[king marko]

Just found this on Gumtree

http://www.gumtree.com/p/business-services/budget-window-cleaning-services--first-clean-free-of-charge/1007585582

Anyone else offer free 1st cleans?
I hate doing them so can't imagine doing them for nowt

[davids3511]

Hi name is Strah! Is that foreign or a misspelling?

[Jim Waugh(Albright & Shiny)]

Call me cynical but wont he get swamped by one off's?

[landy2]

we all know that we charge a bit extra for one offs and first cleans  , as  % of cleans pack it in after first clean , so realy buissness suicide .

[dave0123]

Most people will probably think there's a catch anyway.. as the saying goes you dont get anything for free!

[richard jagger]

A foon born every day.I don`t think anyone offing a first clean free had enough brains to clean windows.

[landy2]

do you think if i gave him a list he would do a days work and then i could go and collect , would be a great day off 

[robbo333]

I'd be interested to know the figures, how many became good custys! I bet not a lot...if any!

[Ian101]

He may just clean 1 pane of glass and go "What do yer think of that Missus bet you never had anything so clean and shiny in yer life" ... ......................  then charge her £20 to do the rest 


He may even do a Gav Camm and say "you got any hot water?". "you have !fantastic tea with 2 sugars me old duck"

 

[WGB]

In window cleaning u lose and gain work all of the time so he could end up doing an endless line of free work.

[andyM]

I think the poor chap is probably dead from the neck up.

[dazmond]

ive seen a window cleaning company near me flyposting on telegraph poles "FIRST CLEAN FREE!"

why would anybody do a first clean for free??

nowt as queer as folk!!

the mind boggles!!!



dazmond

[SB Cleaning]

  What a goon!!

[Nick_Thompson]

Twelve years ago I took voluntary redundancy and started window cleaning fulltime. I bought a couple of small rounds to make ends meet but still found that I had a lot of time on my hands. As a consequence, every now and then, whilst engaged in conversation with neighbours of existing customers I would casually ask them if they would like their windows cleaned por-gratis.

In my experience, and i appresiate that this is somewhat isolated, not only did these individuals feel it incumbent apon them to insist on payment after my labour, but I still have them to this day.

As a direct result of these encounters, I have often considered swollowing the inevitable exploitation,  and just give it a go in the roads of present customers.

Nick

[SPE]

What a goon!!

Yep definately, what a goon !
He's in Surrey too,
does'nt he know you can earn £400 a day cleaning windows even in the snow
and ice ?
What a plonker   
 

[roundbuilder]

Still a lot cheaper than paying x2 to a canvasser. I used to offer 2nd clean half price but found with experiance you dont need to offer anything, they either want a window cleaner or they dont.

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

He may just clean 1 pane of glass and go "What do yer think of that Missus bet you never had anything so clean and shiny in yer life" ... ......................  then charge her £20 to do the rest 


He may even do a Gav Camm and say "you got any hot water?". "you have !fantastic tea with 2 sugars me old duck"

 

Tea no m8 coffee for me
Spot on with the sugars m8 lol

[pdale]

To be fair it doesn't say the first clean is free, it maybe the third or fourth?

My brother used to offer a free clean every 12 months, providing that they had the windows cleaned every month for 11 months. It always caused issues to those who would skip a month for some reason who felt he was being unfair, in the end he dropped it.

[lee_dewing]

Nick Thompsom, not critiscising  as i thought of doing something like this, but offering to clean one window for Free (labelled as say free demo!)

As wfp, is still Alien to alot of people.

But giving something for free in a road i already have existing custies worries me it might cause issues (jealousy)

But I salute you Nick if it gets you to wear you want to be quicker and if it doesn't cause problems; as mention if your gonna pay x3 to buy a round then maybe this could work.

But as said if think the word demonstration and 1 window free need to be used.
Lee

[king marko]

To be fair it doesn't say the first clean is free, it maybe the third or fourth?

My brother used to offer a free clean every 12 months, providing that they had the windows cleaned every month for 11 months. It always caused issues to those who would skip a month for some reason who felt he was being unfair, in the end he dropped it.

It does say first clean free mate - read the ad again - it's in the title