lowering the quote

[Lucas 2]

Hello all! Just wondering if any of you are lowering your quotes 'cos of this ***** recession?
Gave a couple of quotes last week and just got that feeling gonna get undercut by someone who's prepared to take less moolah!
Personally, I still want decent pay for a job well done! But don't want to be priced out of the market either? :dizzy2:

 

[kilty55]

aye youll probably find a lot of people dropping prices..ive only done 2 quotes since new year but lost both im assuming due to the price

 

[Lucas 2]

Happy days! :huh2::incazzato::yikes: :dizzy2:

:8::8::8::8: off to the pub now....

 

[kilty55]

haha thats yer best bet,mind n ask the barman if hell do you a cheaper pint since theres a recession onunk::dizzy2:

 

[FreeD]

I've put my prices up m8 in line with higher costs of living, materials etc. Instead of lowering your prices think about other ways of winning the work better sales techiques, detailed written quotes ect ect.

 

[kilty55]

good advice but most people are after the cheapest quote they can get

 

[DHTiling]

Havn't they always been after a cheap quote...........work has slackened off yes!! but lets not talk ourselves into dropping prices because you get beat on a qoute....

You lower your price and so do they.....where does it stop.?..

 

[doug boardley]

haven't dropped mine, and I'll be damned if I'm going to!:rant:

 

[kilty55]

fine in an ideal world however unfortunately less work going round of course people are going to drop prices to compete to get the work,i know no one likes it including myself.plenty work going around then sure you can be more confident about charging your normal rates and hopefully landing a job but im sorry if theres scarcer amounts of work and you know full well more guys are chasing that job you need to do something to land it,i would rather lower my prices temporarily and ride it out so my mortgage/bills are paid and the family are looked after than not drop accordingly and have no work,sorry if this upsets some people but its just the way it is.

 

[graham31]

fine in an ideal world however unfortunately less work going round of course people are going to drop prices to compete to get the work,i know no one likes it including myself.plenty work going around then sure you can be more confident about charging your normal rates and hopefully landing a job but im sorry if theres scarcer amounts of work and you know full well more guys are chasing that job you need to do something to land it,i would rather lower my prices temporarily and ride it out so my mortgage/bills are paid and the family are looked after than not drop accordingly and have no work,sorry if this upsets some people but its just the way it is.

If you lower your prices who says it's gony be temporarily??

If everybody lowers their prices to get work,when the recession is over and their is more work who's the 1st to up their prices??Surely if you up your prices after lowering them your gony loose work still.Like Dave say where does it stop?Lowering them know will only lead to them staying low.

Harder to up your prices and get work after lowering them in my opinion

Like above try having a better selling technique offer advice,suggest thing for a better look,Give detailed quotes,make the client feel like the most important person.I the client likes you as a person your more likely to win the job.

People buy from people they like

 

[kilty55]

aye graham i agree it is a difficult one to gauge,especially when no one knows how this years gonna go regarding work?so say you dont drop your prices and quote as per normal but your losing all your work cos other local tilers have dropped theres how do you deal with that situatuion? customers aint daft when it comes to money they will be looking more than ever for the keenest price at this time.

 

[kilty55]

people do buy from who they connect with yes i know this and totally agree,,you can give them plenty advice/written detailed quotes/great sales pitch why you should be doing there job,although im quite new to this game im getting better at reading the customer and what they are looking for..and both quotes ive done last week they were not interested in the slightest they wanted the cheapest quote they could get,i have also spoken to local tilers i know in edinburgh and botht hose lads said the same thing,,the customers were after the cheapest quote possible,,time will tell anyway i hope im proved wrong,cheers:8:

 

[BDS]

I haven`t dropped my prices and WONT and not once been asked too, i give my customers a fair bit of my trade on mats and bathroom products,so there happy i`m happy.

 

[graham31]

How many you lost Kilty is it desperate stage yet?I dono how you get on selling your self but i'd work on that.Customers don't always go for the cheapest quote.They like to know their employing some1 who knows the job inside out and can explain everything and answer all their questions.

Your not gony win all quotes i'd give it a bit yet before lowering prices.

Why not be a bit cheeky and get the competition round to your house for a quote and see what their actually quoting and how they sell.At least then you will know how far out you are.You may find your not that far away from the other guys/gals

 

[kilty55]

no probs thanks for the advice