Pricing/new tilers

[charlie1]

Hi felix,

When you say testimonials from previous customers do you get customers to write something down and attatch it to a picture of the job or something?. I think this would help.

 

[devonmark]

A customer will always buy the salesman before the product

and that is what you are first and foremost...a salesman, if you don't do the selling you will not do the tiling..Mark.

 

[felix]

I ask them to jot down a few lines on paper for me. Most do it in the form of a thank you letter. I make sure I have the pictures relating to each letter

 

[versatilene]

There will always be good salesman/tilers and there will always be some customers where money is not the issue (long may they last) but overall prices WILL come down as most people (me included) want their hard earned cash to go as far as it can and will go for the best price quote provided they like the tiler.

 

[brummie tiler]

have to disagree with most, i dont think prices will come down, propably stay the same imo. Its not just tiling thats becoming'over saturated' you only have to look in the paper and you find at least half a dozen ads - become an electricion, become a plumber,become a plasterer, become a painter and decorater. Trades on the whole are 'over saturated' - how do you really judge this anyway? yet all of the plumbers/ plasterers i work with are contstantly busy earning an above average living. Facts are that the MAJORITY of people attending these short courses will fall by the wayside , people are attracted to being self employed, a so called better lifestyle with a better wage, but these are also the type of people who will fail as they will be 2 lazy to put in the effort, just sucked in by the promise of 40k a year. Dont panic lads the genuinley good and reasonably priced tilers will have no problems. Every man and his dog becomming a tiler is a phase at the moment, it will pass....