[windowswashed]

Gordon Brown has pledge to increase the minimum wage for the next 5 consecutive years. It's going up on Thursday by........7pence

That means it's time to increase at least 3 of your poorest paid jobs by a £1 each to keep up with the dole brigade window cleaners or face stiff competition.

Anybody feel now is the time or in the New Year to at least increase the prices of your lowest priced work to guage a feel for the economy and your customers?

[Window Washers]

50p across the board so no one loses out result and someones a winner 

[wizard]

I find it worrying that price does not go up as the inflation rate (must at least be 3 or more percent). So often I read on this forum that some one has kept there prices for 3 or more years and yet his expenses have gone up by inflation and fuel goes up at more than inflation. Every year we are working for less. Its time to wake up and become businessmen. Every design made emotionally is business is a wrong one. That’s should be kept for charity, family and your kid.

[Sean Dyer]

im already putting up prices and by end of jan all will be up from 5percent to 50 on the worst!

[gerard mcmanus]

don't worrying just yet, I doubt he will be in power in 5 years time, especially after seeing what the sun is printing today.

[pingu]

I started in Oct 06 and have not as yet put my prices up at all...truth is I think the euro-economic market will not bear it at present...plus I am poo scared to do it.

Dave.

[Mike #1]

i think we can all be a bit apprehensive pingu but you have got to do it i intend on putting most of mine up by a £1 in new year either jan or march not sure will see how things are you know what it's like after xmas some people are skint after the big spend and veiw things a little different

[pingu]

It does scare me I have never done it..I dread to think what it would be like if I did it every year

Cheers
Dave.

[gerard mcmanus]

I have held off for last year with the economics but I do think its a must, I will begin producing a list of the custies that haven't had a price rise for a while started from the longest and review there prices.

I am thinking feb, march, but I don't think pre x-mas is the time for it as its our slow season. Just before summer is the best time I think.

[mlscontractcleaner]

I think that most of your genuine customers will expect the prices to go up a bit from time to time and will be fine with it so long as you're offering a decent service with nothing to complain about

[windowswashed]

I always get all my price increases in before they get their new council tax bills.

[dazmond]

i always tell em ill be putting them up by 50p or a quid in april at the start of tax year in march so they know whats comin.v.rarely lose one.go in as if ur not bothered if u lose the job.mind u i dont put up some of my well priced stuff as often.i have got some underpriced stuff that im creeping up every yr so in a few yrs my round will b even better .i always take on more work and price well and if i get the job im quids in.i put a job up 4quid the other day.still cleaning them.now i wont mind doin them

[mrdave3000]

Im in the process of making a list of all the jobs on my round that are underpriced and plan on bumping them up a bit, but not sure when the saftest time of the year would be to do it esp with christmas coming up.

Im also still a bit weary of how much I can get away with upping the price before risking being dropped.

[gerard mcmanus]

I don't put them up more than 50p. If I think it needed to be put up 50% I would be seriously reviewing the way I price jobs.

[Sean Dyer]

i always tell em ill be putting them up by 50p or a quid in april at the start of tax year in march so they know whats comin.v.rarely lose one.go in as if ur not bothered if u lose the job.mind u i dont put up some of my well priced stuff as often.i have got some underpriced stuff that im creeping up every yr so in a few yrs my round will b even better .i always take on more work and price well and if i get the job im quids in.i put a job up 4quid the other day.still cleaning them.now i wont mind doin them

Sounds similar to mine, i bought alot of work when i fist started some was great some not so much but just got faster and that helped but no its time to rise them all, so i will be feb time .... Some will be doubling or getting dropped!!

Im canvassing in alot of good priced stuff now so that i dont have to depend so much on the crap they just get done when i catch up or i will put prices and sell what i cant do