On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:37:15 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Hi All

In the early days of my Handyman business I had an e mail enquiry from a guy
wanting flat pack assembled. At almost the same time I had the same enquiry
from www.bellonetwork.co.uk who purport to be an advanced search engine
specialising in my type of work.

I then got a call from them, saying that they were indeed THE premier search
engine for building work, and to prove it they would send me 3 job enquiries
absolutely free.

I've since had another direct enquiry from someone, also for flat pack
assembly, immediately followed by the same enquiry from them. Both these
original enquiries came from AOL users.

Two more enquiries have arrived from Bello, but not directly, both users
have Hotmail accounts.

The catch is, the first three jobs are free, the next 100 jobs cost £400
paid in advance. Seems too good to be true - then it probably is.

I'm sorry to see that you're still struggling to get sufficient work.
When I was a handyman in the south of England I had lots of work right
from the beginning. From your website I see that you charge more than
twice the amount I used to charge 10-15 years ago. This may be
considered reasonable under your local circumstances but have you
considered reducing your charges, at least until you build up a solid
clientele? I know you've considered working for free. A temporary
charge reduction would be less drastic.
Advertising costs is another tentacle of the system around your
goolies, dragging you down. I still think you should take my advice
about the fancy dress sandwich board activity in the town centre on
Saturdays. If you're too embarrassed to do it yourself get someone
else to do it for you. You may eventually meet some local government
body formed. to regulate and licence the activity but initially it
should work out to be a low cost exercise.
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Regards,
Mike Halmarack

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