hi mark
the point is, if you get a large amount of meters, then their should be some realistic review of this. its business law mark. buy in bulk , get more discount, thats not my rule, thats the law of economics. you cant be that tunnel visioned in business. i think if theres only 10 meters and you wont work for less than 200 a day, then thats fair enough. i am not talking about being cheap, its about the price reflecting the job. ie i think 20 per meter is fair upto 10 meters, then 15 onwards it should be 15..see, now you still getting over 200 a day....if you wont work or get out of bed for 150 then fine, there'll be days when you wount work and others will........the building game is one area of life that you dont always get what you pay for...some of the biggest cowboys i have seen came to our showroom to tile our floor in new vans, with new tools, t shirts and website wanting 30 per meter and we found out that theyd not long set up from being on a week course. they had all the talk but none of the walk...any then this old guy came in with his son, charged 18 per meter and did an amazing job, so cheap isnt always bad when it comes to builders.
i would say be flexible, if your not working, then its better to get some money that none and 375 a day for 10 days at 15 per meter is alot of money...
you wont stay in business long if you refuse to be flexable. even bmw and porsche are giving discounts now..lots of great british companies have fell by the wayside for overcharging and refusing to adapt to the current market...