Two part time.
Hey Brother,
Had this happen to me once as well. Was so cool to back out of the home ownerās driveway looking at a beat to shit station wagon with a large childās slide hanging out the rear window. Guessing it was how the window cleaner she hired organized his equipment. The only irritating aspect of all of this is the inconsideration on the prospective clientās behalf.
Laugh it off, keep a back burner record of these types of clients, and if they call back in the future - well letās just sayā¦
have some fun at their expense. To much work to take seriously
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If it takes them longer than 3 weeks I wonāt go back. I have only been burned once in 41 years with a non payer. I still have their invoice in my clipboard to help keep things relevant.
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Iāve lucked out and havnt had a single customer not pay! Everyone pays me on time except for my Store fronts some are on a 45 day rotation with an I099 or whatever!
Oh boy oh boy guys, what should I do here? The windows are covered in dirt, but I could easily get them scrubbed. Maybe would take me 2 hours in all honesty, but most likely could bust it out in an hourā¦
But heās asking $40 @ 26panes
Sure, if heās willing to sign a contract for a good amount of time. I you are turning down much money, I would lock him for 2 years. Year one at current price, year two 5% increase.
THEN I would waive the initial clean price. Otherwise, he is just baiting you to work for peanuts and has no intention of keeping on with you.
Years to come needs to be backed up with a contract.
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What this guy said
Not worth it even with a signed contract (at that price.)
When or if he breaks the contract, 2 years of payed invoices ( at that price) would not cover the cost of attorney fees and filing fees to enforce the contract.
In my opinion @BlueLightning08 do the job if you want, but build around it quickly.
I would stick to my original quote of the initial clean and then what ever the maintenance clean price was.
Hope this helps.
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When I have to sue him, I will recover those fees when I sue the store. A good business ought to have a lawyer on retainer. You are better off paying the best local attorney a retainer in case you need them (and someone else canāt use the lawyer against you). Mine costs me a couple hundred a year to keep on retainer. Money well spent.
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I totally agree, but most solo operators donāt have one on retainer.
My attorney is a great leverage tool also, it keeps you on an even playing field when dealing with corporations and contracts.
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I was thinking of something like this. If he said years to come, he shouldnāt have an issue signing a year contract ehh? Does anyone have a contract template like this? or is one available in our WCRA package?
I offered to come down $12 less then original price when I was there, figured I would get away with not cleaning 5 panes every so often because I couldnāt or didnāt feel like moving his 100lb table to get to glassā¦
Here is what I replied with
āThatās right yeah 26 panes, massively covered in dirt, 4 tables, see thatās the main issue is they were extremely filthy windows. If I waive the fee Iāll have to stay at the $52 each Cleaning. Or I keep the initial fee at $50 and give you monthly cleanings at $40.
You have to understand a lot of dirt can be collected every month in such a high traffic area and being a restaurant thereās always the fingerprint grease/oil factor.
As you can see if you pay for a whole year you can get a good discount.
OR However, we can waive the $50 initial do $40 per month + 2 free foot long each month? Thank you. You can take some time to think about it. Off to trick or treat.ā
Really
My reply would have been much different, but I guess everyone has a different way of running a business.
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He knew I was out with my kids, thatās the trick or treating part. The 2 free foot longs, makes up the difference, my wife buys them anyway, figured I would be saving money as well. I get hungry when I was restaurant lol! I mean the windows wont be hard after initial clean and I would easily get the Figaros Pizza connected next door to sign on as well. Which are just normal dirty
Iām just gonna quickly say this:
When you BARTER, you are required to report that as INCOME on your taxes. He will likely 1099 you for what he paid AND the retail value of the subs.
So free subs arenāt really free. You will pay income tax on the barter. HE is the one getting the deal, because it costs him almost nothing but he writes off the full value of the subs, and YOU will be taxed on the full value.
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Good to know 
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