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dazmond

  • Posts: 23966
How your price rises going?
« on: April 01, 2023, 11:21:42 am »
Nearly finished mine,most a quid or 2,some a fiver...should bring in an extra £2k+ per year...

No cancellations as of yet!🙂

As some other window cleaners have said customers are expecting it!👍
price higher/work harder!

Smudger

  • Posts: 13438
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2023, 11:30:40 am »
Last couple of days just went out - across the board rises are an average of 15%
knocked some uppers only on the head and adjusted the 4 customers who regularly ask for the front only rather than a full clean

so far out of 1200 odd we have lost 6

happy with the result so far

Darran
Never argue with an idiot, they will only bring you down to their level, and beat you with experience

Tristan R Clean

  • Posts: 357
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2023, 03:37:07 pm »
Trouble is with extra price rises( necessary though)
Could it be some are now into different tax brackets. Possibly even close to vat threshold?

T

zesty

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Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2023, 04:54:25 pm »
Most went up a pound a few months ago, all ok.


dazmond

  • Posts: 23966
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2023, 10:14:58 pm »
Trouble is with extra price rises( necessary though)
Could it be some are now into different tax brackets. Possibly even close to vat threshold?

T

Not me!(nowhere near!)😄
price higher/work harder!

AuRavelling79

  • Posts: 25380
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2023, 07:41:19 pm »
No one has refused.
It's a game of three halves!

Rob.Hall

  • Posts: 1077
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2023, 10:24:27 pm »
No issues so far apart.
Well, only one who corrected me when I said price had gone up 10%..
It was actually 10.4%  ;D

KS Cleaning

  • Posts: 3952
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2023, 10:31:05 pm »
Two cancellations over a £1 increase.

Clever Forum Name

  • Posts: 5942
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2023, 10:31:55 pm »
Done about 1000-1200 customers so far and lost less than 10.

All were £2 or £3

The £5+ didn’t bat an eye lid. Had an £8 rise question it and just explained it’s been underpriced for a few years.

Smudger

  • Posts: 13438
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2023, 12:08:19 am »
Done about 1000-1200 customers so far and lost less than 10.

All were £2 or £3

The £5+ didn’t bat an eye lid. Had an £8 rise question it and just explained it’s been underpriced for a few years.

I agree its the tiddlers that get more upset than the big ones - had one go up over 30% and rang me up to say thanks for keeping the price reasonable  :o (damn perhaps it should have been 50% increase  ;D)

Darran
Never argue with an idiot, they will only bring you down to their level, and beat you with experience

H2GoKent

  • Posts: 532
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2023, 05:58:53 am »
Had one customer query it but he queries every price.  I'd put him up by a fiver and he thought I was just being greedy, but
I sent him a link to the Bank of Inflation calculator, and he could see it was appropriate.

Had one block of flats ask to go quarterly instead of bi-monthly.
Had a few say, 'that's ok been expecting you would need to.' so all good.
A manager is generally someone who has been promoted to the position by someone else who didn't see them as a threat.
Hence all people are promoted to the level of their incompetence

johnny bravo

  • Posts: 2699
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2023, 04:19:13 pm »
mine went up £1  / £2     no moaners yet .    just a few asking competitors    whose prices are the same or higher
ive taken on 6 New  .    must have had there prices raised  too high so looking elsewhere        they will cover any that cancel

dazmond

  • Posts: 23966
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #12 on: April 18, 2023, 08:13:25 am »
Lost a £15 job(going up to £17)....8 weekly too....if they ask me back(I clean all the other houses around it)it'll be £20 with a first clean price of £30 if it's in a year or so.... ;D

It always seems to be the ones that are getting a good deal that sack you off when you put up prices!
price higher/work harder!

Jay Le Huray

  • Posts: 647
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #13 on: April 18, 2023, 03:08:11 pm »
so far so good, I put mine up in January and February, all good

Stoots

  • Posts: 6211
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2023, 06:44:17 pm »
Even though i can afford to lose plenty i still find the process nerve racking, just starting to put all of mine up now that havent had a price rise for 2 years. So far lost 4 mainly new ones that ive only cleaned once haha

I feel like im pushing it now with price rises its making me cringe pressing the button

dazmond

  • Posts: 23966
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2023, 08:50:24 pm »
Even though i can afford to lose plenty i still find the process nerve racking, just starting to put all of mine up now that havent had a price rise for 2 years. So far lost 4 mainly new ones that ive only cleaned once haha

I feel like im pushing it now with price rises its making me cringe pressing the button

No way would I put a customers prices up after one clean...its just not something I would ever do.id clean them for at least 2 or 3 years before a rise.
price higher/work harder!

Stoots

  • Posts: 6211
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2023, 09:20:29 pm »
Even though i can afford to lose plenty i still find the process nerve racking, just starting to put all of mine up now that havent had a price rise for 2 years. So far lost 4 mainly new ones that ive only cleaned once haha

I feel like im pushing it now with price rises its making me cringe pressing the button

No way would I put a customers prices up after one clean...its just not something I would ever do.id clean them for at least 2 or 3 years before a rise.

Not something I'd ever considered before daz but took on about 100 plus new ones since new year and I need to cull some otherwise I'm going to be totally swamped soon.

Trying to sell work but no takers as of yet. A price rise and good dumping is all I can do.

KS Cleaning

  • Posts: 3952
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2023, 09:37:39 pm »
Even though i can afford to lose plenty i still find the process nerve racking, just starting to put all of mine up now that havent had a price rise for 2 years. So far lost 4 mainly new ones that ive only cleaned once haha

I feel like im pushing it now with price rises its making me cringe pressing the button
Why didn’t you price the new ones at a higher price to begin with? If you are stacked with work price them high and if you don’t get them it’s no biggie.

Smudger

  • Posts: 13438
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #18 on: April 23, 2023, 09:40:02 pm »
It depends on which way the wind is blowing......
Never argue with an idiot, they will only bring you down to their level, and beat you with experience

Stoots

  • Posts: 6211
Re: How your price rises going?
« Reply #19 on: April 23, 2023, 09:50:23 pm »
Even though i can afford to lose plenty i still find the process nerve racking, just starting to put all of mine up now that havent had a price rise for 2 years. So far lost 4 mainly new ones that ive only cleaned once haha

I feel like im pushing it now with price rises its making me cringe pressing the button
Why didn’t you price the new ones at a higher price to begin with? If you are stacked with work price them high and if you don’t get them it’s no biggie.

Needed the work at the time