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Should've dragged out the first test job, add extra "protection" watering etc to take as much time as poss. Then when it comes to the rest of the houses you can just blow thru on production time. If I get a similar situation thats gonna be my strategy, They're gonna cut you down anyway but if think it takes you 1/2-3/4 of a day to do one unit when you can do it in under 2hrs they won't cut you down as much

aaron61 wrote:

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Your not selling hours your selling a clean roof.As them if it took you twice as long as normal would they pay you double??
Funny how some customers will try to back peddle on a price.Even though they got the exact results that they wanted for the price they agreed to.

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 True Aaron, but thats fine if that was the only unit you do but after they wiegh the price they paid to the time it took they may price shop with a lowballer who figures they'll make a moderate profit by doing the work for much less and making up for it in volume for the rest of the subdivision.

If they ok you to do the entire subdivision at the price your asking and you have it contracted in writing, you speed up production and they cannot bitch about the price vs production time later.  Don't let them get the better end of the deal.  Your in business to maximize profits, not just get by.  But good point either way.

A quick update on this since the thread was revived.

The manager of the complex decided they only want the side that is showing growth cleaned on the remaining buildings. I gave them a new price to do one side on a per unit price basis (instead of per building, some buildings have more units than others).Turns out they will be spending more money on most of the buildings because of the number of units, and they will be getting only one side done with no warranty given. Not sure exactly what the thought proccess was and I don't care to ask now, but I making more money on most of the buildings and doing less work. You can't beat that!