[geefree]

A Nice old old  lady came out to pay me today.... she said, i may have to stop having my windows cleaned after xmas... i said oh, why is that....?....

She said, welll £8 is quite a lot really , out of my pension.... Unless you are willing to drop it to £5?.......

I laughed , said im sorry but i cant do that love,... i said,  your house is quite large and is slightly cheaper than the same house further up, because you are one of my favourites!! : : bla bla bla.........

she said , well we will have to wait and see then 


It got me thinking though.... when the recessions hits hard....

would you talk some people into a temporary reduction... rather than let them dump you???

Or would you never do that....at any cost.. as you will never know when to put the price back up... and its stuck for good....in effect throwing all the buiding up etc etc etc.. away.....

but dont forget... the alternative is to lose some... .

and re-build 

[elite mike]

rebuild gazza

after all you have a new pole

and your much faster now

mike

[geefree]

rebuild gazza

after all you have a new pole

and your much faster now

lol,,,, i swear i am quicker.... i certainly dont feel like i am working hardly now....

mike

[Chris Galloway]

get them to go 6 or 8 weeks instead of 4. gives you time to look for more work to fill the space.

[elite mike]

rebuild gazza

after all you have a new pole

and your much faster now

lol,,,, i swear i am quicker.... i certainly dont feel like i am working hardly now....

mike

hi gazza

i took the lazy option and ordered the emporium pole like what tosh said £94.95

but will do the gangster


www.mullarkeys.co.uk/fishing/poles-and-accessories/carp-and-match-fishing-poles/0/ron-thompson/8553/

mike

[matty72]

every case is different i say fav and all that but in general drop them and keep the prices as good as possible as we have lots of exspenses to pay.

[johns window kleen]

I wouldnt reduce the price. Had a few of these lately & dumped them straight away, and went and got more better paid jobs straight away.
If its worth £8 charge £8. Oap's aint loosing jobs, its all the media hype thats bugging people like these. I hate ,begrudge doin a job for cheap money when you know its worth more. So i wont do em. Might regret this in the long run but not 4 now.

[Spruce]

Hi
sadly for the older ones on pension, they are all concerned about the rising costs, especially heating costs. Last winter was the first time I had heard the expression - heat or eat.
The next concern is for those who have financial investments and rely on the income generated to give them some quality of life - interest rate cuts to 0% (predicted) next year will give them a no investment return.
I heard a comment on one of the News channels today that the old people will suffer a higher inflation rate than the younger ones still in employment in any economic downturn.
IMO we still have to care, not be heartless.
Spruce

[dmlservices]

i think the worst thing to do is drop price,

if others do the same then prices would be driven down,

better to try and get them to go 6- 8 wkly ,

as has already been said

daz

[AuRavelling79]

All the pensioners will be getting a £125 - £400 heating allowance in their pensions in the next two weeks so that will make them feel better!

[Steve CM]

All the pensioners will be getting a £400 heating allowance in their pensions in the next two weeks so that will make them feel better!

only if thier over 80 otherwise its £250. my gran was telling me earlier!!

[AuRavelling79]

That's right Steve - I adjusted my post but you're very quick off the draw!

[Steve CM]

the quickest in the west 

[lovewindows]

What if .............
You dropped your price and kept your customer ............ and in 6 months time she asked you again
What if.................
She told her neighbours
What if ..................
you said unfortunatley due to the credit crunch i will have to raise my prices but while your finding it hard i will keep yours the same for now but go to a 6/8wkly cycle .

[Chris Galloway]

He already said she had a cheaper deal compared to others, and wasn;t prepared to reduce it anymore. Seems fair. If they have a large house, then it will cost more to heat, clean, etc. Thats why my dad moved into a flat - forward thinking!

best thing is to keep the price the same but to increase interval time.

[tonyoliver]

i havent put my prices up  for some jobs for 15 years boll''ocks to lowering them i know its commercial sucide not increaseing i have learnt that from the forum  will change all that soon i am the busy fool

[windowwashers]

A Nice old old  lady came out to pay me today.... she said, i may have to stop having my windows cleaned after xmas... i said oh, why is that....?....

She said, welll £8 is quite a lot really , out of my pension.... Unless you are willing to drop it to £5?.......

I laughed , said im sorry but i cant do that love,... i said,  your house is quite large and is slightly cheaper than the same house further up, because you are one of my favourites!! : : bla bla bla.........

she said , well we will have to wait and see then 


It got me thinking though.... when the recessions hits hard....

would you talk some people into a temporary reduction... rather than let them dump you???

Or would you never do that....at any cost.. as you will never know when to put the price back up... and its stuck for good....in effect throwing all the buiding up etc etc etc.. away.....

but dont forget... the alternative is to lose some... .

and re-build 

change her to 2m /8 weekly and charge her £10 she gets her £5 price and you get more money when doing the job. 

[Londoner]

I agree, change her to less often but make it sound like you are doing her a big big favour and only because she's such a special customer.

[jonisondell]

drop her, go knock on 100 houses and get another customer!!

[NWH]

drop her, go knock on 100 houses and get another customer!!

Knock on a 100 to get 1 eh,no thank`s lol.