[windiewasher]

what do you do?
first obviously is find out who they are,second do you have a chat or just tell them what you think,what would you all do?

[Pope vader]

there is nothing you can do, its called business,  sure you can moan,  but it wont change any thing

[g newton]

its one of thoes things
a free market

[windiewasher]

luckily i havent had any taken yet but another local windy has had loads took off him,i think if it happened to me i would lose it big style,turns out they are undercutting him asking how much they are paying and undercutting by £2!

its one of thoes thing
a free market

[john the cleaner]

it is a problem but if u are good at your job with good relations with your custies u should be fine

[g newton]

luckily i havent had any taken yet but another local windy has had loads took off him,i think if it happened to me i would lose it big style,turns out they are undercutting him asking how much they are paying and undercutting by £2!

its one of thoes thing
a free market

at the end of the day its the quality that counts if they are doing the same quality cheaper- hey ho --if not they will soon be run

[lee09]

luckily i havent had any taken yet but another local windy has had loads took off him,i think if it happened to me i would lose it big style,turns out they are undercutting him asking how much they are paying and undercutting by £2!

its one of thoes thing
a free market

Lose what big time, your temper?
I have found over the years that you will lose a few and most of the time the customer will tell you anything other than they have had a cheaper quote.
Most have struggled to find a reliable/regular cleaner and will not change to a new unknown guy for the sake of a pound or two. I  have mostly been happy to lose the ones that have changed as they were generally the "can you come back later for the money, or leave them this time" brigade.
When it happens to you, just move on and replace them.
Lee

[joshem]

Nine times out of ten you'll only lose the rubbish. Let them go. Someone else will only come along and undercut them. There's plenty of work out there, ones that'll appreciate having a reliable cleaner.

[Wc Solutions]

its one of thoes things
a free market

second that one and god your forum name is far too long mate!

[GB Window Cleaning]

Nine times out of ten you'll only lose the rubbish. Let them go. Someone else will only come along and undercut them. There's plenty of work out there, ones that'll appreciate having a reliable cleaner.

well said sir!

[basiljohn]

I had someone going round my customers asking what I charge and offering to do them for less, I had customers ringing me up to tell me how annoyed they were with this other chap.
I rang this chap and told him that I thought he was out of order for trying to undercut me like that and he could put leaflets through and any of my customers that wanted to leave me and go with him he was welcome to.
I explained all that would happen is that I would undercut him or someone else would and at the end of the day we would all end up being busy fools.
Never seen or heard anything from him again.

[Richard BF]

theres a few people going round undercutting Kev  like loads how much you charging we will do it cheaper , Dave was telling me about it the other day saying a few of his custys have said , all remained loyal like , id love to know who's doing it myself !!!

[Scrimble]

i had a local baseball cap tracky bottoms mondeo ladder monkey try and undercut me on a commercial job i do, the owner told him he doesnt like undercutters and to jog on

[farkam]

freemarket, free rules, everybody undercuts somebody one day...

[Blue Frog Systems]

farkam .... there is a difference between undercutting and giving a lower price.

Undercutting is finding out the current price and going in lower

giving a lower price is not finding out the current price but putting in a quote your happy with

The second is not undercutting

[L.J.Thorpe]

freemarket, free rules, everybody undercuts somebody one day...

bollox

[L.J.Thorpe]

farkam .... there is a difference between undercutting and giving a lower price.

Undercutting is finding out the current price and going in lower

giving a lower price is not finding out the current price but putting in a quote your happy with

The second is not undercutting

exactly

[windiewasher]

agree with you l.j.thorpe
these people are delibrately taking work by asking prices!
its lowest of lowest tactics imo,hope scu,m that do this get ran over by a bus!

freemarket, free rules, everybody undercuts somebody one day...

bollox

[mikecam]

what do you do?
first obviously is find out who they are,second do you have a chat or just tell them what you think,what would you all do?

I'm still 50/50 whether you're a total dick or you have a wierd sense of humour asking a question like this.

[mci services]

what do you do?
first obviously is find out who they are,second do you have a chat or just tell them what you think,what would you all do?

I'm still 50/50 whether you're a total dick or you have a wierd sense of humour asking a question like this.

dick is my bet