finders fee ettiquette

[skyhuck]

I personally love it when people say I have a reputation for being expensive.

 

I don't mind if the price is my price, not an over inflated price lining the pockets of others.

[Mountain man]

Yeah understood, but a reputation for being expensive can weed out the time wasters.

[White Noise]

I don't think we even have "parish magazines" round here, must be southern thing.

 

Over the 20+ years I've been trading I've tried most forms of advertising and only use the ones that work, I spend about 2.5% of turnover on advertising, 1% is with yell and YP, they work for me

 

Huck Im based near crewe / stoke I used yp for years and to be fair they helped me build a good customer base . Once you have built up a good reputation as you have done it is easy to say no to yp Parish mags and church mags are good . I mean last year I did less than 5000 miles in my landy . All local work and 10 mins from my yard

[White Noise]

Yeah understood, but a reputation for being expensive can weed out the time wasters.

 

Interesting view point . I like it and it also makes sense

[Ty Korrigan]

Really??? you must love Yellow pages and their like, as they cost rather lest than that.

 

Do you really spend 10% of turnover on advertising???????

 

For new start ups 10% of turnover is reasonable to establish a businesses place in the market, we are running at 3.75% which is less than many other larger concerns.

Ty

[eggsarascal]

Of course it's a backhander, you want him to give you more work so you pay him off

 

He may well be know recommending you because he knows he will get a little brown envelope out of, regardless of wether your the best person for the job

 

 

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No John! That was a one off, the chances of me getting work or being able to pass work back to a domestic plumber are slim, to say the least. That's where the "drink" comes in.......Or, maybe I've got it wrong.