[spindle]

yesterday had a scrap of paper .......which had been posted thru my door.........8 ads on an a4 sheet  which had been cut out ........looked really cheap!!!

if i can find it i will post it.....

[M.Acorn]

Well i did right in not undercutting,got the call today to book in the job that i quoted for ! double the price of somone else 

[russell morgan]

well done mark, need to keep the prices up in cambs

[Joe H]

I did a job last week for £225, she said she had quotes at £100 and £150  - she said they didnt sound right.

[russell morgan]

i often get jobs where i have quoted twice as much as anyone else, normally get the job, i think most people are aware that you get what you pay for nowadays

[Ricky M]

my 1st job ive been under cut on yesterday after she booked with me 1st and agreed a price BUT its one of those thats been done for years by the biz ive inherited .

Check this for a stupid price: Suite 1x3 1x1 dralon Kitchen Lounge small hall in a bunglow = £55

  Yes I know .............so I explained that the cleaning is being done very differently now ie pre vac pre spray air mover groom etc so the the new price would be £115 very small bunglow .(stil 2 cheap !)

However when she phoned she said she has found some one that will do the the work for £55 a proper price like she has been paying for 8 years , and I should be ASHAMED trying to rip old ppl off. I was glad this happened as the same lady starts the day with a few double Vodkas (every day) and babbles on about GOD all the time and the amount of stuff you need to move is a joke . On the other side of things Ive pushed the price up (25% ish) close to an acceptable level with out losing any of the other regulars .
Ricky 

[Shaun_Ashmore]

That's how I did it, offerig a better clean for more money most but not all go for it, some are fixed on price or don't believe that you do a better clean just trying to get more money, I bought a 2nd hand TM to show that I was offering more visually.

Shaun

[Ricky M]

Shaun , to be honest fella im trying to get rid of a few of the regulars ( fixed on price & minging carpets)

Nearly all have no prob paying out more for IMO a better service and book up for next year.
most be doing some thing right

Ricky 

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Remember you have to replace them though

I did a big YP ad and leaflets, the phone rang off the hook and I felt confident about selling at higher prices as if one customer said no another call later was a Yes.

My record for calls in 1 day was 86.

Shaun

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

Ricky

I agree. When I bought my business I put prices up by 15-20% within the first year. Yes, I lost some custom but replaced them with more customers and they are all now paying at a higher rate. So at worse I was achieving the same level of income for the same amount of effort.

That is surely what we all aim to achieve.

Or as "After Eight" mints put it,"our idea of a sales drive is to put our prices up; people aspire to exclusivity".

Can we as carpet cleaners walk as well as we can talk?

[Jim_77]

Not after 12 pints of wife-beater

[Ricky M]

Shaun 86    Thought my 19 was good  (booked 16 , 2 wer regulars)

Can we as carpet cleaners walk as well as we can talk?

Yes i would like to think we can !!

but I recon from porty to TM then it would be classed as flying .

getting closer to 1 of my goals I set , cash for TM no chucky aint going debt for nothing but getting the urge for scorpy , will have to see what Santa has to offer !!
Ricky

[Ricky M]

Jim 12 pints eh back in the day maybe but its 5/6 an am wobbly now er daze !!!

[JandS]

86 calls in 1 day?
5 and a half an hour     for 16 hours   ah well!!!!

[clinton]

86

[Ricky M]

I take it if you took 86 Calls then you have an office and admin etc ?

[JandS]

I take it he didn't get 86 calls.

John

[Barry Livingstone]

I dont no shaun, but he he says he got 86 calls he wouldnt be telling fibs.

John flynn used to tell me about him a few years ago and that he knew how to work as a cc and his marketing was the balls....

Most folk dont get 86 calls a mth bnet you need to spend to get it back...

[derek west]

my records 87.
derek

[clinton]

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