Mikey P
Administrator
50 to 100 bucks to cover gasoline and chat time. Almost seems mandatory nowadays...
Almost seems mandatory nowadays
Like an idiot, I tried it one time back in the early Obama years. The response I got told me to never do it again
good topic. we do not. we do stone. best to lay eyes on it unless small job.
adds another layer to management
They saw yor trailer?Like an idiot, I tried it one time back in the early Obama years. The response I got told me to never do it again
Who ARE you?Could always add $.02 per square foot to the price of every job over 1500ft2. Maybe $.04 to those under that.
Just another hack tryin’ to get paid.Who ARE you?
And they're all delivering for Skip The Dishes now.Old ICS cleaners get $75 for an estimate
For me geographical is important consideration if you were to google fort bragg California, and expand the map out, you would see my work area is a thin stretch of hwy 1 my area covers 88 miles of coast line to approximately 10 miles inland. So i use bridges as my cut off fort bragg north to 10mile bridge and south to albion bridge is my main area .45 or .50 com and .50 or .55 res 75.00 min cross eighter bridge add .05 and mim 100.00 south to elk cross elk bridge and north to westport, price is .10 higher than home and mim is 150.00 after sea ranch (55 miles south) price goes .15 but min is now 200.00. Past sea ranch im at .70 or .75 250.00 min no commercial rate found people will pay 150.00 to 200.00 per 1000sqft more before they'd pay 25.00 travel under stand that sea ranch is 3 hour drive round trip. Virtually all estimates are given over the phone. Because im all inclusive with the exception of odor control (.10 persqft) i can tell a customer "based on your measurements the price is either this or .05 higher which is that "when asked the difference i tell um straight up extra effort required when pressed (which is also considered extra effort) i tell um super dirty location am i going 5 mi down a dirt road do i have to stretch out every hose i have over furnished etc. Etc people seem to understand they just don't want to be surprised at the door i do measure and give a firm price before starting but found for the most part if they gave me measurements they were pretty closeWe reluctantly estimate over the phone, I prefer to see every job and give a firm quote. No charge. It usually pays off. Not being in a rush to come up with a plan, price, answer all the drying questions. I also mention items that you know they will want to add on the day of cleaning, to disrupt the schedule. I've found myself doing the best job possible, not rushing the work or time with customer, then rushing through the invoice and undercharging.
Tried charging a nominal fee to credit if cleaned, did it for one customer and not again. Did not like anything about it. It was during the stupidity of the pandemic.
However, geographical location must have a lot to do with this question,travel time, and population as well. I could definatley see the need for it for some.