You get you pay for...

[Hodge]

As we have said many times before on Arbtalk, some crews will work for nothing, I don't care anymore. I put my price in and move on. Even when it's slow I don't put lower quotes in and since I have adopted this approach I have had my busiest year to date.

[luftwaffe]

What most of you here fail to realise is that most customers have mortgages to pay, kids to feed, council tax to pay etc, and paying for tree work is low on their list of priorities, its a bit like, a caviar producer saying to us why are your eating sandwiches instead of caviar, or getting the most expensive tyres on your car, etc, .. its down to what people want to spend on things at the end of the day ,whether you will do a better job or not doesn't always come into play,

[Steve Bullman]

What most of you here fail to realise is that most customers have mortgages to pay, kids to feed, council tax to pay etc, and paying for tree work is low on their list of priorities, its a bit like, a caviar producer saying to us why are your eating sandwiches instead of caviar, or getting the most expensive tyres on your car, etc, .. its down to what people want to spend on things at the end of the day ,whether you will do a better job or not doesn't always come into play,

 

Much like tree surgeons shopping round to get the cheapest possible deal they can for their equipment

[eggsarascal]

Much like tree surgeons shopping round to get the cheapest possible deal they can for their equipment

 

Yeah, but, that's different, innit.

[Luckyeleven]

Ah the Joke was on me as I misspelled the thread title, that's what happens when you gloat i suppose!,

Whats funny is during the conversation the client told me that he 'had a quote for exactly the same thing for half the price....'

I have bills to pay, and at the moment I am catering to clients and the lower end of the price scale, I was just in shock that someone would be willing to do at less than minimum wage BEFORE expenses!

[Mick Dempsey]

What was the price?

[Kveldssanger]

A packet of wotsits and a half-eaten cheese sandwich, I am guessing. The bread was stale.