[Majestic]

With some of the posts we have had , how much do you think is just forum talk

[xxmattyxx]

You need to put an option for 100% John

[Luke Johnson]

the basic fact is that many people these days lie...........especialy about what they earn

[GAZZA B]

And how meany customers they have,

and how meany they can do in a DAY!!

Gazza

[Luke Johnson]

people can easily make themselves look succesful on the internet, for example I trust Jeff Brimble cause Ive met him in person!!

[Majestic]

Hourly rate is another good one

[Luke Johnson]

I earn around 400 quid an hour.... honest

[Clear Vision]

I'm honest!   

[simon knight]

I reckon there's a fair bit of "embroidery" but  think on the whole people are honest (ish) 

[groundhog]

I'm not sure if whats said on this forum is lies or boasting, but I know that a lot of it is not good for us window cleaners as it encourages more and more people into this business which will eventually lead to lower prices and less earnings for all of us!!

[Majestic]

I have to admit that I have leared a lot from  forums , I wish they had been about when I first started out

[Clive McDonald]

I've done my share of bragging , boasting, romancing but basicaly i'm honest, and can laugh at myself. The time the guy posted a pic of a big water tank on his van you humourless bunch went mad about H&S. The u tube video where the wc was going through peoples drawers and getting crank calls about windows 98, again outrage on here.

The suppliers that we've caught out posing as newbies looking for advice about their own marvelous products has seen a few classics.There is one at the moment about  biulding rounds.

Best of all though are the contradictions. One minute they are earning £500 a day, the next they can't RO because they live in a flat and they've only just started.

[M & C Window Cleaning]

I have to admit that I have leared a lot from  forums , I wish they had been about when I first started out

It's definately true of this one. It's given me a lot more confidence in moving over to wfp.

That said, I shall probably go out now and lose all my custies. 

[macmac]

The new wfp'ers make me laugh, set up & running a week & suddenly they are experts in science! PURE WATER TECHNOLOGY.
 The best one i've heard is the glass is sterile when cleaned wfp :
As for an answer, i think we all have posters who we trust & one's we take with a pinch of salt. but it always suprises me when you get a supposed experienced wfp'er asking such an obvious question, this leads to doubt in my mind.

tony

[KarlJones]

One minute they are earning £500 a day, the next they can't RO because they live in a flat and they've only just started.

Whoohooo! I resemble half of that remark, I wish it was the other half

[pjulk]

I take everything i see on here with a pinch of salt.
Although i have picked up a lot from the forums.

Paul

[JM123]

£500 a day??

I've got that much done by lunch! 

[Londoner]

I have always been uneasy about the earnings issue. It does create the wrong impression and often it doesn't reflect the industry that I know and love. In window cleaning if you work hard you will make a living but it isn't a get rich quick scheme, and you freeze in the winter and bake in the summer. No holiday pay, sick pay or pension and until recently the very real prospect of a serious or even fatal fall.

[Clive McDonald]

Self deception is not limited to inventions about earnings. Just as bad as the £100 while I sat at the traffic lights brigade are the I only work four hours a day max I'm stress free and when i've got the bill money I jack. Life's too short I'm coolest person on the planet and I have the best life. I spend loads of time with the kids.

What they don't mention is the wife's job is the main earner, she'd have them on toast if she knew they were skiving, and she leaves them a list everyday which includes the ironing.

[Adam Boss]

There is a great deal of good advice on this forum if you sift through the bull ****.
It helped me when adding WFP to my business but you still get people who throw a comment into a thread just to get peoples backs up, unfortunatley I sometimes take the bait.
Regards

Adam