Hey man! Mike you said that you wouldnt give me a hard time about that!
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This is the āother guyā bs story lol. I donāt bother messaging him back and he then msg me back 10 days later and now Iām charging him $495.
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Me: Give my quote/price
Response: "Well the last guy we had did it for [$160 less than my quote] but we havenāt been able to get a hold of him"
Me: āWell, thatās why. The price is too low to be sustainable for businessā
Iām starting to get this quite often. No, I donāt compromise. Sometimes, thereās just some prices I simply donāt want to compete with.
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I donāt really get this but when I do I donāt bother doing business with them. They tend to come back to you.
Bid a job for $480 (restaurant). The guy says āSome guy I called will do it for $350ā. I said ācall them and see how it works out.ā Serious mange on the glass.
I took the job at $350 with a $75 food card.
Tomorrow, Iāll be eating squeegee enhanced sushi! I hope.
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So this guy calls me this morning telling me he will accept my quote, I am trying to place him, he tells me the address, for me to reply I never gave you a quote, oh must have been another Steve.
Can you give me a quote, sure I can I am actually headed your direction I can give you a quote this morning.
Get there do the quote , then he asks me about another company he used in the past but they are no longer answering the phoneā¦
I hand over the quote which was $285, he rebuts me with Oh I can get it done for $170, I was pfft and asked for all I quoted and he said yeah.
I just exited the house and told him to have a nice day. I am kinda glad though at the end of the day, house was a mess, and was quite smelly.
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@Garry, just out of curiosity, are you still cleaning this customer for $528 ?
Just wondering if they followed through and still maintained it through the year or not
i hate being stuck in a smelly house!
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They sold the property. Havenāt landed the new owners.
I had one today. Felt good to be drowning in work and not caring if I get a piddly little job.
Me: My price for that is $130
Lady: The Last cleaner did it for $100. Would you consider $120?
Me: I would not.
Got the job.
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I have the same mindset where I really donāt reduce my price.
Itās not like you go to a local store and bargain for items there.
It seems negotiating on your price is more of a need for the work
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Supply and demand
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One lady tells me I must not need new work if I wasnāt willing to drop my price by $60. But she also complains about the last guy not doing a good job cleaning the tracks. Emailed her the quote anyway, never heard from her again.
My problem is then getting and staying annoyed at people like that. Iāll put on the friendly face with them but hate their guts for a few days after.
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How are you guys getting these low ballers? By getting, I mean which marketing method?
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Had a similar but not similar experience today. Did a CL ad for gutter cleaning, pointing out Iām insured etc.
Had my prices in the ad .75/ft and 1.75/ft 2nd story. Guy texts back and forth for a few texts. Emailed a quote, ALSO including the prices per ft. Scheduled it for today.
I show up, measure the gutters and give the the number and got turned away because it was too high. I was kind of dumbfounded. In my head I was thinking āare you f***ing kidding me right now?ā Outside, I kept my cool and professionalism.
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we got tuned away from a customer we got from the business we bought. our price was about 20 to 25% higher than his was in so we told her the price and she said oh no thatās too much plus there are two of you so itāll take you half as long. I guess she didnāt understand that when two people are working theyāre getting twice as much done so 2 hours worked is 4 man hours.
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It is a good feeling when you have a lot of work. Then you can pick and chose the jobs you want.
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Had one today ask if I could drop my my price $68 to $500. I said I could remove the large cutup from the job and do it for $530. He wanted all of the windows done but wanted me to reduce my price. I explained that it is a lot of work and the price is the price. Scheduled for two weeks from now.
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Home owners with less than 4th grade math skills typically canāt afford window cleaning, unless their husbands are rich.
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Iām in a small town that has lots of word of mouth activity. If I let lowball negotiators lower my quoted prices that could snowball on me. 
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