Stop working for 30%

nightrider wrote: I just got back from a customer this morning.....my appointment with him was at 5:00am  took an hour to visit most of the 80,000 sq. feet of carpet to be cleaned.....after I took 97 pictures we went to his office where he showed me an estimate another company gave him a week ago...........are you sitting down.........take a sip of coffee..................... The quote was 3.5 cents / sq foot...................he wanted me to do better..............I thanked him for the tour, the coffee & danish as well for his time ..... and politely said  " I understand the tough economic times we are all facing , and the quote you showed me reflects the hardships and desperation that some companies are experiencing to lower their companies name and employees efforts to zero in order to appease large conglomerates like yourselves just to satisfy your bottom line .   How is that guy going to make any money.....does anyone else here work that cheap.                                                           Nightrider

That's A LOT of carpet! Damn! $2500 though....that's a tough one. You could pay someone $10 an hour to do it, probably take 20 man hours but you'd still make a good amount of money. The way I see it, if they want the cheapest, that's what they'll get. Still, if you did it yourself,that's $100+ an hour which is what you should be making working for yourself anyway. Doesn't sound like a bad deal though. Still, that's A LOT of carpet. I just did one for $.30/sq. ft, 10,000 sq. ft. nursing home. If you've got a lot on your plate then yea, pass it up, but if you're hungry, go for it.

I've done stuff next to nothing just because I was hungry. Did a $1500 flood the other day for $500. But it only took 3 hours, 1 hour on the inital trip, two hours for the reinstall. I gave him the equipment rental for free but used left over pad from other jobs. I had about 2 sq. ft. left over after that.. so it worked out PERFECT. Still though, you take it when you can get it, better than sitting at home!!

And minus chemicals...............

Post them nightrider..

nightrider wrote: I just got back from a customer this morning.....my appointment with him was at 5:00am  took an hour to visit most of the 80,000 sq. feet of carpet to be cleaned.....after I took 97 pictures we went to his office where he showed me an estimate another company gave him a week ago...........are you sitting down.........take a sip of coffee..................... The quote was 3.5 cents / sq foot...................he wanted me to do better..............I thanked him for the tour, the coffee & danish as well for his time ..... and politely said  " I understand the tough economic times we are all facing , and the quote you showed me reflects the hardships and desperation that some companies are experiencing to lower their companies name and employees efforts to zero in order to appease large conglomerates like yourselves just to satisfy your bottom line .   How is that guy going to make any money.....does anyone else here work that cheap.                                                           Nightrider

So I guess this guy obviously took your comments " you're a fool if you dont lower your prices in times of economic downturn" a little too far.

Good point Mr.Steamer.

you wish johnny boy

Good Point Doug!