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dazmond

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other windys...poor service?
« on: January 30, 2014, 02:51:12 pm »
ive just got back from leafleting for my girlfriends shop.

first posh housing estate and i see 2 window cleaners.100% trad,fairy bottle in bucket,teeth missing,scruffy clothes etc.

the house they were cleaning had absolutely filthy frames.they didnt touch em! ::)roll

as i was leafleting i noticed lots of filthy frames but clean glass and also lots of windows just filthy so i know some dont have a window cleaner.

these are posh 4 and 5 bed houses.

its not too far from some of my work so im thinking of doing a bit of canvassing.


the window cleaners in question didnt know i was a window cleaner as i was in my car. ;D


i have canvassed estates like this before without much luck.some people will stick with the crap windys even though they do a poor job cos they know them and they are dirt cheap.

im defo tempted to at least canvass the houses with dirty frames AND glass though! ;) :)
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mufcglen

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Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2014, 03:14:00 pm »
it suprised me when i first started cleaning windows pal and noticed some of these guys with theyre b and q bucket and pound shop squeegee nit to forget the rope holding the ladder on.
couldnt believe that some just clean the glass and dont even wipe the dirty water theyve just squeegied off the glass!
if this was my house i'd sack em straight away!
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Dave Willis

Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2014, 06:04:06 pm »
How many years does it take to get a full round Daz?
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dazmond

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Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2014, 06:11:20 pm »
haha!dave!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

it took me around 2 years to build a full round back in 1993(so around 1995!).i had 2 guys working for me at one time.100% trad. ;D

i had problems both with staff and personal problems.i lost loads of work in the space of 12 months then sold some off and started building again when my health allowed.

i now earn far more working on my own and work on average 3 and a half weeks a month. ;) ;D
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capn sparkle

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Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2014, 06:15:56 pm »
Daz go and save these posh people from their 3rd rate windies...

3 and 3/4 weeks a month

Still a bit of time off
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dazmond

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Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2014, 06:24:22 pm »
im tempted sparkle but i have a full 3 and a half weeks worth of work come monday morning and feb is a short month.

also im putting up 80% of my prices  in april.

add on jobs trickle in all spring and summer and i naturally pick up work without even trying most weeks! ;D ;D
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dazmond

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Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2014, 06:53:49 pm »
another thing i noticed is because nobody has cleaned their frames for years(the estate is about 5 years old)some of em were really ground in dirty frames causing them to go grey! ::)roll

only way i know to get em really white is using cif and a cloth up close on a ladder for the upper frames!
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dave0123

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Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2014, 06:59:23 pm »
i wouldn't really say it was poor service, it is in our eyes because we use water fed pole.

But before we used wfp that's what we all done lol until the customer used to ask "can you clean the frames this time round"
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capn sparkle

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Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2014, 07:00:07 pm »
Up close n personal is the only way..

Barry Scott n Cillit Bang bath and shower does it for me (that didn't sound right) Hmmm
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geoffreyspecht

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Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2014, 07:30:31 pm »
there r a lot of crap wfp window cleaners to. so why do u just pick on trad window cleaners
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deeege

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Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2014, 07:33:50 pm »
This the same area we spoke about last time Daz? It sounds more like A--l-t-- from your description? :)
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Nick_Thompson

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Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2014, 07:46:48 pm »
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dazmond

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Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2014, 08:57:52 pm »
no danny completely different area! ;D

they sounded like they were from leigh!

ive been threatened a few times off guys from atherton and leigh many years ago.nothing ever came of it though! ;) :)
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dazmond

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Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2014, 09:05:22 pm »
geoff im not picking on anyone mate but trad window cleaners are laughable generally in this day and age.most of the ones i come across anyway! ;D ;D

dont get me wrong i know some good trad window cleaners but most of em are dodgy and do a crap job! :D :D
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AuRavelling79

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Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2014, 09:21:19 pm »
Quote from: geoffreyspecht on January 30, 2014, 07:30:31 pm
there r a lot of crap wfp window cleaners to. so why do u just pick on trad window cleaners

Cuz they're more likely to miss out frames and do a crap job.
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Johnny B

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Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #15 on: January 31, 2014, 06:50:24 pm »
Quote from: Granville Gold on January 30, 2014, 09:21:19 pm
Quote from: geoffreyspecht on January 30, 2014, 07:30:31 pm
there r a lot of crap wfp window cleaners to. so why do u just pick on trad window cleaners

Cuz they're more likely to miss out frames and do a crap job.

Some of us old school traddies take a lot of care and pride in our work. It helps if your OCD-ish, like me!  ;D

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geoffreyspecht

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Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #16 on: January 31, 2014, 07:48:56 pm »
Quote from: dazmond on January 30, 2014, 09:05:22 pm
geoff im not picking on anyone mate but trad window cleaners are laughable generally in this day and age.most of the ones i come across anyway! ;D ;D

dont get me wrong i know some good trad window cleaners but most of em are dodgy and do a crap job! :D :D
still sounds to me your putting trad window cleaners down,ive seen a lot of wfd window cleaners doing a crap job ,what have got to say about them then
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PoleKing

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Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #17 on: January 31, 2014, 07:53:50 pm »
Quote from: geoffreyspecht on January 31, 2014, 07:48:56 pm
Quote from: dazmond on January 30, 2014, 09:05:22 pm
geoff im not picking on anyone mate but trad window cleaners are laughable generally in this day and age.most of the ones i come across anyway! ;D ;D

dont get me wrong i know some good trad window cleaners but most of em are dodgy and do a crap job! :D :D
still sounds to me your putting trad window cleaners down,ive seen a lot of wfd window cleaners doing a crap job ,what have got to say about them then

I like the crap polers round my way.
I get their work ;D
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SeanK

Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #18 on: January 31, 2014, 07:56:22 pm »
What I'm taking out of this post is that wfp window cleaning is better for
your teeth. ;D
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geoffreyspecht

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Re: other windys...poor service?
« Reply #19 on: January 31, 2014, 08:04:30 pm »
they must must spend a lot of time cleaning their teeth with their brush
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