Do you haggle on price's

[DHTiling]

price accordingly. Non negotiable,

 

[tfs]

I dont like to have people try and haggle with my labour price so dont believe a tradesman should be asked to negotiate his labour price.

Purchasing products from suppliers is a different ball game in my opinion. I do however understand why small businesses or one man bands may not be willing to haggle on product prices though.

 

[hillhead]

I haggle, more so abroad too for some funny reason. Lol.
Money is so precious lately that most of us need to haggle sooner rather than later.
I got haggled on the job I finished yesterday, 2 days work including re boarding, tanking, tiling etc.
But hey was I proud of my haggle and two days price!
If all my jobs paid like that I'd be happier.
A woman customer once told me she was going to haggle me on the price( big house job). So when giving price I had £300 welded on for the haggle, lol.
She never haggled ! Shock. Happy woman with price and happy me with better rate. Lol.

 

[cornish_crofter]

The way I look at it is this.

Each tradesman is different. I have got jobs where I have not been the cheapest but I am a known quantity. My work tends to speak for itself. The customers are happy and recommend me. Also I tend to gel with some customers from the outset.

The next tradesman will essentially offer a similar but different service. He may sware like a navvy, not clear up after himself etc etc. Also he may either do uncessecary work or cut corners. A lot of customers know that you won't get an identical job from 2 different tradesmen.

Sometimes I do lose out on price with people who know me. One builder in my area regularly undercut me and some other tradesmen for a while. I decided to let him have the work until he got booked up with cheap work, then I started getting work again. He seemes to have stopped doing that to me at least.

I have been haggled on price and I know that the other 'quote' never existed but I agreed to match it knowing that i could still make good money and the customer would be well disposed towards me in the belief that she'd got a good deal.

When you buy product, a bag of Weber SLC is exactly the same whether you buy it from CTD, Topps, independent or whereever, so as a tradesman you are comparing prices for the same product from several different suppliers. So it makes sense to keep an eye on prices and make sure your loyalty to one supplier is not being abused

Also, suppliers tend to get repeat business. Some of us tradesmen do but often, especially for those that just do tiling, you'll get one job or a couple of jobs from a customer and that will be it. As there is only so much tiling you can do in one house :lol:

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

do you let customer's haggle you down on price gooner?

well yes i do if its between work or no work then yes, i like to call it sharpening the pencil,

 

[hillhead]

My lead is thicker in my pencil this last few weeks and it's working for me !
Hard to believe as prices here are near rock bottom but i'm holding ship and thinking more about what i need for x amount of days(inc travelling and other costs).
I am owed from a builder too and i'm charging proper rates there,from 30 odd houses i'v tiled for him i'v not had to go back and snag one ! long may that continue.
I finished a small 2 day job yesterday for a lovely couple who i'm sure are millionaires, fair play to them i say.
The only way i'll be one is with lotto.

 

[Rob Z]

Gooner, generally-no I don't. I save my favors from my suppliers for when I really need them. I need the good service more than I need to save a few bucks on the front end. That's been my philosophy during the time I've been in business, and it's worked well for me.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

look after the Penny's and the pounds will look after themselves guys!!!