[Pj]

Just a thought for all you sensible small businesses:

What do you plan to do next year in view of the economic turbulence?

A price increase?

What do you think?

[windowwashers]

Just a thought for all you sensible small businesses:

What do you plan to do next year in view of the economic turbulence?

A price increase?

What do you think?

under priced work will be going up to normal fees, the rest will not be going up, the fuel is dropping in price to it will weight it's self out

[s.hughes]

No price increase this year.

[Chris Galloway]

Have to see how insurance is for next year.. both motor insurance and PLI. But it will only affect my lower end prices.

[CLEANGLASSUK]

Have to see how insurance is for next year.. both motor insurance and PLI. But it will only affect my lower end prices.

If i raise my prices anymore my custies will have to take out loans to pay me  

[Chris Galloway]

Have to see how insurance is for next year.. both motor insurance and PLI. But it will only affect my lower end prices.

If i raise my prices anymore my custies will have to take out loans to pay me 

I have some as low as £6 for 2-3 bed semis.. i cant stand doing them. takes too long for so little. I dont want to drop them, but increase in the hope they drop me (or pay me more)

[CLEANGLASSUK]

Have to see how insurance is for next year.. both motor insurance and PLI. But it will only affect my lower end prices.

If i raise my prices anymore my custies will have to take out loans to pay me 

I have some as low as £6 for 2-3 bed semis.. i cant stand doing them. takes too long for so little. I dont want to drop them, but increase in the hope they drop me (or pay me more)

Is that price for traditional or wfp

[Chris Galloway]

Have to see how insurance is for next year.. both motor insurance and PLI. But it will only affect my lower end prices.

If i raise my prices anymore my custies will have to take out loans to pay me 

I have some as low as £6 for 2-3 bed semis.. i cant stand doing them. takes too long for so little. I dont want to drop them, but increase in the hope they drop me (or pay me more)

Is that price for traditional or wfp

wfp however one is trad 

[Pristine Clean]

We wont know if were are are lowing or increasing work until next year.

At this moment in time we have been rather lucky in obtaining the work but thats because we have underpriced.

I say underpriced but if we are all honest, there has been such a big boom every company has almost doubled it prices in the last few years.

So I guess our prices are not really underpriced, they are now what is realistic in this pecuniary climate.

In one way I am pleased that we all now will have to pay assiduity to all of our working propriety.

Some and at times including myself have been beyond avaricious.

Some of us will either make it through this down turn or still try to too avaricious and fall. And the ones that fall, I will be pleased as it was just because of greed.

Alot of business that are over priced, do not understand why the customer thinks we are over priced. And when that happens that business should take a step back to reconsider.

Dave

[pjulk]

I will be keeping my price's the same for the time being.

I raised a load early this year and with the way things are at the moment i think it would be better to keep things as they are.

[Moderator David@stives]

I will be increasing mine the usual 10 - 20 %

[ccmids]

 some will go up a £1  and the ones who make me a cuppa wont

[Sir Squeaky]

No chance.
Wrong time to put prices up, even if they're overdue an increase.

I haven't lost any jobs yet, but their may be a few who are borderline.
Even a small increase could make up their minds.

[trike]

havent put my prices up in 5years

[Trotsky]

I will be increasing mine the usual 10 - 20 %

Good!
The same goes for me only 10% though, for most (15-20% for worst!).
Everything goes up, I think we would look desperate if we didn't!

Anyhow my philosophy is this, If you put the prices 10% and you lose 10% of your round it still levels out, more money less customers... more canvassing!

This is also a very good way of pruning the "Dead Wood" so to speak!

Some people don't put their prices up for years... inflation means your working every year for less!

[ccmids]

do you think things could get that bad next year that we cant put up £1

[ps outthere]

I have been putting most of my prices up, a minimum of 10%, ready for a hard winter. All new custies are paying the new price. No complaints so far.

[Rob.Hall]

Prices will go up next year.

[Trotsky]

havent put my prices up in 5years

You realize that when you do... they will moan, some might even die of a heart attack!
You've got to be careful... you could be sued!

[Mick (UHPS)]

 some will go up a £1  and the ones who make me a cuppa wont