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People dont see the costs.They see a cheap saw in b&q and think they are all like that.A chipper, not that far removed from their plug in shredder in their eyes.

People also asume that your charge for the job is going straight in your pocket.They cant factor in running costs, perhaps because they are on a salary so just turn up to get paid.

I looked at a job the other day.The bloke said someone had quoted a couple of months previous but hadnt been back.Connies, to be halved.

I gave him a reasonable price, and he said the other blokes was 150 cheaper.He looked shocked when i said snap his hand off at that price.I said hes probably not been back cos he knows hes under charged.

This boy then went on to ask if i could undercut this other bloke cos its still too expensive...errrm..no.

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Tell some-one you work for Citroen-Peugot...Hundreds of millions in turnover and millions in losses.

Money is in theft, so I'd say the best paid are our travelling cousins and their kin.

Some thing for nothing is always the best eh...?

Ty

 

hang on a mo, the biggest thieves work in the city, but its easier to blame travellers and people on benefits who have nothing

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People dont see the costs.They see a cheap saw in b&q and think they are all like that.A chipper, not that far removed from their plug in shredder in their eyes.

People also asume that your charge for the job is going straight in your pocket.They cant factor in running costs, perhaps because they are on a salary so just turn up to get paid.

I looked at a job the other day.The bloke said someone had quoted a couple of months previous but hadnt been back.Connies, to be halved.

I gave him a reasonable price, and he said the other blokes was 150 cheaper.He looked shocked when i said snap his hand off at that price.I said hes probably not been back cos he knows hes under charged.

This boy then went on to ask if i could undercut this other bloke cos its still too expensive...errrm..no.

 

I work on the principle nowadays that if they start haggling the price then its not worth the hassle, although I can get the measure of the sort that do pretty quick so the other way to do it is to price it higher than usual and then you can "come down" to what you would usually charge, I've also had people say so and so can do it for £xxxx my answer is good luck to them then :001_cool:

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