First year in business and just had my first digruntled customer

[electricguy]

I think dave said he was leaving us soon and was only here to raise cane "Trolling" if i read correctly in another post from last week

http://forums.mikeholt.com/showpost.php?p=1023283&postcount=54

 

[Mule]

every good thread must end and i feel that this one has been on life support for a while.

amen.........................

 

[emahler]

Just go out and try starting your own business, come back and tell us what works for you.
(or your dad)

ahh, don't be jealous....

 

[Dnkldorf]

I don't know if I'd be jealous of either one of you four.

I think it is the other way around.

 

[aline]

Originally Posted by aline
Can you give an example of someone just as successful as these guys, doing residential service and repair work, using a different system?

I've looked but have not been able to find anyone.

So, anyone not using this system, is not successful?

There are guys on this site, that don't use this system and are successful.

And just how do you know this?
Because they say so on a forum?
Pretty poor example in my opinion.

These guys have their particular system down to a science, but keep in mind, it is not for everyone as there are many other systems out there that other people use and they are just as successful as these guys.

Your words were just as successful not successful.
It really depends on what you consider successful.
For some being successful is just keeping the doors open and making enough money to get by.

That has to be the most ignorant statement made, and shows your true colors.

Thank you for the kind words.

 

[satcom]

It is not any one system that makes a contractor successful, it is following some very basic business practices, and having the desire to make a better then wage, living for your family.

 

[RJohnsonMasterElectrician]

The horse is dead lets just bury it

 

[emahler]

Clicking on this thread is not mandatory.

 

[bradleyelectric]

here here.

 

[ctmike]

Clicking on this thread is not mandatory.

neither is looking a car wreck on the side of the road but it seems to be somthing most of us do

 

[aline]

It is not any one system that makes a contractor successful, it is following some very basic business practices, and having the desire to make a better then wage, living for your family.

This is true, but some systems people are willing to pay good money for and other systems aren't worth much. With just about anything there are different systems to acheive the same end result. Some just work better than others.

If you have systems in place that allow you to get away from the business for extended periods of time and the business keeps operating smoothly with nice profits I'd say those systems are worth something.

Apparently Clock Work Home Services felt that way about Mister Sparky's systems and business practices. When your business can run smoothly and generate nice profits without you it gets someone's attention.

He not only knew what systems worked well but he actually implemented them and it paid off well.

How many here can say they've got someone knocking on their door wanting to franchise their business or for that matter willing to pay much of anything to buy it?

We can talk all we want, but for someone to become so successful and make so much money in the residential service and repair market, a market that many say there's no money in it and that's why they don't do it, is to me truly amazing. I'd say his business practices and systems must be pretty good to pull it off.

The more I do this type of work the more I realize just how difficult it is.

 

[aline]

Clicking on this thread is not mandatory.

I agree.
It can be dead for anyone who wishes by just ignoring it.

 

[emahler]

neither is looking a car wreck on the side of the road but it seems to be somthing most of us do

So ban car wrecks. Problem solved.

 

[Rewire]

This is true, but some systems people are willing to pay good money for and other systems aren't worth much. With just about anything there are different systems to acheive the same end result. Some just work better than others.

If you have systems in place that allow you to get away from the business for extended periods of time and the business keeps operating smoothly with nice profits I'd say those systems are worth something.

Apparently Clock Work Home Services felt that way about Mister Sparky's systems and business practices. When your business can run smoothly and generate nice profits without you it gets someone's attention.

He not only knew what systems worked well but he actually implemented them and it paid off well.

How many here can say they've got someone knocking on their door wanting to franchise their business or for that matter willing to pay much of anything to buy it?

We can talk all we want, but for someone to become so successful and make so much money in the residential service and repair market, a market that many say there's no money in it and that's why they don't do it, is to me truly amazing. I'd say his business practices and systems must be pretty good to pull it off.

Most of us here are not trying to franchise our business that doesnt mean it couldn't be done, the problem with franchises is you very seldom see the true failure rate.Franchisees first must meet certain financial standards ,standards that help maintain potetial for sucsess of those that do run into trouble they are usually purchased by someone else so that they don't actually show up as a failure sometimes they are bought back by the franchiser.Amway is a franchise but I don't see anyone on this board touting their business model but they are sucsessful but they have alot of failures.Most of what Mr Sparky or Mr Electric does is nothing original its just a flashy package that sells to people who think it is the fast track to sucsess,lets see if they are around in ten years.

 

[aline]

Most of us here are not trying to franchise our business that doesnt mean it couldn't be done,.

I believe most of us here couldn't franchise our business even if we wanted to.
I'm not saying it couldn't be done though.
Just that most of us don't have a business that operates smoothly enough, with systems in place to be able to franchise it.
In order to franchise a business you have to have a business model someone is willing to pay for.

the problem with franchises is you very seldom see the true failure rate.Franchisees first must meet certain financial standards ,standards that help maintain potetial for sucsess of those that do run into trouble they are usually purchased by someone else so that they don't actually show up as a failure sometimes they are bought back by the franchiser.

I wonder how many of these failures were caused by the franchise owner not following the systems and business practices that were provided to them?

Most of what Mr Sparky or Mr Electric does is nothing original its just a flashy package that sells to people who think it is the fast track to sucsess,lets see if they are around in ten years.

I wonder if other hamburger joints would have been saying the same thing about McDonalds on the hamburger forums if they had them back then.

I really doubt Patrick Kennedy the founder of Mister Sparky is too concerned. He's already made more money and accomplished more than most of us ever will. Poor guy, I sure hope he's not broke ten years from now.

It would be a shame to have a successful business, have someone purchase it and retire wealthy only to have the business disapear ten years later.
I'm not sure it would be the end of the world for me. I think I could live with it.

 

[bradleyelectric]

Most of what Mr Sparky or Mr Electric does is nothing original its just a flashy package that sells to people who think it is the fast track to sucsess,lets see if they are around in ten years.

Most of what they sell is a business system including the software package. If it is viewed by the person buying it as nothing more than a flashy package and not utilized as a business system than it's worth scrap price.