The underpricing thread.

[tuttle]

Always seemed to be conifers I underpriced - after they've been topped a few times they seem to contain so much material and hard to judge exactly how much there is to shift on a big un.... never lost money but broke even a few times....

 

The strange thing about conifers, is the fact the owners just think the are a fluffy hedge and because it cost £3 to plant it's never going to cost £2000 to remove?? is it

 

There is more to a conifer than meets the eye, count every stem, and work out a multiplier for the brash.

 

I don't do them, I overprice and walk away

[Mick Stockbridge]

Thirty years of doing this job, eighteen working for myself and I still get it wrong from time to time. Usually when I'm in a rush and want to be elsewhere rather than pricing.

[ecotreecare]

Usually when I'm in a rush and want to be elsewhere rather than pricing.

 

Thats always the case! Too busy rushing around and not consentrating on what I'm doing.

 

Stuffed up an a macro removal on once, priced it for a day, ended up taking two. The customer offered to pay the differance but to me a quote is a quote.

 

You win some you loose some.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

I have often underpriced large broad leaf dismantles. Did one last autumn. Beech with phone lines on steep garden. Priced four men two easy days. Took three brutal days👎

[tuttle]

I have often underpriced large broad leaf dismantles. Did one last autumn. Beech with phone lines on steep garden. Priced four men two easy days. Took three brutal days👎

 

Do you use guess work? or is pricing based on diameters, boughs and twigs?

[Le Sanglier]

The strange thing about conifers, is the fact the owners just think the are a fluffy hedge and because it cost £3 to plant it's never going to cost £2000 to remove?? is it

 

There is more to a conifer than meets the eye, count every stem, and work out a multiplier for the brash.

 

I don't do them, I overprice and walk away

 

Why do you even bother going to look at them?

[Tom10]

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Why do you even bother going to look at them?

 

Because if he did get it he would get it at a good price (overpricing conifers usually means the right price by the time you finish if you ask me)

[skyhuck]

Do you use guess work? or is pricing based on diameters, boughs and twigs?

 

This interests me greatly, do you have system for pricing????

[RobArb]

i might make a super fandangled computer algorithm that when you input ALL the variables it gives you the best price to quote for, and make a healthy profit:biggrin:

[tuttle]

Because if he did get it he would get it at a good price (overpricing conifers usually means the right price by the time you finish if you ask me)