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gwrightson

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Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #60 on: May 01, 2013, 04:42:08 pm »


I would hate to think i was taking three and half hours to clean a lounge and a flight of stairs, even if i was getting £200. 

Geoff

who ever said dont knock before u try ,i never tried dog crap but i know i wouldnt like  haha

Doug Holloway

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Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #61 on: May 01, 2013, 05:51:46 pm »
Hi Guys

Yes I am considerably more expensive than Ian but I do run a TM and have many existing customers and 30 years experience.

I don't give figures but am into 4 this week and was back home by 2.30 today although I don't watch snooker ::)roll

There are many types of customers and many types of carpet cleaners, the idea that we should have uniform pricing is an odd one, we do not have uniform customers.

Cheers

Doug

stuart_clark

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Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #62 on: May 01, 2013, 06:31:11 pm »
Hilltom
If you are right in what you say about marketing , then why are my Comercial clients still using me after more than ten years ?
Its very little to do with price, its more about quality and reliability

Hilton

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Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #63 on: May 01, 2013, 10:54:24 pm »
Yeah you just confirmed what I was saying....

stuart_clark

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Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #64 on: May 02, 2013, 12:04:30 am »
You said i was one of the cheepies out there !

james roffey

Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #65 on: May 02, 2013, 12:27:32 am »


I would hate to think i was taking three and half hours to clean a lounge and a flight of stairs, even if i was getting £200.  

Geoff



Considering you have no idea of the size of the lounge/diner how can you judge how long you would take ! It was 3.5 hours from arriving to driving off it was over looking Essex way in Benfleet Essex and was full of expensive furniture that needed to be moved along this road are some of the  biggest houses in Essex, obviously you must think all rooms are the same size to make such a silly comment, next time the subject " have you seen this price" comes up i will stay out, i dont' give a flying f... what Ian charges all i tried to get across was i don't understand it, not one person who got on the defensive bandwagon explained how he can charge £39.50 to clean a lounge HSL and make a profit, the response from some was how  he is 'probably making £300 a day and laughing at us without any informative explanation about how this is at all possible. Other comments of i would hate to think i would take 3 hours to clean a lounge further add to this learned  debate  :'(

Was going to answer Tony Stewarts question about his website in a lot more detail, but why bother when some numbskull will probably spend the afternoon scrutinising my own site to then come back and say what the hell do you know. in case you haven't guessed i am a little p..... off i don't like being accused of  ripping people off and basically having no ethics, one of the things i like about this job is having more time with the family, rather than being out working at all hours as i did previously this has nothing to do with the quality of work i provide my customers and i still work five days a week.

robert meldrum

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Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #66 on: May 02, 2013, 09:14:24 am »
Ahhhhhh James

No matter what you or anyone says on a forum it will almost always get reaction and on many occasions it will be negative, at least it might seem negative on the first reading.

I have worked in many very big houses and some tiny flats and agree it's not possible to give blanket quotes.

I got a call from a regular a few years ago who was moving house and wanted the hallway cleaned.......just the hallway, but she emphasised it was very big and I should quote on site.

The house was huge and the hallway was just over eighty metres long with a massive communal sitting area in the middle which alone was the equivelent of four average lounges.

Had I posted the time taken to complete this job and what I was paid I doubt anyone would have believed me..........unless, of course I had qualified it by giving the full sizes and any other complications I might have had to deal with.




JandS

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Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #67 on: May 02, 2013, 10:21:14 am »
That's a bloody big hall Robert.
Impossible done straight away, miracles can take a little longer.

Hilton

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Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #68 on: May 02, 2013, 12:08:11 pm »
You said i was one of the cheepies out there !

Sorry !

Where did I say that ?

james roffey

Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #69 on: May 02, 2013, 12:37:30 pm »
Robert Meldrum

As far as i am concerned you went too far by calling me a "con merchant"  if you had done that to my face  :-X

I have complete integrity in all my business dealings and do plenty of free work for my local school and charities.
I shouldn't have to justify myself to someone who makes a remark like that from behind a keyboard.

dan paton

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Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #70 on: May 02, 2013, 12:40:45 pm »



It seems if you are one of the cheapies out there then you are mocked and told they wont last 5 minutes,(quote from Hilton)



note the word IF in the sentence stuart . I did wonder why you left the stupid comment about money afterwards

stuart_clark

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Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #71 on: May 02, 2013, 04:53:42 pm »
Hilton implied that i was one of the cheapies ! And i thought if i were cheap why do i turn over a £100,000 a year  I work monday to friday 8.30 till 5 and three to four nights on a normal week

james roffey

Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #72 on: May 02, 2013, 05:31:02 pm »
£100,000 is that all you can see why he thought you were a cheapskate, now pull your finger out and stop watching snooker ;)

stuart_clark

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Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #73 on: May 02, 2013, 05:37:21 pm »
cant stand snooker

*Hector*

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Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #74 on: May 02, 2013, 06:01:39 pm »
cant stand snooker

Well stop watching it and get some work done  :P :P

 ;D ;D
Everyday this forum slips further from God.  :'(

Hilton

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Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #75 on: May 02, 2013, 10:11:23 pm »
Hilton implied that i was one of the cheapies ! And i thought if i were cheap why do i turn over a £100,000 a year  I work monday to friday 8.30 till 5 and three to four nights on a normal week

I never at any time implied you were a cheapo as use put it...

Read the posts properly before you throw all toys out of the pram...



robert meldrum

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Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #78 on: May 03, 2013, 11:59:19 am »
Good man Ian.

stuart_clark

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Re: Ressesion Beating Prices
« Reply #79 on: May 03, 2013, 12:04:16 pm »
Hilto
As use put it ? what sort of grammer is that ?