Clutchy
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Our 2019 Forst ST8 on low hours was nicked from our yard in Hertford on the 2nd December. Does anyone know how long it typically takes to get paid out? Have been chasing them every other day, every single item of proof, valuation from forst, pictures etc has been supplied same day to their request. We are now 2 full weeks from the day of the theft and just keep getting told, ' We are waiting on a response from the underwriter' At what point is it taking too long? Obviously we need to get back to work and hiring chippers is getting expensive. Insurance is with Trust but they are not the underwriter. Any experience or advice would be appreciated.
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Sorry, bit weary about taking any more full time people on until Spring If you sub, drop me a PM
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We probably charge slightly more, but not a great deal different to further north. Hard to tell/know if we are currently too cheap. I think we win around 50% of quotes but we do offer a very high level of customer service. Is the only way to find out to keep putting up prices until demand decreases. Of course easier/fun jobs come at a more attractive rate.
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True, and I don't particularly like working within the A406 so might do that for any work around there. Builders finish at 5 and we finish or aim to, finish at 2pm @Khriss We have been going 4 years, the biggest increase in our earnings was actually since going VAT registered oddly enough. Trying to get a bit of focus within the business, quite like block management work
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Hi Matthew, That is a very good idea. No idea what is happening with pricing at the moment, we tend to be towards the top end (or so I thought) but we bid and won £900 inc for a reduction that took 2 hours and the other 2 quotes were 1300 and 1900 There doesn't seem to be much of a pattern!
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Looking for some advice. We have put our prices up this year and seem to average 800-1200 + VAT per day for a mix of 2/3 man days. We are now booked up until January and have had to put a halt on advertising as customers don't' seem to want to wait 10 weeks which is fair enough. How do you know when you're at the sweet spot? As demand increases say passed 6 weeks, should we start adding 20% to future quotes to slow down the amount of bookings? We price per tree rather than as a day rate which helps. Not in the position to start a second gang as yet, not sure we even want to. Based in North London / Hertfordshire
