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Cookie

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Roll up, Roll up £1 a clean!
« on: August 20, 2015, 09:57:17 pm »
I found out today that another window cleaner has been canvassing part of my round and quoting £1 a house where I clean for between £10 & £12 ....

Fortunately none of my customers have been gullible enough to take him on. I don't think he'll be in business for long ...
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Johnny B

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Re: Roll up, Roll up £1 a clean!
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2015, 10:10:16 pm »
I wonder how long he takes to clean an average 3 bed semi.

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Jonny 87

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Re: Roll up, Roll up £1 a clean!
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2015, 10:24:17 pm »
Madness.

Mayb he is clutching at straws, and that is a first clean price, followed by a massive price hike next month?
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Smurf

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Re: Roll up, Roll up £1 a clean!
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2015, 11:24:05 pm »
Well I suppose it's 100% better than offering to do it for free
I'm now woundering how many would pay him in 1p coins just for the craic as I know I would  ;D
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CLEANCARE WC

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Re: Roll up, Roll up £1 a clean!
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2015, 11:36:20 pm »
Quote from: Smurf on August 20, 2015, 11:24:05 pm
Well I suppose it's 100% better than offering to do it for free
I'm now woundering how many would pay him in 1p coins just for the craic as I know I would  ;D

No but if he did a good job I may give him a 25% tip.
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CLEANCARE WC

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Re: Roll up, Roll up £1 a clean!
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2015, 11:37:50 pm »


Or say you didn't feel you got value for money & want a refund
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Smurf

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Re: Roll up, Roll up £1 a clean!
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2015, 11:43:42 pm »
Quote from: CLEANCARE WC on August 20, 2015, 11:37:50 pm


Or say you didn't feel you got value for money & want a refund

 ;D
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Smurf

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Re: Roll up, Roll up £1 a clean!
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2015, 11:44:32 pm »
Quote from: CLEANCARE WC on August 20, 2015, 11:36:20 pm
Quote from: Smurf on August 20, 2015, 11:24:05 pm
Well I suppose it's 100% better than offering to do it for free
I'm now woundering how many would pay him in 1p coins just for the craic as I know I would  ;D

No but if he did a good job I may give him a 25% tip.

I bet he would be over the moon ;D
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Smurf

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Re: Roll up, Roll up £1 a clean!
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2015, 11:47:55 pm »
3 houses with tips and he has earn't enough for his cider plus all the things that he has robbed too will be quids in
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SeanK

Re: Roll up, Roll up £1 a clean!
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2015, 07:09:05 am »
Its just a newbie mistake thinking a £1 first clean will make customers jump ship its the same with guys who undercut,
you cant blame them as it works in other professions.
I remember offering a free gutter clean to all new customers :-[ thinking this is going to get me a lot of work thankfully
nobody took me up on the offer.



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Don Kee

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Re: Roll up, Roll up £1 a clean!
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2015, 07:10:56 am »
Or maybe you've peed somebody off, and they're trying to get you to lose a load of work..?
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Cookie

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Re: Roll up, Roll up £1 a clean!
« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2015, 07:39:24 am »
Quote from: Jonny 87 on August 20, 2015, 10:24:17 pm
Madness.

Mayb he is clutching at straws, and that is a first clean price, followed by a massive price hike next month?

Yes that would be a 1000% price increase! The two customers I spoke to originally thought he was quoting them £1 a window. I'm cleaning then same area again today so I may get some further updates!
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dazmond

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Re: Roll up, Roll up £1 a clean!
« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2015, 08:16:32 am »
Quote from: Cookie on August 20, 2015, 09:57:17 pm
I found out today that another window cleaner has been canvassing part of my round and quoting £1 a house where I clean for between £10 & £12 ....

Fortunately none of my customers have been gullible enough to take him on. I don't think he'll be in business for long ...

upset any other window cleaners lately? ;D ;D

seriously no customers will take him on at such a ridiculous price.

i have lost the odd long standing customer(10 years+!) to cheaper prices.one the other month switched to a trad guy who was charging £7 (i was charging £10).the guy has to stand on 2 sloping roofs to clean the awkward windows!he s now got 3 houses on this estate(ive still got 90+ accounts though!) ;D
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price higher/work harder!

Smurf

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Re: Roll up, Roll up £1 a clean!
« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2015, 05:55:37 pm »
One of my external one-off fsg in/out  cleans today the chap said don't worry about the windows too much as we have a window cleaner. Anyway turns out he has been their window cleaner for 30 odd years but calls when he feels like every 3 or 4 momths as he is no spring chicken now. The trad guy charges 9 squid but the house in my book is worth at least 35 per month on a regular cleaan. I don't think the old boy has put his prices up for years....Bless him ;D
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