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andycap

  • Posts: 50
Re: Still plenty of cheap trad guys around....
« Reply #60 on: June 07, 2022, 05:44:15 pm »
Been sacked off on an £7 front clean,new trad guy £5🤔...canvassed the whole street (that I do about 7/8
Fronts in )🥴🥴 seen a few newbies lately...sign of things to come ...

Perfect Windows

  • Posts: 4179
Re: Still plenty of cheap trad guys around....
« Reply #61 on: June 07, 2022, 05:49:15 pm »
Been sacked off on an £7 front clean,new trad guy £5🤔...canvassed the whole street (that I do about 7/8
Fronts in )🥴🥴 seen a few newbies lately...sign of things to come ...

Read the doom and gloom on this thread: http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=151398.msg1252745#msg1252745

Note the date.

Vin

james peters

  • Posts: 950
Re: Still plenty of cheap trad guys around....
« Reply #62 on: June 08, 2022, 08:08:53 am »
Yeah and I’ve just Hirt my finger 🤣🤣🤣

THANK YOU for the correction.  ;D

dazmond

  • Posts: 23966
Re: Still plenty of cheap trad guys around....
« Reply #63 on: June 08, 2022, 08:50:33 am »
Been sacked off on an £7 front clean,new trad guy £5🤔...canvassed the whole street (that I do about 7/8
Fronts in )🥴🥴 seen a few newbies lately...sign of things to come ...

You won't lose all of them though if you do a good job....

I've lost around 5 jobs in 29 years due to  cheaper window cleaners. It simply doesn't happen often enough to worry about mate.....🙂👍
price higher/work harder!

NWH

  • Posts: 16952
Re: Still plenty of cheap trad guys around....
« Reply #64 on: June 08, 2022, 09:12:52 am »
No tbh I’ve lost a handful over the years due to price as well,it helps if you have a half decent relationship with them I find.

Shrek

  • Posts: 3931
Re: Still plenty of cheap trad guys around....
« Reply #65 on: June 08, 2022, 10:34:10 am »
I lose around 6 jobs a month , but gain upto 16 a month . Have done for years , my customers usually who leave usually last around 3 years. It’s not something I worry about having analysed the figures month in month out , I know what to expect.

NWH

  • Posts: 16952
Re: Still plenty of cheap trad guys around....
« Reply #66 on: June 08, 2022, 10:54:06 am »
Depends how you pick work up door knocked you’re lucky if they last more than a couple of cleans in a lot of cases.

Shrek

  • Posts: 3931
Re: Still plenty of cheap trad guys around....
« Reply #67 on: June 08, 2022, 11:54:55 am »
Customers just ring me , iv not canvassed for many years

Stoots

  • Posts: 6211
Re: Still plenty of cheap trad guys around....
« Reply #68 on: June 08, 2022, 12:09:48 pm »
I lose around 6 jobs a month , but gain upto 16 a month . Have done for years , my customers usually who leave usually last around 3 years. It’s not something I worry about having analysed the figures month in month out , I know what to expect.

Losing 6 a month is a lot, but then gaining 16 a month wothout advertising is impressive  I would be lucky to pick up a couple a month organically.

Is that just word of mouth or do you have a website

Shrek

  • Posts: 3931
Re: Still plenty of cheap trad guys around....
« Reply #69 on: June 08, 2022, 12:29:36 pm »
I’m top end of the pricing in my area from what iv heard so I guess customers go elsewhere after a few years, iv had about 40 move house in the last 9 months.
Iv got a website/Facebook but rarely get anything from either. People just see me around or it’s recommendations as I live and work within a 5 mile radius from my house