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Paul Moss

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Re: How much do you charge?
« Reply #40 on: April 17, 2014, 09:02:46 pm »
Jason you prices only a bit lower then mine but for shl definitelly too small. I charge for it 70e and no problem wit that with customers. Off course if only hsl done, for more then 2 areas prices are coming down per area.



I bought a TM  and a 60 plate low mileage Cclass mercedes last week , shame Im too cheap.

Jason, I think now you can now reapply to tacca  ;)


derek west

Re: How much do you charge?
« Reply #42 on: April 17, 2014, 10:58:25 pm »
Hey mossy, seen the suite you did at the last tacca day yesterday, apart from that cushion that was totally forked, its holding up nicely, got pictures of it. hat off to ya mate. especially as it was done in half a day.

timhersey

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Re: How much do you charge?
« Reply #43 on: April 21, 2014, 06:20:46 pm »
Charge what you are worth, you have trained ,you have insurance, you have to run a van, a phone ,advertising,buy chemicals, you do not get sickness and holiday pay.

Shaun_Ashmore

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Re: How much do you charge?
« Reply #44 on: April 21, 2014, 06:43:15 pm »
I was watching a program on TV and they said that costa coffee make 35p on a £2.30 cup of coffee after taking into consideration all running costs, the idea for them is to expand fast to decrease on going expenses bringing down coffee and cups etc with superior buying power as well as increasing the value of the company for share holders.

Carpet cleaners can't or shouldn't follow this business model you can't discount your own labour it means you would be working for less to affect the same quality.

Shaun

Paul Moss

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Re: How much do you charge?
« Reply #45 on: April 21, 2014, 08:06:08 pm »
Hey mossy, seen the suite you did at the last tacca day yesterday, apart from that cushion that was totally forked, its holding up nicely, got pictures of it. hat off to ya mate. especially as it was done in half a day.

That's quite supprising as it actually took about 2 hours of actual work and was not meant to last by any means as there was no cure out times to the repairs it was a demo just for show.

Hope you find something interesting to test Judy out  ;D

Paul Moss

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Re: How much do you charge?
« Reply #46 on: April 21, 2014, 08:14:14 pm »
I was watching a program on TV and they said that costa coffee make 35p on a £2.30 cup of coffee after taking into consideration all running costs, the idea for them is to expand fast to decrease on going expenses bringing down coffee and cups etc with superior buying power as well as increasing the value of the company for share holders.

Carpet cleaners can't or shouldn't follow this business model you can't discount your own labour it means you would be working for less to affect the same quality.

Shaun

Shaun you are comparing apples with pears. Costa is a house hold name with major back up and marketing costs.
Joe blogs carpet cleaner from Sheffield is only know by a few local people.

On the other hand face book is a house hold name with mega potential for getting info out to people, hence a lot more people using it for business advertising these days. And when people see £50 for a full house day in and day out they come to think that price is the norm.Yellow pages has gone down the pan and is on its way out, google is just full of kno b heads advertising decent web sites for cleaning and most of them have not got a clue how to clean correctly.

SteveAllan

Re: How much do you charge?
« Reply #47 on: April 21, 2014, 08:43:49 pm »
Facebook is a pain in ass for them £50 per house types. I have lost loads of business to those type of idiots, in and out with their puzzis. I have stopped using it now but even noticed the posher type asking why im so much more than them grrr.

Shaun_Ashmore

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Re: How much do you charge?
« Reply #48 on: April 21, 2014, 09:00:16 pm »
I get a few jobs from facebook all friends and friends of friends but it's no way to run a business IMO. Costa coffee is a different business type but many cleaners try and take their model of volume, volume is great if you expand quickly with profits it does quite work here but in the states it does but they have carpets cleaned far more regularly.

Shaun

COLIN BRIGHT

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Re: How much do you charge?
« Reply #49 on: April 21, 2014, 10:23:49 pm »
i cleaned a whole house for £50.00 once.......it was a wendy house that took 20Mins.........bring em on!