Hehe i had to chuckle to myself.
Was doing a new clean this morning, and a lady approaches me "can you come and have a look at our windows, our window cleaner is ill and hasn't cleaned us for over a year"
"yes of course, let me just finish up this window and i will have a look for you" i replied.
So a few moment later, i'm in her back garden, i have looked over the house, its not a big place, but detached, nicely presented, and I give her the price" £52
shocked she was, "that's a bit on the steep side isn't it? " "well, not really " i said its very competitive, i can assure you that (i am on a push to get work right now).
So i ask her, how often did the last window cleaner come? "every two months or so" she said. "Ok", i said and how much did he charge you (i'm thinking its got to be something like £12, considering her reaction earlier) "£40. "£40? i said.....confused...that's not much less is it, and how long ago did he last do them? "its got to be a year" (yeah right, the windows were green in some places). Anyway, we had a laugh, and she said will you do a deal, "i can do them for £45" i said, but that's only because i have another property opposite you and i can do them both together. Ok deal done... i will see if i can do the 1st clean this Friday or next Wednesday..".no worries" she said.
Anyway thats that, i carry on with my day, to get home to a VM message.
"oh hello, we spoke to one of your window cleaners, marc i think is his name... (it is just me love
) and we were given a price to have the window cleaned, and we booked in for a clean?....well...i'm afraid we are going to have to cancel as we feel that the price is too high for the sort of work being done, so if you can please cancel our clean..and repeat we do not wish to continue any services with StockClean"
So i call her up, "hello mrs xxx" its marc from stockclean, you wanted to cancel the booking? "yes...its just too much money to pay for window cleaning" She said.
I say" But i gave you a discount, down to £45, are you telling me that £5 extra on window cleaning is really squeezing your budget that much?" She started to stutter and stumble" yes but we don't want to commit to a regular window cleaner"
So i say" But you come to me today saying that your current window cleaner is ill," "Yes" she said, he's ill and cant come every time we call him to come and clean the windows. So i continue" so let me get this right...you want a window cleaner that is the same as £40 or less, and one that will come and clean as and when you ask him to?" Yes" She said I replied" Good luck with that one, mrs XXX
can i be frank? "yes" she said pensively. " Id say that he suffers from selective flu" "selective flu?" Yes...i said, he feels ill only when you call him! " she went very quiet lol.
What are these people like?