really good result and to keep them from resoiling you MUST have them PROTECTED.

In other words BLATANTLY LYING about the customers requirements.

Incidentally I have NEVER subscribed to upselling although it's perfectly ethical and acceptable. Always done MORE than expected and got endless referrals / repeats as a result.

[clinton]

Think most companies have the crb check nowadays