domestic christmas discount

[Khriss]

Do you mean that the quotes have been "accepted" already? If so then surely its up to you to get in touch with the customer and tell them when you are coming.

 

If they say they would rather wait till after christmas, I would suggest that you offer a work now pay in Jan Feb 2009 scheme, for no additional charge. Definately don't drop the price if its already accepted.

 

Oh -good one ! Hadn't thought of that, get a flush of cheques in feb' -nice one, khriss

[THE88MAN]

when i first read this thread i thought "no,no,no" don't drop your prices or canvass for work out of desperation or credit crunch! however around the same time i also started a thread on "who's working over christmas?".I have rarely dropped my prices apart from the odd back scratching job or foot in the door,so imagine my surprise (at myself) when i found myself quoting the local farm shop a very cheap price to reduce their conifers (40ft high,30m long) looking to busy myself over the holiday.i make no bones i quoted 200 quid a day with a groundie and farmer disposes of stuff,estimate of 3-4 days,short days they will be.trouble is i don't want him telling all i'm cheap (because i aint) and i don't want him knocking my door in march pinning me on the same price,i suppose the moral of my story would be its nice to be busy over the holiday,but any fool can be busy,i should have quoted him a "proper" price,take it or leave it,like he does for his sausages!!

[Frank]

Why not ring the customers and explain that you are sorting out your time off over christmas and were just chasing up all the jobs that you had quoted so as to organise your diary. Seems reasonable to me. That way you can gauge what they are doing, i.e getting other quotes, or waiting till after new year, etc etc. Then tell them (if not done already) that your original quote was guaranteed for 3 months only. May kick em' into gear.

[Mesterh]

After reading Rupes comment and having another look I must say yeah dont drop the price if they have "accepted" the original price. I just assumed that you had given them quotes and they hadnt got back to you.

A soon as a quote is accepted get it booked in, if you leave it there is a good chance they will get peed off waiting for you to get back and get someone else to do it.

 

So you can completely igonre all my previous comments on this one