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NickA
Hyperactive Member
United Kingdom
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ben
Senior Member
United Kingdom
162 Posts |
 Posted - 31 May 2006 : 19:19:54
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one word (bull?)
oops sorry,
you learn as you go |
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Ash
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 Jun 2006 : 10:14:10
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Originally posted by ben
one word (bull?)
oops sorry,
you learn as you go
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Ash
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 Jun 2006 : 10:15:41
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quote:
Originally posted by ben
one word (bull?)
oops sorry,
you learn as you go
�We�re looking for individuals who want to run their own business and get beyond the �man-and-van� mentality" - there we have it guys! |
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Matt the Rat
Moderator
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Posted - 23 Jun 2006 : 13:40:50
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Ash, you are obviously from Prokil, so why not set the record straight.
What are the costs of taking up the franchise offer, and what returns can be expected?
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Bob Staines
Senior Member
Botswana
215 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jun 2006 : 15:20:06
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Ash
Starting Member
United Kingdom
8 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jun 2006 : 15:28:32
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The figures are not fanciful and not bo******. Unfortunately, I can not afford to wait around for the phone to ring, thats why we train all sales staff and indeed the franchisees the art of sales development.
I would have thought this is a good thing that we are generating new interest in the industry and under the BFA regulations we can not create "pie in the sky" figures.
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Bob Staines
Senior Member
Botswana
215 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jun 2006 : 16:57:42
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doing 10 grand a week sales????? by year 3???? that my friend is utter and total....................
you wouldnt be able to cope with that sort of work even if by some miracle you managed to generate it. unless your saying that by year 3 i will have over 8 vans in my fleet?????!!!!!!
Do you or whoever is in charge of this dreamfest realise how much work would be involved in turning over half a million pounds of sales?? |
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Dog-rat
Senior Member
United Kingdom
127 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jun 2006 : 08:22:50
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Hello Ashley
Remember working down in Rentokil Plymouth ???????
I remember You !!
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Ash
Starting Member
United Kingdom
8 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jun 2006 : 17:50:07
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Thats was a long time ago Obi one. How the devil are you?
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Dog-rat
Senior Member
United Kingdom
127 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 07:25:14
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Fine thanks Ash
Even better now I no longer serve the Dark side LOL |
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Bob Staines
Senior Member
Botswana
215 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 08:26:43
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please explain your mad business idea Ashley.
you sound like rento material. must have been a surveyor |
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podman
New Member
16 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 19:26:22
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| Mmm...legitimate questions posed by Bob and Matt, but as yet no facts and figures posted by Ash....surprise surprise !!! I should think people are queueing round the block to take up this offer...NOT !! |
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Tony
Junior Member
United Kingdom
57 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 20:05:05
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I thought it was common knowledge, the only people who make money out of a franchise, are those who sell them!
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1st Call Essex Wasps |
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vermincontrol
Senior Member
United Kingdom
209 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 09:06:50
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Looking through this old thread reminds me of what an old boss told me and this quote from the earlier thread was almost word for word quote from ASh says "thats why we train all sales staff and indeed the franchisees the art of sales development."
when i first came into this industry we were "trained" in house by non knowledgeable pesties, to do a job that they knew very little about, after the customer phoned the office we were sent out to the property, there were 5 pest controllers in the firm and the company advertised nationally in yellow pages etc, we would all be sitting in a different location around the country ready and waiting for the jobs to come in, the customer was told that it was �15 for the work to be done and we were told that we had to frighten the customer or at the least make them believe that the problem was far worse than it was and charge them as much as possible. hard selling was not my game and i always charged the �15 no matter where i went in the country, needless to say i was always at the bottom of the earning table, but i could sleep at night, the problem was that we were on a basic pay plus a percentage for work carried out, based on the ammount of charge to the customer.
i left not long after i started and went through the proper training programmes at killgerm and fixed my prices based a radius around my base.
this works for me and i get a lot of repeat business, as well as sleeping at night. it also goes without saying that the word of mouth advertising is good.
i will never be a millionaire but i also do not rip off the customer.
Steve
It Has 2 Be Done Pest Control
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Bob Staines
Senior Member
Botswana
215 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 11:16:25
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Bob Staines
Senior Member
Botswana
215 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 11:18:37
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| steve, i often say to customers "i wont be a millionaire" but trust me i aim to make money. the honest service i give at a realistic price is the reason i'm still in business after 4 years. and growing. i will have a holiday one day...............one day......oh yes |
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vermincontrol
Senior Member
United Kingdom
209 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 11:35:47
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Holiday err yes i can just remember the last one, i was on my honeymoon, (i was married seven years first though) i know what you mean honesty is the best poloicy, and yes we are all out to make a living but not at the expense of �300 to clear wasps that included 7 dead nests by telling the customer that they were alive and treating a wasp nest down a chimney that were bees and then they treated the wrong chimney. we came in and charged a modest fee to rid the house of the problem as the bees were the otherside of the airvent 6inches from the headboard of the bed and they were coming into the bedroom.
Cusrtomer was more than pleased with us but not with the firm that chrged �300 and did not cure the problem, however in fairness to most pesties this was a drainage firm that covered wasp treatment.
Best of it was he told the customer about how effective Ficam D is to the extent that he covered a strip of the blue bricks on the house approx 4ft long by 2ft wide with D his excuse was that he could not see where they were entering the build, however he stated that one micron of this product will kill anything within a ten mile radius that may wander in and touch it, (he was talking to a very knowledgeable doctor , who knows the size of a micron) and also when he used a smoke generator he told the customer it would take 7 to 10 days for it to take effect. Just long enough i guess for the cheque to clear.
Not a bad deal if you can get it makes my �45 look pathetic. but at least they will tell others and who knows.
Steve
It Has 2 Be Done Pest Control
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NickA
Hyperactive Member
United Kingdom
1253 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 13:03:34
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Don't have a problem with the franchise, it had to happen this side of pond.
Wonder about the art of selling?
But then maybe Ash and co are not only pest controllers but businessmen as well.
How often do we put prices up compared to other public sectors.
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Bob Staines
Senior Member
Botswana
215 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 17:16:04
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| nick i think youll find prices are coming down. mainly due to greedy LAs making money for tony blair. |
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NickA
Hyperactive Member
United Kingdom
1253 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 17:25:57
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Petrol not come down, bank charges, food shopping bill.
These are businesss' that increase costs. Local Authority I do not worry about, were there when I started same as other local pesties.
I find it hard to believe the figures put forward in brochure, so I would like to know the art of selling.
Franchises do project misleading figures, and franchises can fail.
Working for co-operation ,not division between OUR Associations. |
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