lowering the quote

[Leatherface]

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:

Yes mate,
think we all will have to do it a bit at some stage if we want to stay in work.
Currently on with sixteen apartments in bingley, bathrooms and en-suites in ceramic tiles. Roughly 180 sq m, basic stuff.
Went in at £25 per metre originally including adhesive, had to drop to £22 to get job. Started week after christmas, still earned £700 in my first week after tax and materials.
Builder screwed everyone down on price

 

[marke]

Hi,
I think lowering your prices during this time is so the wrong thing to do!
It will drive prices so low that quality will be jepoardised know matter what anyone says.
But guys think of this another way, its a great time to start selling ourselves, our service and the quality products we all use.
Try givin your customers something free when you quote ! Tell them you will pick up all the tiles and materials ,it might just tip it in your favour and cost you an hour !

Make a point of the fact your going to be priming all surfaces and why, how many of us do this and dont even mention it ? It gives credibilty and genuine likability and the next guy who quotes does not mention it, well instantly you will be percieved as more experienced or more knowledgable etc

Now if 2 tilers go to Mrs Smith on just measures and gives her a price, then we come along explain how we would be happy to pick up all the materials or seal the kitchen floor grout to keep it pristine or replace all the old door plates F.O.C. Mrs Smith might just feel like she is dealing with someone who cares .

I think that it is service which might just win in these tough times.
From my experience people want Value, not necessarily Cheaper

Just my thoughts on it, lets keep our integrity and standards high and just sell more benefits of our service or give a bit of your time to help the whole job move along , thats what customers want.

I spent an afternoon in october with a client actually picking tiles with them, in my own time and got 2 weeks work out of it . They did not even look at another quote because my service was more than just stickin tiles down.

Lets kick this recessions butt chaps and come out of it better than we were.

Rally the troops Darling
Mark

 

[P'boro tiler]

i like your idea of picking the tiles up for free marke
however, if your doing things for free, isnt that basically the same as the lower the quote price? i mean your doing more work for less
i know where your coming from tho and agree thats its good to do the odd free bit and ive always done that

 

[Leatherface]

Hi,
I think lowering your prices during this time is so the wrong thing to do!
It will drive prices so low that quality will be jepoardised know matter what anyone says.
But guys think of this another way, its a great time to start selling ourselves, our service and the quality products we all use.
Try givin your customers something free when you quote ! Tell them you will pick up all the tiles and materials ,it might just tip it in your favour and cost you an hour !

Make a point of the fact your going to be priming all surfaces and why, how many of us do this and dont even mention it ? It gives credibilty and genuine likability and the next guy who quotes does not mention it, well instantly you will be percieved as more experienced or more knowledgable etc

Now if 2 tilers go to Mrs Smith on just measures and gives her a price, then we come along explain how we would be happy to pick up all the materials or seal the kitchen floor grout to keep it pristine or replace all the old door plates F.O.C. Mrs Smith might just feel like she is dealing with someone who cares .

I think that it is service which might just win in these tough times.
From my experience people want Value, not necessarily Cheaper

Just my thoughts on it, lets keep our integrity and standards high and just sell more benefits of our service or give a bit of your time to help the whole job move along , thats what customers want.

I spent an afternoon in october with a client actually picking tiles with them, in my own time and got 2 weeks work out of it . They did not even look at another quote because my service was more than just stickin tiles down.

Lets kick this recessions butt chaps and come out of it better than we were.

Rally the troops Darling
Mark

Would rather have lowered my price by a few quid a metre and be working and earning still a decent wage than be sat at home watching Jeremy Kyle on daytime TV as are a lot of tilers I know.
The very fact that I have been working on that job has already got me 3 houses to tile in March through a plasterer I met on the job. And I have still earned a good wage to boot

P.S

Why not also offer to wash Mrs Smiths car, pick her kids up from school, do her washing and do her weeding in the garden.

Prices ARE being driven down - FACT
Due to a saturated market.

 

[P'boro tiler]

yea we're all in denial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:yikes::11::11::11::11::11::11::incazzato:

 

[d noulton]

after beaking my leg in july returned to work in november loseing many contacts in the process so called mates:rant: priced a job and was told is that all lesson learned dont lower your prices or rely on your mates