Quoting jobs

[BrendanTreeFeller]

Ask your college tutors buddy!

 

 

Yeah you won't get any useful commercial info there bud

[BrendanTreeFeller]

My advice is to work in the industry for 8yrs then you won't need to ask these questions because you'll know it yourself.

I don't mean to sound facetious so I'm apologise that it sounds that way.

 

 

No you want 50 years mate only then are you "experienced" enough but then you'll be too old to climb the tree lol !

 

Dive in, the only way to learn is by your mistakes, usually under quoting!

[John Shutler]

how good a salesman are you?

its not just down to giving a price

[treequip]

how good a salesman are you?

its not just down to giving a price

 

Ummm

 

Dunno about that, If the piece is close it may come down to a sakes pitch but most will go with price

[John Shutler]

Ummm

 

Dunno about that, If the piece is close it may come down to a sakes pitch but most will go with price

 

Really? must be different up north. im far from the cheapest down my way and we are booked well into the new year

maybe your not that good a salesman?

[Joe Newton]

Really? must be different up north. im far from the cheapest down my way and we are booked well into the new year

 

maybe your not that good a salesman?

 

 

Same here. We will always get people who go for the cheapest. Usually on dismantles where the end result is the same. For pruning work we get a lot because were better than the majority of the competition

[Gray git]

Go work for someone and when you get to a job mentally calculate how long it'll take nd work out what you'd have changed and once your done work out if you were correct , or as others have said cost + time + profit = cost sometimes you'll get it wrong but hopefully less than you'll get it spot on.

[rick k]

Best advice I can give is , work out what a job needs to be and stick to it

Don't be tempted to sell yourself short just too win a job

May as well do nothing as work hard and loose money/ break even

[Mark Bolam]

Nice house- quote high

Nice car- quote high

Cheap house- quote high

Old car- quote high

 

Etc. etc.

[Gray git]

Nice house- quote high

Nice car- quote high

Cheap house- quote high

Old car- quote high

 

Etc. etc.

 

And remember

Nice legs, short skirt - quote high - it's a distraction,she won't be in when you do the job.