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Title: Weekend Working
Post by: Paul Clapham on March 22, 2012, 01:40:22 pm
Do you up your price when working at the weekend ?

I don't, as I don't have a full diary during the week, when doing a quote, if the customer ask if Its possible to clean the carpets at the weekend I always say yes , as I want to secure the job while doing the quote.

BTW I only clean residential carpets.
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: Paul H on March 22, 2012, 01:48:54 pm
No.. same price.. people work through the week too so saves them taking time off..... and that may or may not just affect who they choose if you are flexible to their needs...

Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: Paul Evans on March 22, 2012, 01:49:56 pm
Yes I work w/e when required, charge the same price.
I think in this game we have to work round the customers need.

Paul
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: Billy Russell on March 22, 2012, 02:07:21 pm
I keep the price the same if its a saturday, but if they want a sunday i will charge more
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: Allan Simmons on March 22, 2012, 02:20:19 pm
Like Billy, Same on Sat, Sun extra.
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: Paul H on March 22, 2012, 03:12:51 pm
SUNDAY = Football & Hungover! :D
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: Doctor Carpet (Ret'd) on March 22, 2012, 03:53:55 pm
Won't work on a Sunday.

Saturdays if domestic (but very rare) then same rate. If commercial then it's different pricing in any case.

Rog
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: derek west on March 22, 2012, 04:14:57 pm
same price regardless of weekend night time birthday. only time i charge extra is when the whole job cover maccies breakfast time. how very dare they ;D
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: Richard Basey-Fisher on March 22, 2012, 05:45:05 pm
prefer working weekends  as the golf course is quiet during the week    ;D
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: Craigp on March 22, 2012, 06:10:58 pm
I don't work weekends I can earn enough in the week  :)
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: Craigp on March 22, 2012, 06:13:40 pm
That's not set in stone though and il do commercial weekends.
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: wynne jones on March 22, 2012, 08:54:19 pm
Saturdays are at a premium, therefore they are a premium rate.
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: Hilton on March 22, 2012, 09:01:43 pm
No of course not,

What other service provider charges extra for weekend work,,,,, If they did I would never use them.  What makes CC so special.
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: bennymon on March 22, 2012, 09:11:04 pm
i used to work 6 to 5.30 mon to fri and 6 to 11 sat wiring up fire engins i left so i could spend time with the wife and watch my children grow up .i dont work weekends or after 3 very often . life is to short you never know whats round the corner .  del ;) ;)
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: markpowell on March 22, 2012, 09:46:57 pm
Weekends are family time for me.
If you cant earn enough money Mon - Fri then your not charging enough imo.
Lifes too short.
Mark
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: Billy Russell on March 22, 2012, 09:49:56 pm
Weekends are family time for me.
If you cant earn enough money Mon - Fri then your not charging enough imo.
Lifes too short.
Mark

Don't agree sorry Mark, Some commercials ask for weekends!!! I assure you i do just fine Mon-Fri!  ;) ;D But if a chance comes in to earn some more, i just can't turn it down!!  ;D
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: Mike Halliday on March 22, 2012, 09:54:14 pm
i work weekends, because i chose to not that i have too. its the good think about being self employed we get to chose our working hours. but i like to finish around 3pm in the afternoon during the week
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: wynne jones on March 22, 2012, 09:59:23 pm
That's the thing about forums you ask a question and you get a definitive answer. After all there can only  be one way to do things.  :D ;)
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: Jim_77 on March 22, 2012, 10:03:10 pm
I don't do domestics at weekends.  People often ask if I work Saturdays but always tell them that's when I do my commercial work.  Usually they find a way of accommodating!

The commercials I do on Saturdays normally compensate financially for the interruption to my weekend!  I charge a 25% surcharge for out of hours work, e.g. the Indian Restaurant that insists the work is done commencing 10.30pm on a Sunday evening.
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: Mike Halliday on March 22, 2012, 10:07:49 pm
I just tell them that weekends are very popular so the next free weekend is next month, unless its powerwashing which tends to be what i do at weekends then they get booked in
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: Kinver_Clean on March 22, 2012, 10:21:27 pm
I don't work weekends.
On Mondays I am still recovering from Sat and Sun.
On Tuesday I am usually thinking about a bit of work.
By Wednesday lunch I am doing a bit, which may continue till around 4 o'clock.
Thursday morning I might do a bit if they insist.
By Friday I am winding down for the weekend.
As for Saturday and Sunday, see above.


Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: benny d on March 23, 2012, 07:59:28 am
^^LOL^^  ;D
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: JandS on March 23, 2012, 09:03:39 am
As and when for me.
Don't mind booking a day off during
week to compensate.
It's quieter too.

John
Title: Re: Weekend Working
Post by: peter maybury on March 23, 2012, 08:07:08 pm
My customers tell me what hours I work. I do a lot of commercials so have early mornings, after 5 pm into offices and pubs clubs and restaurants through the night. Floods happen when they happen. When I want time off I book time off, at the end of the day I am in a service industry and I provide a service for my customers.

Peter
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