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TomCrowther

  • Posts: 1965
haggling
« on: June 28, 2014, 09:56:19 pm »
Anyone experiencing this when quoting for new work? I have had two examples this week, almost identical.
Quote the job via email enquiry, £20 every six weeks, she replies how about £10 every twelve weeks? I didn't bother replying and then the same thing two days later.

Chris Buchan

  • Posts: 64
Re: haggling
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2014, 10:29:23 pm »
£30 every 18 weeks?

Tom White

Re: haggling
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2014, 10:44:39 pm »
I just reply, "Sorry, I don't haggle!"

PoleKing

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Re: haggling
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2014, 10:50:14 pm »
I don't mind a bit of haggling.
I price high enough for it not to usually matter.
It also builds a bit of a rapport with the customer.
They think they've got a better deal, which they have.
But in the grand scheme-it doesn't matter.
And you can usually throw a 'if you make me a decent coffee and a bit if cake, we'll call it a deal'
Even if you lose a few quid, the positivity gained from it can be worth it.
Obviously I don't mean cleaning an 85 bed mansion for £4.59 but, within reason, a lil' haggle doesn't bother me at all.
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C o z y

  • Posts: 7775
Re: haggling
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2014, 11:04:00 pm »
Haggle? It's a service, not a Turkish bazaar. Never done it.
No still don't understand, I must be thick

rosskesava

  • Posts: 17015
Re: haggling
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2014, 12:47:10 am »
I just reply, "Sorry, I don't haggle!"

Simple isn't it.
Just chant..... Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. It's beats chanting Tory Tory or Labour Labour.

Ian101

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Re: haggling
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2014, 08:24:13 am »
My reply would have been "please don't take offence but if you have to haggle over a small amount of money then we are not the cleaning company for you" ............... only ever haggled once and the customer was a real messer.

Arnold Palmer

  • Posts: 20750
Re: haggling
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2014, 08:30:33 am »
Everything in life is negotiable.
They're eeeting the dogs.
They're eeeting the cats.
They're eeeting the pets,
of the people who live there.

Arnold Palmer

  • Posts: 20750
Re: haggling
« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2014, 08:31:25 am »
Except the price of window cleaning.
They're eeeting the dogs.
They're eeeting the cats.
They're eeeting the pets,
of the people who live there.

Paul Coleman

Re: haggling
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2014, 08:34:19 am »
Experience has taught me not to get involved with hagglers.  If I don't join in with the haggling but get the job anyway, theyt are always on the look out for extra little freebies to "get their moneysworth.  If I give in and start doing the job for their price, I get resentful after a while - and that feels uncomfortable.  The only time I might consider it is possibly giving them £x off on maybe the 4th clean - as a one off, never to be repeated discount. That way, if they cancel after the 4th clean, at least I've made some reasonable money from it.  However, by that time hopefully they have realised that I'm not some bob-a-job fly-by-night and the arrangement continues without hassle.

G Griffin

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Re: haggling
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2014, 08:43:07 am »
Play them at their own game. Haggle over the number of windows you'll clean for the price they want to pay.
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Stoots

  • Posts: 6202
Re: haggling
« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2014, 08:51:47 am »
supposes it depends if u need the work and if its profitable, use them until you dont need them anymore and dump em

C o z y

  • Posts: 7775
Re: haggling
« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2014, 08:59:41 am »
Play them at their own game. Haggle over the number of windows you'll clean for the price they want to pay.
;D
No still don't understand, I must be thick

TomCrowther

  • Posts: 1965
Re: haggling
« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2014, 09:09:44 am »
I didn't bother replying in either case.