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al9226 wrote:

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Had a lady call me a couple weeks ago.  Needed house and drive cleaned and some wood replaced.  House was filthy, drive was worse.  Lots of rotten wood.  I said I had a guy that would do the wood.  Gave her my price.  I was at $340.00 just for the cleaning.  She said she had a guy that would do it for $80.00 and replace the wood for $25.00.  No problem mam.  Just hold on to my estimate in case.  Well I didn't get the job (thank God). 

The good news is that a guy driving down the street saw my truck and wrote down the number.  I got a House clean from him for $340.00 and he gave me a 50.00 Tip, and he wants me to come back every year.

I was a salesperson for 30 years before I started this business.  Every time you get a customer like you or I had, just smile and remember.  A good one is just around the corner.

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Strangly enough, I got another one yesterday, who left a message and wants me to clean his roof and pressure wash his house, pool area and driveway, for $40.00 an hour!

I told him "Noone can stay in business, charging $40.00 an hour.

If you would like a price on doing your work, please call back.

People are insane do they think that chemicals, insurance, gasoline and payroll grow on trees?

Roof Cleaning Palm Harbor FL 727 543 3276 wrote:

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He never called me back either. Lol

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No, right after I sent this out as a prospective job, he called me and said "A big company called me about this job and said you offered it to them. I don't want a big company." I said I am a big company. He said he wanted a guy with a pressure washer for $20.00 an hour. I said "then don't call pressure cleaning companies, put an ad on Craigslist "I want a guy with a pressure washer to work for me for $20.00 an hour" I told him he probably wouldn't get any takers though.

He's a joke! Just not a funny one!

gutterdog wrote:

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He will get what he paid for! lol!!!

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If he gets anyone, it will be some "always out of work" guy, with a little 5hp pressure washer, that will probably break down 1/2 way through the job.

This may turn out to be "pennywise and dollar stupid" { I hope }

I was just told i am more than twice the cost of 2 other contractors on the price of a roof that was 2 story and 28 sq. I told him that i was giving him a discount and he asked why i was so high. I said the question you need to ask is why they are so low. I explained it cost money to do business and that if you compared my bulk estimate to everyone else that i would be very competitive but still higher. He said he didnt care he was just looking at the roof cost. I asked him to explain a little further about what the other companies were doing exactly and he would he just said he wouldn't be doing business with diamond. Oh well i know he dosent work fpr free an neither do i .by the way i was 560 and my competitors were 375 thats not twice the cost.

Well your lowball competition will have to work twice as hard to make the same amount of money as you Mike. If that makes you feel any better.

gutterdog wrote:

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How do you know they are telling the truth, the HO?

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I dont like playing games. I like cleaning roofs and doing a good job. These homeowners dont always tell the truth but i wont say to them that thier lying i just accept it and try and confirm that we would be the best choice and if that dont work i move on and let the next guy deal with them. My first post on this topic the guy had gotten 4 qoutes.

We probaly only get 30% of what I provide quotes for.It doesn't bother me at all.That's just business.There's always someone who will do it cheaper.It jusy better to work with a customer who puts a real value on a service provider by recognizing that cheapest isn't what you really want.