A bloke ask me to clean his windows for £3.50

[davewindowcleaner]

My customer told me a neighbour next door ask for me to pop round to give him a quote which I was happy to do.

This morning I told him it be £12, the same I charge next door. He had a disgusted look on his face.

'' I wasn't expecting to pay anymore than a fiver'' he also said to me ''the last windows cleaner only charge me £3.50"

This is his house he want me to clean for under a fiver!

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[davewindowcleaner]

I was going to clean it with my wfp because of all the windows frames.

This is the same house as this bloke next door that I clean wiyh my ladder

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[Dave B]

Tell him you'll clean the big bottom one in the pic for 3.50 the rest is down to him

Cheeky beggar

 

[davewindowcleaner]

What wound me up is that I didn't really stick up for myself...I just walk away.

As soon I was in car I was thinking I should of gone back and explained why I am charging 12 pound.

Would he go up the ladder for 3.50.. Of course not! Also wfp don't come cheap and there is petrol to pay... London is not a cheap place to live an all

 

[TolishAPurd]

3 POUND F*K%ING FIFTY!!!!!

I think I would have just punched him.

 

[cheapncheerful]

i think he is stuck in the eighties.../emoticons/biggrin.png

 

[davewindowcleaner]

3 POUND F*K%ING FIFTY!!!!!
I think I would have just punched him.

Lol... That a bit far but I think he's is one of those people who tend to look down on you cos I do one of those sh##y jobs he wouldn't dream of doing. I have come across a few, only a few minds you.

 

[davewindowcleaner]

i think he is stuck in the eighties.../emoticons/biggrin.png

He didn't look that much older than me and I was born in 82

Older customers I find are great but it a few of those youngest ones that surprised me.

 

[TolishAPurd]

Lol... That a bit far but I think he's is one of those people who tend to look down on you cos I do one of those sh##y jobs he wouldn't dream of doing. I have come across a few, only a few minds you.

They are quite common round here unfortunately. The funny thing is you probably earn more then him.

 

[PTWC]

I would have said , 'is that what you thought?, well I think looking at it closely, the price is £15 every 8 weeks or £12 every 4 weeks, its up to you, what you want.

Let me know how often you want them done.'

And then walk away.

He is obviously being obtuse.

 

[Dave B]

Would he go up the ladder for 3.50.. Of course not! Also wfp don't come cheap and there is petrol to pay... London is not a cheap place to live an all

What part of London you working in Dave

 

[Smurf]

I would have said "so you want your windows cleaned front & back for £3.50 then? So what happened to your last window cleaner?

I bet he says he stopped coming /emoticons/biggrin.png

 

[davewindowcleaner]

What part of London you working in Dave

South west london

 

[davewindowcleaner]

I would have said "so you want your windows cleaned front & back for £3.50 then? So what happened to your last window cleaner?
I bet he says he stopped coming /emoticons/biggrin.png

Would love to have said that to him, I guess I was in a bit of a shock at the time how much he wanted me to do it for and i went a bit blank

 

[Smurf]

The biggest part of this job is to sell yourself to win work as anyone can clean windows with a bit of practice.

You won't win them all but it's great fun trying especially with aholes like that

 

[Dave B]

South west london

Sw postcode and he wants £3.50

One of them houses in w10 would be 4 times that at least for me

Some people take the ****

Expensive drums in london but want them cleaning for peanuts

 

[Dave B]

Used to work for a guy around wembley area around 2006 ish and was charging tenners then for that size house

I would have told him to wind his neck in a bit and walked mate

Not worth getting the hump over as obviously one of the something for nothing brigade

 

[davewindowcleaner]

I agree no point getting wound up about it. Like I said before he's one of those people who just do me head in.

Having said that I think 12 pound is a little cheap, should of been 15 pound at least with all them little frames on the windows.

 

[Shiny]

As this bloke is trapped in a time warp...his reply would have been "don't know, I ant seen him since 1979..."

what a Wan£er

 

[Diwrnach]

£3.50? what a moron....

 

[andy w]

Sounds like some of them up this way! I would have asked him if he would clean them for £3.50, see what his response is then /emoticons/biggrin.png