[C-Thru.]

Sorry guys but I did think the show today was very disappointing, not many stalls, nothing new.
lots of manufacturers trying to get you to replace all your perfectly working gear with their new products which do exactly the same job but for an extra 5 grand, lol
Lots of people I spoke to said the same, not enough suppliers or manufacturers there, and very poor compared with last year apparently ( i wasn't there last year)
One not so big marquee tunnel tent and three or four stalls outside.
I did manage to get some supplies bit cheaper than online but overall I was very disappointed.
Only good point for me was that it was only 45mins down the road travel, so I do feel very sorry for those who travelled a long way.
Well done to the organisers, it was great to have something like this in the South west but it needs to be a lot bigger with more on offer for me to attend again.
Goochie

[8weekly]

I think these things are what you make them. I travelled down with two local windies, met and chatted to other windies and had a good look around. I had a really good day out.

[Jonny 87]

I wasn't there myself, but heard lots of good things and people having a great day.

[kempy]

Yep , I hear their was plenty on show for persons to look around .
Raffle prizes were good I heard .

Plus - monies was raised for "Charities" , so it is definitely worthwhile .

Credit to the organisers and helpers

[pdale]

I have never been but have heard good reports. I think it's what you make of it. It's fairly obvious that manufacturers would be there to sell, that's what they have booked a stall for. The guys that I know that were going were basically going for a day out, meet other window cleaners and share some tips, along with just going down to have a good time.

[shina]

I was there with my son, he was bored to start with but after we started chatting with other windies he enjoyed it.
I got some good freebies. The only disapointing thing for me was that moerman were showing there products and to buy you had to walk over to cleaningspot. However cleaningspot was there to just advertise not to sell so I was hoping to buy without the postage cost but not so.
The new wagtail was out which was good to see. Also the unger dogeared channel was out which I bought 3 of and yet they are not released till july.
All good imo

[C-Thru.]

Please don't get me wrong guys, I did enjoy the experience and met some nice people. But overall I thought it would be a lot bigger with more there than actually was.
Marks out of 10 a 4.

[bentsbrook27]

i thought show was great picked up loads of info and ideas must have taken mark a lot of time and effort well done mate will be there next year too

[kempy]

Yep , mark has done a great job , nit easy organising it and putting it all together

[combat1]

My 6 year old son and I had a great show, many thanks to all who made it happen, especially Mark.
Everyone was so friendly to both of us, The sun shone and allowed us to enjoy a picnic after the show, followed by a swim in the parks fantastic pools. We had a great day.
Neither of us was fast enough on the speed trial to beat ' Turbo Terry' ! but it was good to meet him and the other representatives on the stands, especially the guy on the Wagtail stand who was brilliant.
No, we didn't buy a new RO, but we saw what there was, met some great people and had a super day.
As a window cleaner you are often just working on your own and not having a lot of contact with other windies, the show lets us all meet and greet and boy there  were some super vans there.
We really appreciate everyones hard work, thanks.

[CLEANCARE WC]

My 6 year old son and I had a great show, many thanks to all who made it happen, especially Mark.
Everyone was so friendly to both of us, The sun shone and allowed us to enjoy a picnic after the show, followed by a swim in the parks fantastic pools. We had a great day.
Neither of us was fast enough on the speed trial to beat ' Turbo Terry' ! but it was good to meet him and the other representatives on the stands, especially the guy on the Wagtail stand who was brilliant.
No, we didn't buy a new RO, but we saw what there was, met some great people and had a super day.
As a window cleaner you are often just working on your own and not having a lot of contact with other windies, the show lets us all meet and greet and boy there  were some super vans there.
We really appreciate everyones hard work, thanks.

I take it your not a JW then 

[bobplum]

considering its only the second show i think mark has done fantastic, this is my second show and felt it was better, yes there will always be  something that can be improved and i am sure he will, for me its more the social aspect of the show i enjoy meeting people and forming friendships, i did buy a remote system for my power up , may it continue

[Stephen Fox]

Please don't get me wrong guys, I did enjoy the experience and met some nice people. But overall I thought it would be a lot bigger with more there than actually was.
Marks out of 10 a 4.

C-thru, not sure how many window cleaning shows you've been too but what Mark has done is up there with the best. Thats worldwide.

[kevincoggan]

c-thru,we had a stand at the show,to prepare for that i personally lost four days work and income,i know mark has lost a lot lot  more time and income in organising the show,considering the profits go to cancer research i do find it very insulting you should feel this way and say the show was disapointing(mark by the way when i saw him v early on the friday had been up all day organising,on the saturday morning mark had had no sleep at all and was looking stressed although looked relaxed later on in the day(this guy had been awake for well over 36 hours just for you and others like you)he pulled off a cracking show,and  there was a real feeling of pulling together between everyone(wagga and tristan,plus darren ansbro helped put our stall up because we were short of time,)we all pulled in together,why?,well we belong to an age where we support each other, we don't go slagging off something  or people because it doesn't live up to your exspectations, all we saw yesterday were positive people, we are booking for next year already,and whilst i am on i thank everyone who came to our stall and their kinds words and encouragement-its very much appreciated,c-thru i you felt disapointed by the show this year,why not organise your own? if you can't then don't bother going to the one next year,me and others don't really need you

[Jakey boy]

I was there with my son, he was bored to start with but after we started chatting with other windies he enjoyed it.
I got some good freebies. The only disapointing thing for me was that moerman were showing there products and to buy you had to walk over to cleaningspot. However cleaningspot was there to just advertise not to sell so I was hoping to buy without the postage cost but not so.
The new wagtail was out which was good to see. Also the unger dogeared channel was out which I bought 3 of and yet they are not released till july.
All good imo

Tell us about the new unger squeegee? Any pics?

So what's the new wagtail like?

[Jakey boy]

c-thru,we had a stand at the show,to prepare for that i personally lost four days work and income,i know mark has lost a lot lot  more time and income in organising the show,considering the profits go to cancer research i do find it very insulting you should feel this way and say the show was disapointing(mark by the way when i saw him v early on the friday had been up all day organising,on the saturday morning mark had had no sleep at all and was looking stressed although looked relaxed later on in the day(this guy had been awake for well over 36 hours just for you and others like you)he pulled off a cracking show,and  there was a real feeling of pulling together between everyone(wagga and tristan,plus darren ansbro helped put our stall up because we were short of time,)we all pulled in together,why?,well we belong to an age where we support each other, we don't go slagging off something  or people because it doesn't live up to your exspectations, all we saw yesterday were positive people, we are booking for next year already,and whilst i am on i thank everyone who came to our stall and their kinds words and encouragement-its very much appreciated,c-thru i you felt disapointed by the show this year,why not organise your own? if you can't then don't bother going to the one next year,me and others don't really need you

Chill out, he's just expressing his opinion, this forum is so annoying, everyone on clean it up is soooo protective over there own opinions! Who cares what he thinks, the show was what it was, some would've thought it was crap, others amazing. That's just life.

[kevincoggan]

i agree with you to a point,but for someone to say it was crap without a consideration that all the profits went to charity,i was in the pub on friday with a few guys who travelled halfway across the world just to show a product and another from mallorca who flew over just to support him(bear in mind they only showed the goods and not had any for sale on the day)for someone to say the show was disapointing kinda bugs me-if c-thru only knew the time and effort that went into the show by many many people he may understand

[rosskesava]

He's still entitled to his opinion though and is entitled to express it on here.

I was really hoping to go but circumstances messed up my plans.

Got any pictures of the show?

[Jakey boy]

i agree with you to a point,but for someone to say it was crap without a consideration that all the profits went to charity,i was in the pub on friday with a few guys who travelled halfway across the world just to show a product and another from mallorca who flew over just to support him(bear in mind they only showed the goods and not had any for sale on the day)for someone to say the show was disapointing kinda bugs me-if c-thru only knew the time and effort that went into the show by many many people he may understand

The sad fact is people put a lot of effort into a lot of things, but there will always be critics... I mean take Moerman with the new liquidator, lots of effort, time and money, and a good product has been made, but still there's loads of haters. Doesn't matter what it is, critics will always arise, and, I suppose, there free to do so.

I've just criticised this forum in another post, just to make things more complicated!

[SeanK]

i agree with you to a point,but for someone to say it was crap without a consideration that all the profits went to charity,i was in the pub on friday with a few guys who travelled halfway across the world just to show a product and another from mallorca who flew over just to support him(bear in mind they only showed the goods and not had any for sale on the day)for someone to say the show was disapointing kinda bugs me-if c-thru only knew the time and effort that went into the show by many many people he may understand

So are you saying that you have never criticized something that somebody has put a lot of time effort and money into ?
Plus what a load of rubbish, the fact that they had goods to show is fact that they wanted someone to buy them at a later
date.
So they where only there to advertise their products and make money as where you.