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Originally Posted by APSmulching  I find that if I give fixed price on a job, some customers are very happy with the finished product while others are worried about every peice of material that is larger than what they consider mulch. I always try to explain the capabilities of my equipment before hand but everyone has there own expectations. I have also done a total clean up for people but price changes minds quickly. On the other hand, if I give a per hour price people think it's expensive and will usually want you to rush the job and I end up with a job that doesn't look as good as it could. Which is never good because others see the work that you do and a great job speaks for itself. I usually give a fixed price based on how I would like to do it and if that's too high I will usually lower it with the understanding that the finish quality will not be as good or do a smaller area. In the end I want my customers to be happy and I want to make some money doing it. The economy is real tough, people are not spending money like they were. I use to get over 80% of the jobs that I quoted and now it's less than half. People are spending on the necesities, and clearing land is not one of them right now. If we can make it through these slow times things can only get better. |
I'm running into the same thing. People don't have the extra cash and if they do, they hire some jackleg with no insurance.
