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Title: Petrol prices the knock on effect
Post by: mr klean on April 28, 2008, 04:15:14 pm

I am having to write to customers informing them that due to the current high price of fuel we have no choice but to raise the prices we charge, with a litre of Diesal now £1.21 in oxfordshire and the mileage we do its getting expensive, has anyone else tried this yet and if so what was the reaction form customers.

before we know it Diesal will be £2 per litre and all of us taxpayers will keep moaning but paying it, just where will it end and when will we hard working folk take action.

Dave 

Title: Re: Petrol prices the knock on effect
Post by: drive surgeon on April 28, 2008, 05:10:11 pm

strike!  >:(

Title: Re: Petrol prices the knock on effect
Post by: martin19842 on April 30, 2008, 01:30:00 pm

hi there

fuel price knock on, this will always end up being pased to your customers irrespective of whether they are domestic or commercial, you must have the courage to do this, as you need your business to sustain itself.

we have already seen food prices increase, a recent report claims they are up approx £600 pa, add to that the energy pric increases, then houselds are starting to feel the pinch.

in the past they would then stretch the plastic, to aborb the increase, but now that credit is starting to contract, then the effects are felt even more.

hey presto, large payrises are demanded, and then industrial action.

inflation is up, house prices down, interest rates are reduced/increased to control inflation, there used to be correlation betwen the two, recently that has been broken the LIBOR rate remains high in proportion, and credit deals are now costing more.

the government thinks that £50bn will help banks to reset their mortgage business, more like £100bn requirement to do that.

the pound has weakened so much that the migrant population, who everyone thought were not too clever, are now moving back out of the UK as the advantage is no longer there for them.  the thruth being that there will be a hell of a gap if they all leave.

now is the time, to stay solid, and deliver they quality service/product to the client/customer, and instead of cutting back on selling activity, seling activity needs to be increased to maintain turnover.

credit clients should be managaed so that exposure is limited, if thery dont pay, stop service, you'll be amazed how many clients pay their bill when the toilets start to stink aftera couple of days.

inevitably raw materials will increase in cost, and therefore your sales prices will also have to be adjusted.

good trading

regards

martin sales

Title: Re: Petrol prices the knock on effect
Post by: Paul Heath on April 30, 2008, 08:06:10 pm

I will vote for martin19842 tomorrow  :D

Title: Re: Petrol prices the knock on effect
Post by: martin19842 on April 30, 2008, 10:40:46 pm

paul

dont do that, im too busy already, got so many quotes out at the moment, fingers crossed its going to be a good year for us, we find ourselves in a strong position for 2008-09

hopefully another website up in a brief form at the weekend,

and lots of good things happening, rest assured there is money out there, you just have to find it and then harvest it off.

regards

martin