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Philly/West Chester Low Ballers

Apex Roof Cleaning · Guest

As you guys know, I had the online estimate. For this home

http://roof-cleaning-institute.activeboard.com/t49811659/need-some-bing-maps-help/

I gave them my price, around $1500 roof and house. I called the guy back after a week, and he said I was 2.5X higher in price than his house same size in West Chester. I believe this guy was totally honest, not trying to get me to lower my price.

Dan

Roof Cleaning New Jersey · Jul 10, 2012

If you priced it at $1200 like I told you, then you'd be only twice as high and would have gotten the job. J/k bro. On to the next,

Roof Cleaning Severna Park MD · guest

I would have been between around $1,000 - $1,200 on that for the roof and house and still would have made great money. Your competitor was definitely pretty low, hopefully the homeowner isn't getting a hack job..

Roof Cleaning New Jersey · Jul 11, 2012

I'm going to be completely honest, I hope the guy get's a hack job.

jcstomper · Jul 13, 2012

Apex Roof Cleaning wrote:
As you guys know, I had the online estimate. For this home
http://roof-cleaning-institute.activeboard.com/t49811659/need-some-bing-maps-help/
I gave them my price, around $1500 roof and house. I called the guy back after a week, and he said I was 2.5X higher in price than his house same size in West Chester. I believe this guy was totally honest, not trying to get me to lower my price.
Dan

if $1500 is 2.5 higher. i would have laughed and said you get what you pay for.. no way in hell i would do that for less then 13-1400...

move on to the next one.. maybe he'll call you to fix what the other guy screws up..

jcstomper · Jul 13, 2012

Roof Cleaning New Jersey wrote:
I'm going to be completely honest, I hope the guy get's a hack job.

Guest

It must be dan from pristine roof cleaning up to his antics again. Just driving around lowballin roofs.

Chesapeake · Guest

$1500 was a fair price for that job. I would've been at $1450 after discount + travel. Don't worry about the lowballers. There is way to much work out there to let it bother you.

RCIA Founder

Every one is different, but I do not allow customers a "triumph" over me disbelief

I tell them they will get what they pay for, and the lower priced competitor is watering down chemicals, not giving them a "treatment" etc etc etc.

But after nearly 20 years of doing this, one lost job is no big deal. Like Ed said "off to the next job"

al9226 · Premium Member Roof Cleaning Institute of America

What everyone has to realize is that if the customer says they got it for that much less, they are seldom telling the truth. They are just trying to Make you have a bad day.

I sold New Cars for 30 years before I got into this business. People would tell me what they paid for the car at the other dealer (not realizing that I knew the salesperson and what they paid) and it was usually around the same price and sometimes higher.

Apex Roof Cleaning · Guest

Al I understand any smart consumer would do this, but this guy had nothing to lose! There isn't another within 50 miles, lol and his name is Hank. I may contact him again in a few weeks, suggesting only having the roof done. As everyone else said. I'm really not worried about it, instead I sent my guys out to throw some flyers which brought in 4 more calls.

Dan

waxman18324 · Premium Member Roof Cleaning Institute Of America

Dan and I work together so we don't get in each others way or compremise our working relationship. If a customer that might be in his area calls me, I'll check with him to see if he supplied a quote. He's gave me leads as well. I'll steal his advertising methods but not his customers.

Hank

Jul 20, 2012

I gave a guy a quote of 640 he told me he wanted it done for 400, no way. He called Art O who has been very helpful the last two years, and told him he got my quote and one for 450.He was full of it he was hoping Art would do it for that.

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