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So what do you do with the jobs you just dont like....the pia jobs...

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About a year ago as bored at home thinking of ways to drum up new work! I changed my status on my business fb page to any house for £5.00 for new monthly customers, still regretting that to this day as I got lots of cap work and even had regular customers threat on to cancel if I didn't match that for there property's, ow ya live and learn lol

 
until the next time....tolish...every days a laugh with me....:rofl:


Yep I like that policy.:thumbsup:I'll be happy with just one more day of work a month, a couple of next door neighbours to beef up the full days work I have, and a few commercial large windows for the experience. I still want to keep my handyman work going as I like the big jobs with less running around sometimes. I have a low bordom threshold too so everytime I am back on the windows I'm happy to be their- best job in the world.
My bordom threshold Is high as i am a professional daydreamer. 6 music also helps me through the day. Main ambition is to have a condensed milf only round.

 
My bordom threshold Is high as i am a professional daydreamer. 6 music also helps me through the day. Main ambition is to have a condensed milf only round.
Amen brother. /emoticons/biggrin.png

 
About a year ago as bored at home thinking of ways to drum up new work! I changed my status on my business fb page to any house for £5.00 for new monthly customers, still regretting that to this day as I got lots of cap work and even had regular customers threat on to cancel if I didn't match that for there property's, ow ya live and learn lol
Always living and learning pura. Must admit though, my quotes get bolder and bolder.

 
if i get to quote a new job with no links to existing jobs....its a lot easier.

..and of course sticking to my tenner minimum for new jobs now...got one on the go this weekend..only small...also said it would be a pound more normally as i dont work in the area but i will flyer and maybe reduce if i get more...of course ..i have no intention of reducing even if i get more in there....:Dyep onwards and upwards..

 
About a year ago as bored at home thinking of ways to drum up new work! I changed my status on my business fb page to any house for £5.00 for new monthly customers, still regretting that to this day as I got lots of cap work and even had regular customers threat on to cancel if I didn't match that for there property's, ow ya live and learn lol
Ouch. That's the problem with going in cheap-it sets the tone for all business linked. Any word of mouth that spreads will be based on your cheap pricing. I made the same bad moves when I first started handymaning. It took a while to realise that I wasn't actually making much money. I think its something that happens to most newbies.

 
Amen brotheirritate. /emoticons/biggrin.png
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if i get to quote a new job with no links to existing jobs....its a lot easier.
..and of course sticking to my tenner minimum for new jobs now...got one on the go this weekend..only small...also said it would be a pound more normally as i dont work in the area but i will flyer and maybe reduce if i get more...of course ..i have no intention of reducing even if i get more in there....:Dyep onwards and upwards..
Well done cnc.......cheap jobs and quotes start to play and Irritate the mind. I have a few in the village i live in...all with people i have known all of my life. They are the most difficult of quotes.....you feel the preasure to be a little cheaper. I try to steer clear of my village, because of this, but still get badgered to give quotes and do jobs for the local people......suppose i dont help myself by frequenting the village boozers more often than i should:)?.....which is where i get asked for the quotes

 
that is the trouble...i mean that job i stated above the women who past it on to me her daughter was best friends with mine..it kinda gets complicated...

still ...new jobs are great and i have always said for me...market pressure gets the price as in....the easier jobs and best prices are always going to push the lower ones up..so if i get a sudden influx of new work you know where your priority is...just waiting for some other windy to retire around here....:rolleyes:

yeh i really didnt want to do the neighbours and told them all i was a builder when i moved in...but you cant break wind around here without them all knowing...he he he the one across the road is away at the mo...so guess who gets their windows cleaned this week....

 
hey thats what i used to do in the olden days....oh it felt good when a big chunk went..all the pressure suddenly gone..i miss the olden days...
its funny but it does seem to be the pia jobs who keep all my contact details..

i wasnt looking forward to the two i did on friday but after my chicken and ribs combo and two pints of ruddles i couldnt care..

i looked at the clock ...12.50pm and so thought i will just have ten minutes...as you do....at 1.25 i gradually came to life...

the trouble with this one is....they are always in....so he is a vicar and does his sermons in his office at the back and i try my best to get that office done when he isnt in it as him being just two foot away on the other side of the glass and waving and chatting spooks me somewhat...

so he went to make me a coffee...well knowing he would be in the kitchen i shot around the back and did his office ...only...he brought out a little stool and then my coffee and was about to do a spot of gardening whilst i cleaned the back windows....so i got lumbered making small talk anyway...

now not saying anything which will upset anyone hopefully as i may well suffer from parkinson's myself as my grandad had it..

but if you have it as bad as he has it....you shouldnt try to carry your cuppa as you work...

his wife had already told him off for spilling it on the new kitchen floor....oops

but it was entertaining to watch the little trail he was leaving...

this short story should win the booker prize or something :thumbsup:

this is the one that phoned for me two weeks ago and i pretended to forget as i couldna be bothered...

and so...seeing all the spiders and there resulting mess on the conny he must have tried to clean it...well sorry i aint getting all the ali marks off all over the white upvc...not to mention the horrific scratch mark where some bird muck had been..:eek:

anyway he said can i do his insides downstairs....and knowing he wanted it done i had my answer all ready...

oh i am sorry....the insurance wont cover me for insides at the moment as there has been a lot of spurious claims...

he did look sad ...and he said well we cant reach the kitchen windows over the counter...so i gave in and said i would sneak in and do them....oh and canyoujuster....do the conny inside as well...er...no..was my reply..but i said...everyone uses the nice new karcher window vac these days..mrs vicar perked up her ears then...oh i havent seen that...i explained how easy it was and said you can get it in argos..i should be on commision....got my money and did a runner...they are really rammy....yuk.

and so one pia done i thought what the hell lets get the other done...this being a new job but one look and i knew...she was going to be a bit of a :specs:specs:specs and she explained how the other windowcleaner kept saying he would come but he never did..

and also her neighbours windowcleaner kept saying the same....hmmmm

it wasnt a big job but...you have to go through the porch extension at the back and so just a bit annoying access wise...

i got stuck in...after learning the other windy did the velux...in and out...i hadnt even spotted that...hmmm

he was in the main room but didnt seem too:specs:specs:specs so i just carried on ....i was through and out again in no time and thought this isnt going to be as bad as what i thought...whilst cleaning the outside porch door...only then he popped out and pulled the other door closed and put his finger into the corner of one of the windows....hmmm anyway i must have passed as he just shut the door back and went back inside...its the sort of thing that spooks you though....

she did of course pop out whilst doing the front as quiet as a mouse and she was there...but then she disappeared again...and i was knocking on the door getting my nine quid...certainly less than half an hour..not bad for a new job...as she disappeared inside to get my money i had a hunch she was going to take a while so i went and put my ladders on...

i had to do it anyway as it came from someone who i had cleaned for a long time..but it wasnt a pia after all so maybe next time i will look at it in a different light...mind you ...theres always the pub opposite if i need to cheer me up..:whistle:

nighty night tuffers...
 
I made the same bad moves when I first started handymaning. It took a while to realise that I wasn't actually making much money. I think its something that happens to most newbies.
Amen m8 :thumbsdown:

 
well the two jobs in question...i caved in and did:eek: well it kinda fitted in with my day...well the first was out so i crept up to see if they had been done and could tell they hadnt....but...the second ..the dads...hes always in...but he was out...so i was very happy to get stuck in ..why happy...oh well....he does like to talk....and the dog...it just barks and barks and barks..

of course he came back before i finished and had been walking said dog...and of course it barked and barked and barked...my ears were ringing and of course he had to chat...and chat...and chat....

but the good side is i got my money...the bad side is....that bungalow is very very big for a fiver these days...and being soft..i mentioned a few times i had done his sons...but he wasnt going to pay....and at the last moment he did...oh i too soft to ask him directly for it...

he did say.......i was just about to phone you to see if anything had happened....oh well its over for a while....

and just got a new one and she said she wants to pay by internet banking ...the third this week...way to go..../emoticons/biggrin.png

okay ...i own up ..to sneaking into the butchers for a great big roll stuffed with warm beef.....

well okay...i own up ...i bought one for the wife....even though ...i knew she would have had her dinner...and would be out walking the dog...so well....you cant waste good food i had to eat that one stuffed full of lamb and mint...yummy

i wonder why i suddenly went tired...:rolleyes:

 

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