Been doing m&co for 5 years. Quite a large store and charged them £25 per clean. Got a letter to say the nationals are taking over in Jan. They had a number on the letter so i phoned them. They were wanting the job done for £5.50. I said its not April 1st. They were serious.
I told them there is no way I would be doing it and found it insulting to think that i would even consider it at that price.

Thats what we are dealing with now. I dont know how the f--k they can do it. Thats another one to the nationals.

All stores same price.

that is ridiculous. if it was 1970 it might be ok.
i was once asked to clean a woolys on behalf of some company or other, which entailed a lot of glass, albeit at ground/pointer level in and out plus other things around, i did'nt even know what one of the things was 3x a week for £15! i was pondering how i could possibly do it just spot cleaning insides for eg, and was driving past one day and was a w/c doing it. they said they had no one but i think they just wanted rid, but once i'd seen him i did'nt even get back to them

same happend to me stu.
i lost M&CO  aswell as BOOTS this week.
but as i have said before if all the window cleaners stuck together and refused these national companys work they would be f**ked, as all they do is outprice me and you guys.
and then subcontract it out and expect us to do the same job for pennies ask you to find cover if you go on holiday & supply your own public liability insurane.and wait months to get paid.
if they had to supply there own employees for one or two jobs in every town with holiday & sick pay they woud not bother priceing these jobs
there are SCUM  and dont care about guys like us just trying yo make a steady living.

thistle pay ok ronnie, although if they have a subby in place maybe not worth phoning