[Newannaive]

hi all, new here, just wondered if anyone else had this annoying problem with other pesky cleaners knocking on your custys doors and dropping leaflets through.. there seems to be more and more popping up everywhere!! 

[darren clarke]

so what, its business, you only lose custy if work is crap or very over prices,  i have lost jobs to otehr wc and wc have lost work to me, 

[richywilts]

its business mate just av to deal with it and make sure ya run a much better service than them with better value for money, i hate the old patch thing rule had a couple of wc's complaining too me recently its a free world im a business man il canvass where i wana canvass every house is a potential customer too me. it maybe a bit cut throat but im not bothered takin other peoples work.do you think these big businesses care if they take over a contract.

[erithwc]

how did you build you business door knocking and leaflet drops i bet

i don't knock on doors i just drop leaflets and if they want my service they contact me

[Newannaive]

nope, bought all the work 
well we hav'nt lost any work so must be doing a good job!! they should also BUY the work not scavenge

[Ian101]

It wasnt me 

[George P]

no patches anymore - too many at it, an area near me gets leaflet dropped regularly (not by me) but i have been asked to leaflet drop there - bizarre really

[Newannaive]

It wasnt me 

you sure!? 

[erithwc]

i didn't want to spend lots of money on a round that could be total rubish so i spent £62 on 5000 leaflets and have been leaflet droping at the end of the day if you do a good job you'll be ok

[Newannaive]

yea should be ok, been doing this round 5yr now..

[Paul Coleman]

hi all, new here, just wondered if anyone else had this annoying problem with other pesky cleaners knocking on your custys doors and dropping leaflets through.. there seems to be more and more popping up everywhere!! 

We all do it.  We're not psychic any more than they are.
Maybe paint the doors red so they can avoid them  .
What's with the crucifixion scene in your avatar? 

[Richard Neal]

i didn't want to spend lots of money on a round that could be total rubish so i spent £62 on 5000 leaflets and have been leaflet droping at the end of the day if you do a good job you'll be ok

Where did you get yor leaflets that sounds like a good price

[SteveAllan]

I dont give a hoot about other wc areas. If i get a call outside my area then i take the job and canvass the surrounding houses, thats business. Like has been said if ya do a good job then you wont lose out to people like me canvassing etc, however do a crap job, well you deserve to lose em.

[mikecam]

hi all, new here, just wondered if anyone else had this annoying problem with other pesky cleaners knocking on your custys doors and dropping leaflets through.. there seems to be more and more popping up everywhere!! 

This can be an annoying problem. If you are a crap cleaner its a worrying problem, if you're a good cleaner its not so much. WHat i do is give them my whole customer list and politley request they do not canvass my work, i also put my prices on the sheets so they know the going rate for the area, and the customers phone number on so they can confirm its true. That way hopefully they won't try to undercut me either. Give it a go, you'll find it works.

[tws]

nope, bought all the work 
well we hav'nt lost any work so must be doing a good job!! they should also BUY the work not scavenge

what if you spend months looking to buy work and get nowhere ?

[erithwc]

got the leaflets from ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5000-A6-Full-Colour-Leaflets-2-Sides-300gm-Gloss-Flyers-/230500691543?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item35aae96e57

[Richard Neal]

got the leaflets from ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5000-A6-Full-Colour-Leaflets-2-Sides-300gm-Gloss-Flyers-/230500691543?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item35aae96e57

Thanks fornthat mate

[AuRavelling79]

hi all, new here, just wondered if anyone else had this annoying problem with other pesky cleaners knocking on your custys doors and dropping leaflets through.. there seems to be more and more popping up everywhere!! 

This can be an annoying problem. If you are a crap cleaner its a worrying problem, if you're a good cleaner its not so much. WHat i do is give them my whole customer list and politley request they do not canvass my work, i also put my prices on the sheets so they know the going rate for the area, and the customers phone number on so they can confirm its true. That way hopefully they won't try to undercut me either. Give it a go, you'll find it works.

 

[Newannaive]

hi all, new here, just wondered if anyone else had this annoying problem with other pesky cleaners knocking on your custys doors and dropping leaflets through.. there seems to be more and more popping up everywhere!! 

We all do it.  We're not psychic any more than they are.
Maybe paint the doors red so they can avoid them  .
What's with the crucifixion scene in your avatar? 

i dont do it, got more than enough work... its not a crucifixion its me hangin on a pole 

[Newannaive]

nope, bought all the work 
well we hav'nt lost any work so must be doing a good job!! they should also BUY the work not scavenge

what if you spend months looking to buy work and get nowhere ?

fair point, guess we dropped lucky buying loads of work in a 3mile radius