Cat_Driver
Elite Member
- Joined
- Jan 15, 2008
- Messages
- 2,510
- Location
- Coachella Ca.
- Tractor
- 2016 Kubota 4060, 2017 Tackeuchi excavator TB260
Got a quote last week to guy down a tree. The tree is small in my opinion, only about 24' tall, trunk about 36" in diameter.
The guy pull up in a bean new top of the line GMC Denali pick up Duramax I know this wasn't going to end well.
The job was just to drop the tree in place. Nothing near it to damage. Just drop it I'll take it from there. Leave the stump in place.
He quoted $1,200.00. I then said let me get this straight, you want $1,200.00 for less than 4 minutes of work? Then he breaks into well my guys have to drive here then they have to drive back to the shop.
Then he asks, what do you want to pay? I said I'll give you $100.00 a minute cut time and you and I know I'm being generous at it taking 4 minutes. He said he would do it for $500.00. At this point, I was just PO'd at this guy going from $1,200 to $500.00 in two minutes.
I said nope, take the $400.00, or leave it. He drove off.
Why do businesses do this, why quote ridiculous prices. That's rhetorical, I know why because there are people that will say yes to ridiculous prices without any argument.
The guy pull up in a bean new top of the line GMC Denali pick up Duramax I know this wasn't going to end well.
The job was just to drop the tree in place. Nothing near it to damage. Just drop it I'll take it from there. Leave the stump in place.
He quoted $1,200.00. I then said let me get this straight, you want $1,200.00 for less than 4 minutes of work? Then he breaks into well my guys have to drive here then they have to drive back to the shop.
Then he asks, what do you want to pay? I said I'll give you $100.00 a minute cut time and you and I know I'm being generous at it taking 4 minutes. He said he would do it for $500.00. At this point, I was just PO'd at this guy going from $1,200 to $500.00 in two minutes.
I said nope, take the $400.00, or leave it. He drove off.
Why do businesses do this, why quote ridiculous prices. That's rhetorical, I know why because there are people that will say yes to ridiculous prices without any argument.