Help with a quote

[Joel77]

Your "mate" should nip round there and take that down for ya foc on his way to or from a paying job not Rip your your Ma off, glad his not my mate..... I think I'd have to drive up there & do the job out of principal !!

[smokeygaz]

Your "mate" should nip round there and take that down for ya foc on his way to or from a paying job not Rip your your Ma off, glad his not my mate..... I think I'd have to drive up there & do the job out of principal !!

 

Thats exactly what im going to do. thanks mate

[JLA Arborists]

If she's in no rush it's £50 for a on the way home job if you finish early on another local job.

[base]

so whereabouts is this tree?

[Thesnarlingbadger]

I'd charge £60 if it wasn't mates rates. A few beer tokens on the way back to the yard for mates I'd say. Has your mate go the right tree?

 

 

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[Marc Lewis]

Your mum could get a price from another tree firm in the area, i am sure they would hit the right price and get them to do it. Your mate should feel a bit awkward when he finds out.

[Billy]

£150-£200 with or without stump, don't know why anyone would do a job for less.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

£150-£200 with or without stump, don't know why anyone would do a job for less.

 

 

The principle of tagging a cheapo bargain on at the end of the day seems simple enough, I guess supermarkets & retail stores do it with short shelf life / end of season stock - but it's never really a bargain rather just a means to shift stock.

 

I agree with you, price each job on its individual merits.

 

Any efficiencies that can be achieved by effective (or lucky) scheduling is what transfers to profit in the business.

 

If a £50 cash job is what the customer expects they can ask down the pub.

[Stubby]

£150-£200 with or without stump, don't know why anyone would do a job for less.

 

Gob , back cut , put the whole thing through the chipper or keep the trunk for fire wood . Anyone could do that in , what 8 mins ? Add on a scratch up and a blow you could be gone in 15 min .

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Gob , back cut , put the whole thing through the chipper or keep the trunk for fire wood . Anyone could do that in , what 8 mins ? Add on a scratch up and a blow you could be gone in 15 min .

 

 

It's the skills, competence and kit that makes it a 15 minuter though Stubby no? Haven't we all seen a less able bodger take a morning / day to make a complete pigs ear of such jobs!

 

Reassuringly expensive! Or, you get what you pay for? Or even, some jobs are just too small to bother with?

 

In all seriousness, if it were for a friend / neighbourly neighbour, I probably wouldn't even give em a bill, just leave it to them to decide if they want to drop a bottle in the passenger seat while you're not looking.

 

I don't mind doing a favour and having an open invite to do a return favour in the future.