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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: gerard mcmanus on March 05, 2009, 07:00:15 pm

Title: Price rising off the cards?
Post by: gerard mcmanus on March 05, 2009, 07:00:15 pm

I know I have be holding off with some for the moment, are you all thinking along the same lines or have some of you guys gone ahead, and how has it gone?  :-\

Title: Re: Price rising off the cards?
Post by: reflection on March 05, 2009, 07:15:34 pm

i think im gonna take the risk and put the price up on those that i think are underpriced but probly just put them up a little as for the rest il just leave them to next year and see wot state the country is in then

Title: Re: Price rising off the cards?
Post by: suds window service on March 05, 2009, 09:09:26 pm

put up what i thought was under priced, left what i think is a fair price(regions will vary) lol.
started slowly doing it in Jan......none lost yet.
however large scale price increase just because its coming up to April ...not this year!

Title: Re: Price rising off the cards?
Post by: mileslake on March 05, 2009, 11:10:24 pm

I have had quite a few customers asking me what's the new price since Jan. I even had a £15 househlder, who asked me the same..  I told him I  was thinking about putting the prices up, in maybe April. He said "well anyway have this £20. I will give you anther one in 3 months or so you can't work for nothing."

Brown has wrecked the economy,  it will not be good for another 10 years or so.  Taxes will rise dramatically, even the conservatives won't be able to cut taxes by much after Mc Brown goes.  IMO a little rise every year will catch the monkey.

I have been thinking about a rise in April if u haven'tpaid attention ;D

Title: Re: Price rising off the cards?
Post by: Handyman Window Cleaning Services on March 05, 2009, 11:24:55 pm

i been lucky to pick up work i'v event bought £600 worth of good work. so any rubbish prices with my old work i will put up.

we supply a service, all other companys put their prices up

Title: Re: Price rising off the cards?
Post by: gerard mcmanus on March 06, 2009, 07:39:16 am

thats just it though inflations rates have dropped of the chart

(http://www.statistics.gov.uk/images/charts/19.gif)

see http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?ID=19 for full article.

Title: Re: Price rising off the cards?
Post by: AuRavelling79 on March 06, 2009, 09:15:31 am

When fuel rocketed last year I put in an increase on some custy's in view of that. Since the Daily Wail and the BBC decided to talk the economy into a drain and everything went pearshaped - especially from October onwards - I haven't raised any prices.

But ... I also had a couple of custies ask "has it gone up yet" or even "what's the new price?" and I said no increase this time due to the credit crunch.

But (that's two buts now!) I think the next custy who asks me I might add a quid ... I'd be daft not to wouldn't I?

Title: Re: Price rising off the cards?
Post by: Rob.Hall on March 06, 2009, 09:22:54 am

Cost of goods have gone up.

Title: Re: Price rising off the cards?
Post by: LSB on March 06, 2009, 12:26:42 pm

i wont be doing a price increase this year , ( only increased them all approx 18 months ago ) all new customers are , of course coming in at a slightly increased price !