are you the sort of tiler......

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

that tells your customer the price you will charge for a job, or are you told the rate at which you may charge,
think about it , by your prospective employer

 

[White Room]

I tell them what I'm charging....

 

[Stewart]

I always quote what I'm charging....


Created on iPhone.....

 

[Ian]

Always quote a price and never come down from it.

 

[doug boardley]

my price is the price it will be for me to do the work, customers never dictate the price.

 

[doug boardley]

...and please nobody start quoting rates in the public forum..

 

[swanman]

The price is the price we have agreed on

 

[tommyzooom]

My price is a standard price, same for everybody, whether a millionaires pad or a small job.

 

[Perry]

both lol

 

[John Benton]

Price agreed with customer on the quote is what I invoice them unless there is additional work. I always put on my installation notes that there may be damage to walls on tile removal etc that will need to be repaired to a satisfactory condition to tile to and an additional charge will be made for materials and labour. Works for me.

 

[charlie1]

My laptop dictates my price inc materials based on factors in job, I can apply a percentage discount for friends though. I love using it my excel spreadsheet, I wish it could do the tiling too lol

 

[bugs183]

Excel has transformed my business, its an amazing tool, god know how much money has slipped through my fingers because of my duff quoting!!!!
It adds everything thing up properly and takes away that feeling when your quoting that you should be doing your customer a favour as it seems a bit expensive.
Anyway as above i charge my standard rates, and agree this with the customer, with the proviso that if they add extras then it is an extra. 99% of customers are happy with that.

 

[Mike Mike]

that tells your customer the price you will charge for a job, or are you told the rate at which you may charge,
think about it , by your prospective employer

Customers are NOT my "prospective employer". They don't take responsibility for finding me work, for providing sick pay, pension contributions, holiday pay, unemployment benefit when work is scarce, or to provide me with a vehicle and run and maintain it, or the tools necessary to do the work, or PPE, and sundries. They don't take responsibility for sourcing and obtaining materials, and handling invoices, VAT returns, and the other plethora of paperwork that is required when running a business. They don't insure my business, or cover me if I get a call back, or help me if someone is late paying.

They are customers.

They come to me for a service, a transaction, and I tell them what I want to be paid for providing that service, which has to cover allowing me to live, provide for my family, and take care of all the above activities that are over and above just turning up and tiling their bathroom.

If they don't want to pay that price then they can jolly well jog on old chap. :ciappa:

 

[Fliselege]

Ikke sant Mike, and some customers need to realise this. Had one fella last year telling me as his employee his wish was my command, I threw at him I work to våtroom norm, not Leo's wrong ideas, e.g he only wanted me to støp fall to sjulk in dusj area rest of room pool table flat, not with my name on the job matey, also advised him my wages say Flisemannen A.S on the top, not Leo, was left well alone after that.