Like whacking in a huge price on an unsuspecting customer? - not practical if you want to keep them for return cleans in the future.
Was it you that said "buyers are liars"? a very strong statement to make when there is obviously little money about on the estates that i cover.
The unpracticalities of your theories are that probably 90% of the time there is little money about for people to pay the huge figures you are suggesting for conservatory cleans. Most houses and extensions inc. conservatories are paid for by loans so few customers are loaded with liquid assets.
I like the basis of some of your posts but struggle with your - dare i say it, cons to strip customers of money.
Back in September you were picking our brains on setting up a windowcleaning round, now six months later your telling us how to run our business yet your not in the business by your own admission.
So i ask again - what is it you actually do for a living and what interest do you have in this forum?
Im not telling you how to run your business, this is a forum, my posts merely reflect another opinion.
I have already told you what I do for a living, and I shall shortly be selling a cleaning service which I will sell on to a friend whom I gave some window cleaning work to.
I post on cleaning paint off things because thats what I did for 15 years. I also have cleaned a few conservatories trying out different cleaners so I have experience of that.
The only thing that I dont have is 1000's of hours of experience moving a pole with a brush on the end up and down on glass.
Ive done a great deal of canvassing and direct selling.
Ill tell you a quick story wont take long, I was talking to an old friend whos moved away from the area where I live to the north east, they have a window cleaner, the same one for the last 7 years, he calls every 2 weeks cleans a 3 bed semi and charges them £3.50 ( its a depressed area). I said to him (his wife actually, he couldnt care less if his windows were cleaned or not) would you pay him £7 if he called once a month? yes of course I would, he does a decent job, I just cant understand how he makes a living charging £3.50.
Do you think this cleaner is working smart? He could do half the work for the same money, either he's too stupid to realise or he doesnt value what he does to earn his living. And I see so many "were only window cleaner threads", your selling yourselves short, Im not saying they will pay any price to have their windows cleaned ( the most my friends wife would pay is £10 a month, its still a hell of a lot more profitable than £3.50 a fortnight.)
I presume the majority on here are happy to do what they do, happy with the money they earn for the hours they work, great carry on.
In conclusion, just because I dont move the pole up and down doesnt mean Im not entitled to an opinion on this forum.
My intentions with my posts is to try to offer the benefit of my experience to those who may be interested.
Mark