The whole polint of being in business is to make a profit on what you are doing, so if a customer wants to re-price the job, then I will look again at what I am charging to what they are getting for their money.
After I have looked at the job again, I will find out what they want to save, so I will either offer them a different cleaning pattern or if I think that I will be making enough profit for the amount of work I am doing or can do elsewhere, then I would drop my price, even if it was by 50%.
The only time my price does not come down is when I can earn more on other work that I do, for example I can clean 3 houses an hour at a rate of £10 each, so if they want me to reduce my prices, and I am going to be earning less that £30 per hour, then the answer would be no, if I was still amking £30 or more per hour then the answer would be yes.
I do a lot of work for a property maintnance company, they always ask for a little bit off the price, when they are trying to get the cleans more regular or even more work in the area.
I always try to help them out, because I normally get more work because of it, the guy who I speak too said they asked the cleaner in other part of the country to drop his price by £5 per clean, he has refused even though he would have got more work, they are now getting other quotes for this new work and also all of what he is already doing for them, if they find anyone who is the same or is more flexible, then they are going to sack him.
Some of you wil say good for him for not dropping his prices, but that £5 is going to cost him the £5000 contract.
In commercial, especially in hard times you need to be flexible, otherwise you will go the way of the DODO.