Porcelain Floor Tiles 300x300

[hmtiling]

I think I'm with localtiler on this and it is way over the odds for location and materials used. Don't get me wrong, if the customer is happy then all is good, but over £60 a m2 for run of the mill tiles is ott.
I'm all for making a good living and did £630 on Monday, but I feel like I earned that I wouldn't taking £600+ from a 10m2 floor.

 

[One Day]

Ok, fair comment. But why is it too much?
I can pay 90p for a cup of run of the mill coffee from a Spar vending machine, or £4 for a run of the mill coffee from Starbucks.
What's the difference?

 

[One Day]

I'm not trolling btw. Just an interesting debate!

 

[Flintstone]

I just think it's a really high price for what sounds like a basic job. If some one came to your house to wire some lights in or something and quotes you £500 and they did it in a day and only used a few wires, you'd be pissed.

 

[hmtiling]

If it was an elderly female customer would you have charged the same and slept well that night?

 

[One Day]

I just think it's a really high price for what sounds like a basic job. If some one came to your house to wire some lights in or something and quotes you £500 and they did it in a day and only used a few wires, you'd be pissed.

Not necessarily. If i had bad experiences of other sparkies and if this one came on time, did the work cleanly, efficiently, safely and with respect for my home I'd be pretty pleased with a good job, done well.
Price is subjective and not always relative.
Goods and services are only worth what someone is prepared to pay.
All my quotes are clear and upfront. I never whack things on at the end.

 

[One Day]

If it was an elderly female customer would you have charged the same and slept well that night?

I'd have quoted the same and if she had chosen me for the work - yes. Why not?
Always quoted upfront.

 

[One Day]

Look at it another way: If there are people like me "over-charging", shouldn't it make it easier for others to win business by under-cutting?

 

[hmtiling]

Was it £730 + VAT?

 

[One Day]

Ok I'll come clean (bit of trolling) it was £530 inc' materials and I'm not VAT reg'd.
Took a day and a half making sure it was a minty finish.

I'm still all for charging as much as possible though. I think it's wrong and counter-productuve that we feel pressured sometimes to drop our prices whilst customer's expectations rise.