Another Rant - The Pricing Stupid

[Ian C]

I'd still want more than £50!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Me to, 50 quid is a job you do on the way home, knock over a 10ft conny in a oner and straight threw the chipper in a oner. 10 mins in total.

[Hodge]

There will all ways be some one who will do it cheaper. it used to wind me up but now i let em get on with it.

[Tom D]

There will all ways be some one who will do it cheaper. it used to wind me up but now i let em get on with it.

 

Exactly, while they're busy working for nothing, you can be out earning on a better job.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Job was two 35' sycs - removal. 20" dbh, easy job but for free??! Oh and there was no clear space - dz had greenhouse, fences, wires etc.

[White Noise]

What if it was just 3 cuts and a clear drop into a safe open space??

 

Or just fell it on his house . Oh no charge

[DN22 Gardening]

have you got the kids number... i've got a bit of work i want to sub to him

 

pmsl

 

 

don't let it get to you...he won't be going for long working for firewood

[combined tree services]

i have had simailar happen to me and like the rest of you i found my self asking how they could do it for that price. The more i thought about it the more i got annoyed about it untill i gave the whole situation a little more thought and then realised that these guys are doing me a favor in that they are basicly buying work and sooner or later they will go bust and as already said on here while they are doing the jobs where the owner will not pay a decent tree surgeon a fair price for doing the job i can carry on earning decent money from decent clients . i have found that generally the clients that do not want to pay a fair price normally are awkward to work for and will do anything they can to get out of paying the bill

[Ty Korrigan]

Huh...

Here is some of my 'competition'...

Brittany - wood and more wood: The AngloINFO Forum

 

And another...

Brittany - Advice on how to deal with cutting huge tree trunk (Page 1): The AngloINFO Forum

 

Hope these links work!

[Mesterh]

i have had simailar happen to me and like the rest of you i found my self asking how they could do it for that price. The more i thought about it the more i got annoyed about it untill i gave the whole situation a little more thought and then realised that these guys are doing me a favor in that they are basicly buying work and sooner or later they will go bust and as already said on here while they are doing the jobs where the owner will not pay a decent tree surgeon a fair price for doing the job i can carry on earning decent money from decent clients . i have found that generally the clients that do not want to pay a fair price normally are awkward to work for and will do anything they can to get out of paying the bill

 

The thing I have found about this line of thinking is that they are probably the last people to go bust since they probably have very low overheads and are just sort of topping up there already fortnightly wage:sneaky2:

 

Even so if they do jack it in there are plenty more starting up.

 

Well thats what I've seen here, you cant compete with everyone but also dont expect them to disappear then things will be rosy.

[Mozza]

What if it was just 3 cuts and a clear drop into a safe open space??

 

Then id want alot more than £50 still, Id want more than that for straight felling a tree!!!