Post by blindmanbill on Oct 25, 2005 23:03:15 GMT 1
Hi Joy & Mick and Pontypool, 
My wife and I work in a similar manner, My wife selling and myself fitting. This is the way we have always worked for 14 years. It proved to be a successful but slow build up to us both working full time, ie 50+ hrs each per week. However in the last four years or so since the 0800 numbers
replaced ours in the local paper, plus all the other implications that went with that,( central leads allocated by postcode, etc etc.) 
we have found our business eroded away. :'(We are now in the enviable position of only being available for 10 appointment slots p/wk and Hillarys have not filled more than half of those for the last four weeks. I find that fitting now takes less than two afternoons p/wk. but sorting out the DOR's takes two days 
Guess who isn't impressed at being told we need to 'invest' £300 in SAM in order to remain 'on board'.
After the fiasco with the fax machine I think they've got b---dy nerve.
My wife and I work in a similar manner, My wife selling and myself fitting. This is the way we have always worked for 14 years. It proved to be a successful but slow build up to us both working full time, ie 50+ hrs each per week. However in the last four years or so since the 0800 numbers
replaced ours in the local paper, plus all the other implications that went with that,( central leads allocated by postcode, etc etc.) 
we have found our business eroded away. :'(We are now in the enviable position of only being available for 10 appointment slots p/wk and Hillarys have not filled more than half of those for the last four weeks. I find that fitting now takes less than two afternoons p/wk. but sorting out the DOR's takes two days 
Guess who isn't impressed at being told we need to 'invest' £300 in SAM in order to remain 'on board'.
After the fiasco with the fax machine I think they've got b---dy nerve.