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Brian Nunn

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Re: Tips
« Reply #20 on: December 08, 2017, 02:20:44 pm »
Ive not tried it myself,  but one dayi will.
A friend i know,  when trad working  as well would buy a bottle of wine and a wine box carrier for it. One if those carriers where you can put more bottles in and pretend or let others think that a customer gave it to him.   Clever, really because it worked amazingly well for him

Where would he put the crate and bottle so that the customers could see it?

Brian Nunn

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Re: Tips
« Reply #21 on: December 08, 2017, 02:21:34 pm »
I'm off the mark. £7 tip this morning!

Dumped 2 custys so I'm down overall but nevermind.

I am interested to know the reason for dumping the 2 customers?

Re: Tips
« Reply #22 on: December 08, 2017, 02:57:51 pm »
I'm off the mark. £7 tip this morning!

Dumped 2 custys so I'm down overall but nevermind.

I am interested to know the reason for dumping the 2 customers?

Perhaps you need to get out more.

Rayleigh Window Cleaning Services

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Re: Tips
« Reply #23 on: December 08, 2017, 03:23:00 pm »
It's always nice to receive a tip at the door.

I'm always surprised  by the on line tip, I wonder if they must think "Will he notice the extra amount"

AuRavelling79

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Re: Tips
« Reply #24 on: December 08, 2017, 03:45:50 pm »
Bottle of red wine today.
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Re: Tips
« Reply #25 on: December 08, 2017, 03:49:06 pm »
Bottle of red wine today.

Hope you didn’t do that ridiculous pikey stunt Nathan’s mate did.

AuRavelling79

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Re: Tips
« Reply #26 on: December 08, 2017, 03:56:45 pm »
Bottle of red wine today.

Hope you didn’t do that ridiculous pikey stunt Nathan’s mate did.

 ;D
It's a game of three halves!

tlwcs

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Re: Tips
« Reply #27 on: December 08, 2017, 04:55:57 pm »
Bottle of red wine today.

Hope you didn’t do that ridiculous pikey stunt Nathan’s mate did.

I take a shopping trolley, not the deep one, the one you use when you need a few bits. I tell them I'm collecting food and booze for the homeless. Works well.

nathankaye

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Re: Tips
« Reply #28 on: December 08, 2017, 04:58:46 pm »
What does work is having a pocket of bronze and small silver change. Then when they pull a 20 for a 10 pound job, i pull out a handfull of change
Haha    ;D
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robbo333

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Re: Tips
« Reply #29 on: December 08, 2017, 05:13:44 pm »
I was cleaning an average house this afternoon and it snowed here in Poole, for about 20 mins. When I finished she came out and gave me 7 quid tip and thanked me for cleaning them in the snow.  :o
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jk999

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Re: Tips
« Reply #30 on: December 08, 2017, 06:39:25 pm »
Duncan why an earth would you refuse tips 😲and it is true if you carry a bottle of wine around it makes them remember that it's Christmas oh and also my customers know when the Christmas hat goes on that's last clean that works as Well

lal

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Re: Tips
« Reply #31 on: December 08, 2017, 09:11:32 pm »
 
     A Tin of Cadburys chocolate biscuits, and a  15 euro tip this week, Xmas has come early this year  ;D

Stoots

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Re: Tips
« Reply #32 on: December 08, 2017, 10:26:06 pm »
I'm off the mark. £7 tip this morning!

Dumped 2 custys so I'm down overall but nevermind.

I am interested to know the reason for dumping the 2 customers?


Ok.

I shall expand for you sir.

First one no answer to open up round back even though she knew I was coming. No answer last time either so was skipped. After I had got gear out rung bell and knocked a few times, waited 5 mins and put all my gear back in van she came dashing out with a bin bag straight past me to bin lorry. Straight back past me into the house and door closed. Time waster so dumped.

Second on was a first clean that I had quoted online, got there and no where to park as it was a terraced house down an awkward street, back access was through a neighbour's garden which was full of dog poop. So that never happened as too awkward for me.

Brian Nunn

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Re: Tips
« Reply #33 on: December 09, 2017, 09:16:03 am »
I'm off the mark. £7 tip this morning!

Dumped 2 custys so I'm down overall but nevermind.

I am interested to know the reason for dumping the 2 customers?

Perhaps you need to get out more.

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Brian Nunn

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Re: Tips
« Reply #34 on: December 09, 2017, 09:19:30 am »
I'm off the mark. £7 tip this morning!

Dumped 2 custys so I'm down overall but nevermind.


I am interested to know the reason for dumping the 2 customers?


Ok.

I shall expand for you sir.

First one no answer to open up round back even though she knew I was coming. No answer last time either so was skipped. After I had got gear out rung bell and knocked a few times, waited 5 mins and put all my gear back in van she came dashing out with a bin bag straight past me to bin lorry. Straight back past me into the house and door closed. Time waster so dumped.

Second on was a first clean that I had quoted online, got there and no where to park as it was a terraced house down an awkward street, back access was through a neighbour's garden which was full of dog poop. So that never happened as too awkward for me.

Thanks Adam, always interesting to hear.

The first one sounds like an ignorant so and so, no choice but to dump really if she wont communicate with you.

P @ F

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Re: Tips
« Reply #35 on: December 09, 2017, 11:55:03 am »
They sound like a pair of typical facebook custies , exactly why i dont do the FB bit anymore , its either the crap that nobody else wants or messers
I'm so lazy I'm getting tired of it !

Johnny B

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Re: Tips
« Reply #36 on: December 09, 2017, 02:15:43 pm »
They sound like a pair of typical facebook custies , exactly why i dont do the FB bit anymore , its either the crap that nobody else wants or messers

I have gained quite a lot of customers via facebook, and most of them are fine.

That said, I would have dropped the 2 that Adam Thompson described like a stone.

John.
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Stoots

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Re: Tips
« Reply #37 on: December 09, 2017, 05:25:54 pm »
They sound like a pair of typical facebook custies , exactly why i dont do the FB bit anymore , its either the crap that nobody else wants or messers


First  one was a canvassed customer. Second a FB, but wasn't really her fault 2nd one was mine for not checking.

Messer's come from all over. I have far more issues with canvassed work that I do FB or leaflets.

johnny bravo

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Re: Tips
« Reply #38 on: December 10, 2017, 03:15:10 pm »
all my tippers get a xmas card from me,  just my personal touch,   only the ones who tip.     just a way of saying thankyou.    the race is on to get them all cleaned before the 22/dec,     i can relax and do any i have missed out then.      ;D

AuRavelling79

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Re: Tips
« Reply #39 on: December 21, 2017, 09:32:15 pm »
On £84 and a bottle of wine with a day of work left before Xmas. I reckon it will be £90/£100 ish again.

£53 of those tips came in the last two days.
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