I will beat any quote by 5%

[steve@black]

This has come up a few times recently by two different companies locally , both are quite aggressive with advertising . I was wondering what people have to say about this ,are these people desperate for work ect or what happens if they go against each other does the client get the work for free.

[likeitorlumpit]

Theres a garage door company on our industrial estate who says the same.

It's not arb specific.

[muttley9050]

Sounds like there in the business of destroying the competition. Maybe you should undetprice a few jobs and subtly post there Flyer a few days later.

[Le Sanglier]

Business is business.

[Mick Stockbridge]

Blank it out. Aint worth worrying about.

[arbmark]

Sounds like there in the business of destroying the competition. Maybe you should undetprice a few jobs and subtly post there Flyer a few days later.

 

a dark sort of genius!!

[Shane]

Think of it as a sign they don't know how to price a job.

If they are offering a 'cheapo' service they will appeal to the type of customers you probably don't want anyway.

 

In a year or so when theyve gone under due to no profit, you'll still be going strong.

[skyhuck]

There are many different business models.

 

I don't here people complaining about insurance Co's offering to beat other quotes.

 

I don't want to win all my work based purely on the lowest price, but if I were running several gangs and wanted most of the work in my area it may be the way to go.

[TREE-SURGEON-ESSEX]

If your clever this is an oppertunity for you to whoop them but thats for you to work out how ;D

[steve@black]

Dont get me wrong I have in the past dropped my price a little to match a quote that is the benefit of being the last there but for 5% difference surely most customers will go with who they liked better.