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Crystal-clear

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Sps canvassing??any good?
« on: November 07, 2013, 10:16:03 pm »
There was a post out about these people not long Ago
Has anyone used them? Please let us know how good/bad/average they were

robert mitchell

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2013, 01:37:41 am »
i briught some work off them through somebody they were working with round my way .

It was crap work , lots of time wasters , pain in the ass jobs etc , most of it gone now .
www.ishinewindowcleaning.co.uk

The man who never made a mistake never made anything.

Crystal-clear

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2013, 07:07:46 am »
Lol when was this ? The person on the phone yesterday was saying alot of good stuff about them selfs knocking £8k a week ,ltd company, like 40 staff on pay roll
Vat registered .anyone els have any info we need to know?

paul ette

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2013, 08:12:55 am »
he said the same to me, sounded promising, heard bad reveiws so decided to leave them alone

easy clean

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2013, 08:13:56 am »
You got a phone number I'll call you

Crystal-clear

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2013, 10:26:16 am »
Easy clean whats your email?
Ill email it to you


Meanwhile come on ! let's get some more feedback,? They do £8k a week around the contry don't just stay silent let us know

HampshireWindowCleaning

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2013, 10:27:43 am »
Same as any other canvassing company, get you work but they take on any old crap.
I bought 3k pcm off them but probably got half of that in the end with all the drop outs, bad payers etc.
I paid x2 so spent £6000, but ended up being x4 as have about £1500 left.
I suppose x4 is ok for decent work so I've had to settle for that in the end.

Crystal-clear

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2013, 10:31:54 am »
Same as any other canvassing company, get you work but they take on any old crap.
I bought 3k pcm off them but probably got half of that in the end with all the drop outs, bad payers etc.
I paid x2 so spent £6000, but ended up being x4 as have about £1500 left.
I suppose x4 is ok for decent work so I've had to settle for that in the end.
Good thanks for the feedback
Right , so did it last 3 months the £3,000? They said its garenteed ?
Did they ignore any of your calls or were they fully supportive ?

easy clean

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2013, 10:32:44 am »

Crystal-clear

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2013, 10:36:02 am »
Sent

robert mitchell

  • Posts: 1994
Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2013, 10:36:20 am »
yes basically they sign up anything , a lot of the customers said they only ever wanted a one off , or the quote was for gutters/fascias not windows .
Through the house jobs ,people have to be in etc etc .

I paid a grand for what was supposed to be 330 quids worth so 3X got about a hundred left and just had another say she doesnt want it in the winter .

I almost went with whizz bizz before buying this work , looking like i made the wrong decision .

Im not going to name who i brought it off because i think he has stopped partnering with them now and he seemed a decent bloke.
www.ishinewindowcleaning.co.uk

The man who never made a mistake never made anything.

Crystal-clear

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2013, 10:41:25 am »
Dam rob doesn't sound like you had a good time at all ...whizz bizz is the best I have used the only problem is at the moment you need to wait till march ofc there is that notorious up front £1,200 but cos its only him at the moment it normally works out good also paying upfront or upon customer names and numbers makes no difference as you havnt cleaned them yet But back to Sps what I was wondering was if they were good but it seems we are yet to get good feedback , Hampshires wasn't great but lets see how they supported him during the cancelations

HampshireWindowCleaning

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2013, 10:41:51 am »
The mistake I made was giving them the next installment of cash before they had got me all the agreed work for the first installment.
The work was just coming in in dribs and drabs really, and as soon as I had paid the last bit of money they lost interest in getting the contract finished.
And the 3 month guarantee is a load of rubbish, took them about 6 months to get the work instead of the originally agreed 4 weeks.

Crystal-clear

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2013, 10:45:33 am »
Dribs and drabs? Daniel said to me they do £8k a week? How much upfront were you asked?

HampshireWindowCleaning

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2013, 10:57:19 am »
I paid in 4 installments of £1.5k.
All I can say is that if you go with them, or any canvasser, just be prepared to end up with a lot less than they claim.
I am glad I used them despite all the crap I went through as I had just moved and sold my old round and needed work fast, so even though was doing a lot of one offs etc I was still earning. And I was doing loads of my own canvassing at the same time they were getting me work so between them and my own canvassing I've built up a really good round in only a year.
Also they do quote well, some of my best priced jobs are what they got me at £2 per window.

HampshireWindowCleaning

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #15 on: November 08, 2013, 11:12:00 am »
Btw would I use them again? Not a chance.
Would I recommend them? Not really unless I was desperate (which I was)
If I had the chance again I think I would have gone with Whizz Biz aswell, I've heard some good reviews about their service.

Crystal-clear

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #16 on: November 08, 2013, 11:28:29 am »
Thanks for the feedback Hampshire


Yea marks a cool guy I do know he will support you for a 4 month period or 2x cleans he has plans next year to be able to service more people in a shorter time cos at the moment you have a 5 month waiting list :)
Better get in for summer now £350 deposits I should be on commission lol

windiewasher

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #17 on: November 08, 2013, 06:00:05 pm »
All door to door canvassers get garbage work.
Takings off all first cleans till march 7th 2014
October  total=  cleaned  extra per month
November = cleaned extra per month
Total £  so far.

Crystal-clear

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #18 on: November 08, 2013, 06:13:28 pm »
All door to door canvassers get garbage work.

Its massccanvassing which causes big problems without quality control also for say £500 canvasser needs to give at least £1000 some aren't prepaid to over stock like that

Crystal-clear

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Re: Sps canvassing??any good?
« Reply #19 on: November 08, 2013, 07:20:56 pm »
Just spoke to one of his refs intresting some posetive feedback the windie does sound legit

You see this canvassing lark has got some luck involved
would just be nice to see someone on the forum pop up and say something too.

I know I'm due a top up as I havnt since feb and that was only a small one
Maybe I should just go out and do it myself that way I won't need to worrie about wasting money! It is a nice feeling having it done for you as I prefer to enjoy my weekends off !