Will I win work with prices like this?

[merlecollins]

Irrespective of your price Sean, there's no way it can be done for or you can compete with £220 - so just forget about it and move on mate
4 days does seem a bit excessive though, but it's the finished job that counts.

I've had a knock back today as well on a big stone job, so snap!!!

 

[david campbell]

that price is way too cheap, i would be looking at £450-500 where i am including mats

 

[mikethetile]

those quoting the price they would charge where they live need to remember the higher cost of living inside the m25

I think seans price is reasonable for the area, theres no way he could have the job completed in one day so cant compete with £220

 

[united]

You have priced it to how to much you can do the job for, taking into account all your running costs and how much you want to live on so you can't say fairer than that.

I like your email to chase up the quote, that's a very polite way and one I may use too

 

[faithhealer]

Hi sean, I agree with Rob (Colour Republic) about too much info about back buttering etc etc. Forget about it and move on, and hope some body makes a dogs breakfast of it.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Saw the first line of your quote - Dear .............
and knew you were going to be too expensive.

 

[Sean Kelly]

Saw the first line of your quote - Dear .............
and knew you were going to be too expensive.

Ahh - the old ones are the........................old ones.:smile5:

 

[Scott]

Stick with it Sean, you know your area and the prices

 

[peckers]

hi not for me to say ,as dont live near you ,but down here in the southwest £220 - £250 would be a good price ,

Too cheap m8 you need to put your prices up

 

[Daz]

Sean, your price was a tad high, as others have advised. The price that your prospect accepted was far too low.

I would have pitched in at 3 days work (2 days spent fixing and grouting and a days worth of sealing).

As you are only quoting labour I would have been a lot more brief with my quotation. At least then you may have received a call to request further detail and you could have verbally sold the benefits.

Don't forget 50% of being a tiler is being a salesman.

 

[Sean Kelly]

Captain,
All comments taken on board.
I had not done any domestic marble. So reading through the forum I saw that all the cuts on marble should be wet. The tiles should be dried after cutting. All the back buttering. The uneven tiles. The cleaning off the wax and the sealing. Not to mention the uneven floor. Basically I only estimated 1 extra day for the job. Another factor was that I could not park the car at the property. The only parking was in some dodgy car park on a housing estate about a minutes walk away. I’ve moved onto my next quote now, which I’m keeping my fingers crossed I’ll get. Cheers Sean

 

[Daz]

Captain,
All comments taken on board.
I had not done any domestic marble. So reading through the forum I saw that all the cuts on marble should be wet. The tiles should be dried after cutting. All the back buttering. The uneven tiles. The cleaning off the wax and the sealing. Not to mention the uneven floor. Basically I only estimated 1 extra day for the job. Another factor was that I could not park the car at the property. The only parking was in some dodgy car park on a housing estate about a minutes walk away. I’ve moved onto my next quote now, which I’m keeping my fingers crossed I’ll get. Cheers Sean

There's a lot of extra factors there Sean :incazzato:.

Good luck with the next one mate .

 

[ricmrc]

working by my rates, £337.50 would be as cheap as i'd go,
couldn't get close to the £220 and don't know any proper tiler who would.
if he's daft enough to go with the cheapest possible quote then its his problem, remember the wise saying, if you pay peanuts youre only going to employ monkeys

 

[Sean Kelly]

I got an email from the customer yesterday:

'they did the good job, i have one year guarentee from topps.'

I won't bother replying.

Cheers
Sean

 

[White Room]

Did'nt know Topps done guarantees