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paul ette

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new window cleaners
« on: November 15, 2013, 04:44:52 pm »
just lately in my area im seeing lots of new people around, see one guy yesterday, drove up to me in a 2010 plate vivaro with a brand new ionics systems installed etc probly about a 10k setup. i asked him how long he had being doing it for and he said since march this year, he reckoned he brought in 250 ish on a good week, jeez talk about running before you can walk. really dont see how you can spend that much money on a setup before you have a customer base.
then again i was broke when i started so didnt have a choice to spend very little on a setup.

ascjim

Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2013, 05:10:23 pm »
the van will be on ebay next year

robbo333

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Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2013, 05:19:15 pm »
He probably got made redundant and had a payout. You can have all the kit in the world, but unless you're doing a good, trustworthy, reliable job, it ain't worth squat!  ;D
"Thank you for calling: if you have a 1st floor flat, mid terraced house, lots of dogs, no parking, no side access, or no sense of humour, please press hold!
For all other enquiries, please press1"

CLEANCARE WC

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Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2013, 05:28:08 pm »
Im not saying this about him, but there is a well known phrase...

                  ALL THE GEAR AND NO IDEA
WE CLEAN BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT WITH WATER FED POLE WHEN WORKING AT HEIGHT.

paul ette

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Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2013, 05:31:53 pm »
thats what i thought, made me feel a bit small when im standing there with a diy kit an an old van, but could not beleive it when he said he only earned that amount. whats the point...

Nick_Thompson

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Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2013, 05:48:03 pm »
You can have all the kit in the world, but unless you're doing a good, trustworthy, reliable job, it ain't worth squat!  ;D

Spot on Robbo!
Do quantum mechanics fix old transits?

And let us not forget, voyeurism is an occupational hazard that we simply must endure.

keyser soze

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Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2013, 06:06:52 pm »
just lately in my area im seeing lots of new people around, see one guy yesterday, drove up to me in a 2010 plate vivaro with a brand new ionics systems installed etc probly about a 10k setup. i asked him how long he had being doing it for and he said since march this year, he reckoned he brought in 250 ish on a good week, jeez talk about running before you can walk. really dont see how you can spend that much money on a setup before you have a customer base.
then again i was broke when i started so didnt have a choice to spend very little on a setup.




at least i'm busy .... and not on the social

KS Cleaning

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Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2013, 06:07:41 pm »
just lately in my area im seeing lots of new people around, see one guy yesterday, drove up to me in a 2010 plate vivaro with a brand new ionics systems installed etc probly about a 10k setup. i asked him how long he had being doing it for and he said since march this year, he reckoned he brought in 250 ish on a good week, jeez talk about running before you can walk. really dont see how you can spend that much money on a setup before you have a customer base.
then again i was broke when i started so didnt have a choice to spend very little on a setup.
Well when so many spout how much they can earn down your way it's hardly surprisin you see lots of new cleaners.........word gets around.

andyM

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Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2013, 06:12:29 pm »
just lately in my area im seeing lots of new people around, see one guy yesterday, drove up to me in a 2010 plate vivaro with a brand new ionics systems installed etc probly about a 10k setup. i asked him how long he had being doing it for and he said since march this year, he reckoned he brought in 250 ish on a good week, jeez talk about running before you can walk. really dont see how you can spend that much money on a setup before you have a customer base.
then again i was broke when i started so didnt have a choice to spend very little on a setup.

Was he a fireman?  ;D
One of the Plebs

Nick_Thompson

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Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2013, 06:14:05 pm »
It's becoming very annoying having to convince new customers that just because the last guy cleaned their windows with "a pole thingy" and left them in a worse state than before he started, doesn't mean that I will repeat the procedure.

There seems to be an inordinate number of individuals going round wetting window for a living and disparaging our beloved purified profession in the process.
Do quantum mechanics fix old transits?

And let us not forget, voyeurism is an occupational hazard that we simply must endure.

robertphil

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Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2013, 06:14:13 pm »
newish vivaro says it all

Nick_Thompson

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Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2013, 06:35:19 pm »
By way of an adjunct to my last post on this matter, just recently, the only way I could convince a potentially new customer that I was really worth employing was to offer a free first clean... yeah, I know. I payed for the opportunity to convince them that I was indeed a window cleaner.
Do quantum mechanics fix old transits?

And let us not forget, voyeurism is an occupational hazard that we simply must endure.

Nick_Thompson

  • Posts: 810
Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2013, 06:37:00 pm »
I got the job!
Do quantum mechanics fix old transits?

And let us not forget, voyeurism is an occupational hazard that we simply must endure.

tlwcs

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Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2013, 06:39:11 pm »
By way of an adjunct to my last post on this matter, just recently, the only way I could convince a potentially new customer that I was really worth employing was to offer a free first clean... yeah, I know. I payed for the opportunity to convince them that I was indeed a window cleaner.

I always say decorators all use the same tools, some do a good job and some are 5h1te. Its the same with us

Nick_Thompson

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Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2013, 06:44:42 pm »
By way of an adjunct to my last post on this matter, just recently, the only way I could convince a potentially new customer that I was really worth employing was to offer a free first clean... yeah, I know. I payed for the opportunity to convince them that I was indeed a window cleaner.

I always say decorators all use the same tools, some do a good job and some are 5h1te. Its the same with us

 ;D
Do quantum mechanics fix old transits?

And let us not forget, voyeurism is an occupational hazard that we simply must endure.

SeanK

Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #15 on: November 15, 2013, 06:46:55 pm »
Good luck to him.
The best incentive to make a go of something is to have a lot of money riding on it.

robbo333

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Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2013, 06:52:39 pm »
You get good and bad in every trade, that's how life is.
Be professional, look smart, clean signwritten van and be nice and polite...and have a laugh!
If I ever have a wary pole customer, I clean one downstairs window for free and come back later the same day.
I show them how good it looks, give them a bit of chat and give them a fair price.
If they don't want, then I don't want them as a customer.  ;D


"Thank you for calling: if you have a 1st floor flat, mid terraced house, lots of dogs, no parking, no side access, or no sense of humour, please press hold!
For all other enquiries, please press1"

Nick_Thompson

  • Posts: 810
Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2013, 07:06:03 pm »
Good luck to him.
The best incentive to make a go of something is to have a lot of money riding on it.

Absolutely Sean. I couldn't agree more. We shouldn't jump to conclusions. The insufficiency of the evidence obviously precludes a conviction.
Do quantum mechanics fix old transits?

And let us not forget, voyeurism is an occupational hazard that we simply must endure.

paul ette

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Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #18 on: November 15, 2013, 08:05:18 pm »
if it was me i would of spent the money on a round or get a canvasser to smash an area to peices to get me started, rather than buy a van and cant earn nothing with no customers... just sayin

dazmond

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Re: new window cleaners
« Reply #19 on: November 15, 2013, 08:12:54 pm »
so he is working 1 to 1 and a half days a week?i bet he has another job as well! ;) ;D ;D
price higher/work harder!