[capn sparkle]

Did a one off clean for a regular customers son (He's just bought the place apparently and mum paid for the F/S/G and window clean as a moving in present). I don't work in the area on a regular basis so rang another windy to ask if he wanted to do the monthly window clean. He seemed shocked that I would just give him work for free on an estate that he already cleaned!

Would you charge for it?
Could you sell it? (one job)
Or just pass it on to someone else free gratis?

I've always just given work I don't want or out of area to other windies!

Like I say... What do you guys do?

[Cookie]

I would do the same as you do & hope others would reciprocate.

[Perfect Windows]

I give it away. 

When I get work well out of our area I've tried to give work away on here but people tend to end up telling me the customer's stupid / is a bad customer (how do they know so much?), so I'm giving that up as a bad job.   Only today someone's missed a BIG job in PE8 as a result of it not being worth my while arguing.

Vin

[Og]

Share the love.

[nathankaye]

Ditto to all of above.
I have a number of good mates who are window cleaners and I know which areas they cover.  So the other day for example through social media I had an enquirey which was in a friends patch so passed on his details instead. Not worth going out my way for windows to just one house, unless I can canvass others at same time. But happy this time to pass onto friend. But if a one off big clean like cons roof clean, then thats a different story.
It comes back round.  A friend is trad, he has a regularly cust who wants a fascia clean. He cant get to bk ones or upstairs bk windows due to an extension and the skyline windows on it. So hes fetching me on job to price it up for fascia clean n bk up windows as a one off.

[Clever Forum Name]

Set fire to all his customers.

[8weekly]

I give it away. 

When I get work well out of our area I've tried to give work away on here but people tend to end up telling me the customer's stupid / is a bad customer (how do they know so much?), so I'm giving that up as a bad job.   Only today someone's missed a BIG job in PE8 as a result of it not being worth my while arguing.

Vin

That's not entirely correct. I think anyway it's more to do with the fact that as I drive around I see window cleaners on every corner so I always find it amusing when someone says they can't find one. I assume they never actually looked.

To return to the subject, I just give it away. I reckon I've given thousands away in gutter cleans as I don't do them. Happy to do so too. I have thought about buying a vac but I just see complications with the whole thing.

[Smurf]

Customer postponed a conservatory clean today booked in for next week as husband now wants the house roof cleaned first.  Then asked if I do roof cleaning and I said no but I know a firm that does. Likewise when I get asked do I clean windows and the job don’t fit into my round I pass jobs on now to someone else.

Works both ways as I get referals from others I pass on work too so win win for all. I think they call that networking 

[Jonny 87]

Set fire to all his customers.

Then rake around in the Ashes of each customers house and put a sliver of bamboo in each lock you come across.

 

[Clever Forum Name]

Set fire to all his customers.

Then rake around in the Ashes of each customers house and put a sliver of bamboo in each lock you come across.

 

 

[paulben]

I don't want any more work so keep a few other cleaners phone numbers with me and pass on number .