[tony talbot]

Hope you guys could offer some advice, i sold my window cleaning round 8 months ago to start a new venture , it's not working out as i hoped,, i need to start window cleaning round again. I have no intention of going after my old work and fully intend to honer the terms of sale. but as i need to start windows again, what is a respectful distance to start canvasing, i was thinking of leaving  10 houses  either side of my old calls is this enough? also has anyone got work for sale in the St.Austell area.

[Joey Eastwood]

depends how big the guy is who you sold it to

[David lingard]

If i bought a round off of someone i wouldn't want them setting up again in the same town let alone 10 houses!

[PoleKing]

Have a conversation with the fella you sold it to.
It'd be difficult to say a 10 house radius.
Get that house-'oh, can you do my friends, she lives 4 doors down'
It makes it awkward.
Be open, honest and genuine with the guy.
Most people are reasonable.
If he says 'don't want you within 10 miles of the work you sold me then compromise...
I travel for work. I like to be away from where I live.

[no way Jose]

it would be awkward indeed!
personally I wouldn't like it if the windy I bought work off was back in the neighbourhood where he used to work !
it would probably cause some conflicts if he was back in town as he would be a very serious competitor being well known around!!

[Ben wood]

I would tell him your back cleaning windows and that you will not target any of the customers you sold him. Sod all this staying away from his work nothing wrong doing customers near the work you sold.

[tony talbot]

thanks for your views guys, i think because i have to work,i will stick to 10 clear houses between my old work and new canvasing calls, but any calls that crop up closer than 10 houses i will pass on to the chap who bought my round as a goodwill gesture at least for the 2 year exclusion on the terms of sale.

[the king]

if im honist if i brout a round off u an then u set up a new round in the same town ide b very unhappy an probly kick ur head in sory to b brutel but thats my view , besyt thing u can do is speak to him an c what he thinks b honist with him u never no he mite b ok with it if u speak to him

[Jay Le Huray]

my opinion for what it's worth..... you should stay well away from it as you sold it in good faith

if you must again, start in a completely different area

if it were me I would not be to happy to see you cleaning 10 doors away from my jobs that you had sold me

if you had only sold him part of your round with the understanding that you were still doing the remainder that would be a different matter

[Arnold Palmer]

if im honist if i brout a round off u an then u set up a new round in the same town ide b very unhappy an probly kick ur head in

That would be a brilliant move.

When you got out of jail there might be some customers left, you never know.

[lal]

my opinion for what it's worth..... you should stay well away from it as you sold it in good faith

if you must again, start in a completely different area

if it were me I would not be to happy to see you cleaning 10 doors away from my jobs that you had sold me

if you had only sold him part of your round with the understanding that you were still doing the remainder that would be a different matter

 +1

[Ben wood]

Lol you would kick my head in.
Maybe you might come unstuck when you attempt that kind of thing and wake up in hospital. What a stupid remark. As for the round you sold. You sold him some customers not the bloody area patches. Just go out and get the work if he don't like tell him you need to earn a living and will not take his customers.

[Spursboy1972]

Lol you would kick my head in.
Maybe you might come unstuck when you attempt that kind of thing and wake up in hospital. What a stupid remark. As for the round you sold. You sold him some customers not the bloody area patches. Just go out and get the work if he don't like tell him you need to earn a living and will not take his customers.

+1

[dave f]

i think youve opend a can of worms here i would have  word see what happens.just play it by ear .one thing for sure he wont be very happy with you.just start from scratch see how it  gose.

[Nathanael Jones]

If the round that you sold covered a 5 mile radius then I'd say leave a 5 mile gap at the closest point between the old round and the new one,.. If I'd bought the round off you I'd expect nothing less.

[Johnny B]

I seems to me, the first thing to do would be to speak to him and ask him how it's going. You might find that he's lost some of your old customers, or even given up completely. Alternatively he may have done so well that he has expanded to the extent that he might be prepared to sell you some work back.

By doing this, at least you are doing nothing behind his back that might cause you problems with him if you just turn up and canvass, even if it's not actually your old customers that you are targetting.

Best wishes,
John

[duncan h]

If the round that you sold covered a 5 mile radius then I'd say leave a 5 mile gap at the closest point between the old round and the new one,.. If I'd bought the round off you I'd expect nothing less.

Good advice.
I get enough stick from windys I havnt sold a round to.
Stay well clear. Phone the guy and ask him how far away. He may say hes got enough and your welcome.
I would also break your legs...no, get some one else to do it. Harder to trace. Dark alley and all that. Its a poop trick to do.
Business is business, but there is a fine line between that and danger

[tony talbot]

Part of the problem is i only sold 90 calls to the bloke, most of the calls were in a 3 mile radious,fair enough avoid that area , but what about where i sold 1 call in a whole estate of hundreds of houses to keep a five mile radious would put half of Cornwall out of bounds. i appreciate  this is a tricky problem. but threats of violence don't really help, all i'm after is a reasonable approach to this problem. i can't be the first to be in this situation .have any of you faced the same situation? and if so how was it resolved

[Richard ham]

Half of cornwall 5 mile radius? Do what you want to do. If you were making a living off 90 houses then it wont be difficult to achieve that this time of year.
I say what a mug buying customers in the first place.

[Ian Lancaster]

thanks for your views guys, i think because i have to work,i will stick to 10 clear houses between my old work and new canvasing calls, but any calls that crop up closer than 10 houses i will pass on to the chap who bought my round as a goodwill gesture at least for the 2 year exclusion on the terms of sale.

Surely this is the relevant bit?  What were the terms of this 'exclusion'?