Outrageous amount of money

[gensetsteve]

Notice the pattern here you go in too low they say nothing but go in a bit high they are quick to point it out. You cant do favours in business no point being a busy fool.

[Pedroski]

I was out giving a quote for a little repolard on one small tree and a ivy removal on another nothing big . As I told her the price she went rather pale so I said what's up

 

It turned out she paid £ 800 quid to a guy to do the job 2 years ago it took him half a day .

 

How big was the tree when it was first pollarded 2 years ago? If it was big maybe it was priced reasonably for what had to be done. Two years growth wouldn't leave much for you to do this time round.

Edited January 27, 2012 by Steve Bullman
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[timtree81]

i have priced jobs in the past and been half the price of others ,i do think that some people just make up figures ,i always feel bad pricing work for older people over 400 pounds because its alot of money and they tell you that they have had quotes twice that ,crazy

[Littletree]

i think i might have worked for the guy,he works glastonbury/wells patch,his philosophy is price really high,he wins some loses some but hes always busy!

i priced against him on a willow pollard,my price £500 his £1800.i won:thumbup:

it does amaze me what people will pay

 

Wow that's massive amount I am glad you won It

 

. I was not on my patch for this qote Iit was in cornwall . Slightly off track I climbed my first palm tree the other day it seems up this was there is loads of them down here it was lush:thumbup:

 

Littletree

[Stephen Blair]

What if the lady made up the price of the last guy because she saw your sensitive side:001_rolleyes:

 

A sneaky young person turns into a middle age sneaky and then an old sneaky:laugh1:

[Pedroski]

i have priced jobs in the past and been half the price of others ,i do think that some people just make up figures ,i always feel bad pricing work for older people over 400 pounds because its alot of money and they tell you that they have had quotes twice that ,crazy

 

£400 is possibly even harder for a couple with kids and struggling to pay a mortgage than it is for an older person, mortgage free with a healthy pension. Not all oldies are hard up. They often play at being hard up, but I'm sure more often they're just tight or frugal!

[volvo]

i have priced jobs in the past and been half the price of others ,i do think that some people just make up figures ,i always feel bad pricing work for older people over 400 pounds because its alot of money and they tell you that they have had quotes twice that ,crazy

 

I'll never get taken in with ANY old lady or any old person unless i know them but i once did.

We did a job two years ago for one for next to nothing (she lived in a normal house)because she said she didn't have much money.Later i was told by a friend that she had more money than most people would ever have.She died last year and she just happened to leave 9+ Million ,you read that right.

There is a moto somewhere but i dont know the words!

[Ironbark]

She died last year and she just happened to leave 9+ Million ,you read that right.

There is a moto somewhere but i dont know the words!

 

"Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves"?

[likeitorlumpit]

What if the lady made up the price of the last guy because she saw your sensitive side:001_rolleyes:

 

A sneaky young person turns into a middle age sneaky and then an old sneaky:laugh1:

 

Blimey

I'd never thought that could happen but I suppose it could

I had a customer recently who phoned me back and said I had to charge another £300 for doing the work as he thought my quote was a bit low.

This is the flip side

[Mike Hill]

It works the other way too.

 

On friday I arrived at the job to find it had already been done.Despite the Elderly client accepting the job,one of his sons decided my quote was too high and got someone else in.

 

He is getting a Bill for wasting my time.