Price

[CarolinaProWash]

Okay Carolina Boys - let's back up and remember we're in the same profession, all trying to achieve the same goals.

Charlie has a very very respectable business up here, as do we and I'm pretty much agreeing with the don't lower prices.

Charlotte is a very different demographic - period.

You don't have to tell us about the drought - it was HERE, way worse than further south. The PWNC made HUGE strides in keeping a lot business working. With that said, be a part of the solution, not part of the problem. If you have 18 years of experience in both pwing and business, you can bring something to the group.

But, bottom line is, let's don't air this sort of stuff in public.

Celeste

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[fireandrain]

Well said, Celeste.

Obviously someone felt like he was being personally attacked. I think its reasonable to conduct intelligent, level-headed dialogue about regional circumstances that affect pricing. I, for one, have benefited greatly from past TGS discussions on the topic.

Yes, "times are tough" with respect to the American economy as a whole. As...a whole. The fact is times are not equally tough in all markets. For instance, in my market, the only cut-backs my clients are making is deciding to vacation in Europe this year instead of trekking in Africa. These clients are working in industries that have been getting rich in these lean times. I have two clients who are pharmaceutical CFO'S, another dozen that are corporate lawyers, and a new one just yesterday, that is a professional football player. I guess what Im getting at is what many folks have said in the past.

Where your positioned in the market has EVERYTHING to do with pricing.

If I offered to lower my price to one of my clients who was on the fence about a prospective project, I'm certain that I would never hear from him again. Certain of it. Thats just my market. Okay, perhaps Charlie was pushing it a bit to call such practices "sleazy", but I think he was trying to make a point. A valuable one, in my opinion. Im certain that the clients in my market would interpret such a pricing technique as pretty unprofessional and indicative that I may have been fishing for "the most I could get" when I originally quoted their project.

In the infamous and soon to be patented words of Rod, "just my .02."

[MMI Enterprises]

Hi Dave.. Although Chaz was talking to you I doubt he was talking at or about your person directly in stating his beliefs. We comment on other's ideas here and offer lesson or our beliefs of how we expect things will go down or be taken by the masses. I suspect the 'you' or 'you're' type speech was indirect and generally speaking. Probably not meant to label or put you down at least until you fullfill what is being talked about in lowering prices. He doesn't even know you right? That usually the first clue to a misunderstanding...just my .02

[DixiesPW]

JeaPaint say you charge a 1.85 psf thats just for cleaning/stripping, then you set another charge for staining, say 1.85 psf for staining. Thats what we do thats 3.70 psf for total restoration. Someone said you couldnt get 1.00 psf thats crazy to me, your work is worth more than that. You can get more you just gotta explain to the customer wood restoration is a art and its not cheap! The biggest promblem I had with wood when I started doing it is I wasnt confident in my pricing, then Scott Jackson said Dave you gotta be confident in your pricing when talking to a customer. After a couple behind my belt I was plenty confident and started booking plenty jobs with higher pricing...