volume discount or not

[Mikey P]

We clean a rug once a year up in San Fran for 3 grand on location.
Takes all day with travel.
They now want to clean twice a year and are looking for a discount...

I'm thinking $500 off with some sort of contract or pre payment.

Ideas?

 

[Lyman]

3 grand next time you clean it and 2500 every time after as long as it is within 6 months.

 

[Ken Snow]

Do it on the honor system, if you require a contract or prepayment you are saying you don't trust them. Do you? If so just give them the every 6 month cleaning price, esp if you just cleaned it 6 months ago.

 

[Desk Jockey]

I trust no one....I take that back, I trust few.

If you you trust them do as Ken said. If you don't do as Lyman suggests.

 

[Ken Snow]

I try to trust and be trusted by everyone~ within reason. Other than cars and real estate I won't sign or make someone sign anything. My word is golden and I believe others is too until proven otherwise. Life is too short to have a negative moment of truth with people.

 

[John Olson]

I try to trust and be trusted by everyone~ within reason. Other than cars and real estate I on';t sign or make someone sign anything. My word is golden and I believe others is too until proven otherwise. Life is too short to have a negative moment of truth with people.

+1

 

[The Great Oz]

If you can make a better profit cleaning this rug at $2,500 than you can doing something else in that time frame, do it for $2,500. All of the scary parts of this job are behind you.

My picky:
Doing the same job more often means your crew may save time due to their familiarity and might justify a price reduction. A volume discount would be for doing more work at the same time though, not the same job more often.

 

[Ken Snow]

Technically I agree with u Bryan- it would be a frequency discount in this case.

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[Mikey P]

just got this in my inbox..

Mike,



I spoke to my Director later this afternoon and have good news to report – he agreed that twice annual cleaning of the **** Library Room rug is a good idea and will be funded. The approximate schedule for cleaning is:

1. August right before school starts

2. last week of December after all the winter holiday parties



The 18.7% discount is very much appreciated in return for our commitment to twice annual cleaning. I’ve put a note on my calendar to contact your business at the beginning of August and December annually to arrange cleaning later in each month. Given that it’s March already, I’ll determine whether the rug needs cleaning again this August 2012 and will notify you accordingly.



Thanks again for your excellent work and for working out a good solution that is mutually beneficial.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Sweet!

 

[Brian R]

Nice

 

[Lyman]

How did you come up with 18.7% or $561 of a discount.

 

[Mikey P]

Yeah, not sure where he got that from, I told him 500 off.

 

[ACE]

:roll: $2,500 to $3,000.00 a day for onsite area rug cleaning must be nice.

 

[Hoody]

Mike just really wanted to brag about getting 3k for hacking a rug onsite. :mrgreen:

 

[RGH269]

$3000 a year or $5000 a year give me Five for two days work.