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OK...I'm just blowing off steam here.
I looked at a 3,200 + sqft shingle roof today with recently manacured landscaping & limited gutters.
Guy told me he had 2 other quotes allready for $325 & $300 WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ask how well he likes his landscaping??
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aaron61 wrote:

OK...I'm just blowing off steam here.
I looked at a 3,200 + sqft shingle roodf today with recently manacured landscaping & limited gutters.
Guy told me he had 2 other quotes allready for $325 & $300 WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



LOT'S of beginners in the roof cleaning business Aaron costing everyone money, and themselves too!
They forget there is often a 2 or 3 car garage that has roof on it. They figure incorrectly that it is 3200 sq ft times 10 cents a sq ft ='s 325.00 dollars,  the freaking idiots!
Plus, roofs in the Tampa Bay area are FILTHY from 2 years plus of rainy vs dry winters, and HOA's have just started sending letters out recently. The  HOA's felt sorry for people for a couple of years, and were lenient on roof cleaning letters.
Plus, the beginners don't realize you MUST make your money in the season, to survive the summers!
I would ask 425.00 for that roof, and come down to 375.00, depending on how busy we were.




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Update....This was weird? Guy just called and said he would rather go with us (presentation & professionalism). Wanted to know if I would negotiate a little.( I had given him a price of $475) I said the best I could do would be $450... We scheduled it for the 29th... I am in shock!!!!!!!!!!!!

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aaron61 wrote:

Update....This was weird? Guy just called and said he would rather go with us (presentation & professionalism). Wanted to know if I would negotiate a little.( I had given him a price of $475) I said the best I could do would be $450... We scheduled it for the 29th... I am in shock!!!!!!!!!!!!




Congratulations Aaron.  It sounds as if you handled this perfectly.

Very well done! 



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Whew! I know it wasnt me. All I ever seem to get calls for are tile. Oh wait. Doing a 2 story shingle Monday. LOL...

Seriously though, these guys are killing everything we've worked sooooo hard to try to maintain. Even at my bare min lowest price on a shingle I would have been @ just around the $400.00 range. At my highest I would have just nicked the $500.00 mark.

I work a whole lot less these days and make double and tripple what I used to make 4-5yrs ago. I got tired of bustin my arse and barely getting by. I'm more than willing to work with people a little but not if it's gonna put me in the poor house. NO WAY!!!!



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Whew! I know it wasnt me. All I ever seem to get calls for are tile. Oh wait. Doing a 2 story shingle Monday. LOL...

Seriously though, these guys are killing everything we've worked sooooo hard to try to maintain. Even at my bare min lowest price on a shingle I would have been @ just around the $400.00 range. At my highest I would have just nicked the $500.00 mark.

I work a whole lot less these days and make double and tripple what I used to make 4-5yrs ago. I got tired of bustin my arse and barely getting by. I'm more than willing to work with people a little but not if it's gonna put me in the poor house. NO WAY!!!!



I'm with ya Bro! You can rest assured if you & I are looking at that same project I will not be working for beer money.
I always leave a potential customer with "make sure whoever you hire provides references,insurance and are RCIA members."


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Roof Cleaning Palm Harbor FL 727 543 3276 wrote:

Whew! I know it wasnt me. All I ever seem to get calls for are tile. Oh wait. Doing a 2 story shingle Monday. LOL...

Seriously though, these guys are killing everything we've worked sooooo hard to try to maintain. Even at my bare min lowest price on a shingle I would have been @ just around the $400.00 range. At my highest I would have just nicked the $500.00 mark.

I work a whole lot less these days and make double and tripple what I used to make 4-5yrs ago. I got tired of bustin my arse and barely getting by. I'm more than willing to work with people a little but not if it's gonna put me in the poor house. NO WAY!!!!



I'm with ya Bro! You can rest assured if you & I are looking at that same project I will not be working for beer money.
I always leave a potential customer with "make sure whoever you hire provides references,insurance and are RCIA members."



It appears to me that you are not going anywhere anytime soon so we should probably get together and do lunch one of these days. I actually get a lot of calls for painting on exteriors and tile roofs. I'm sure we could be an asset to each other.



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aaron61 wrote:

OK...I'm just blowing off steam here.
I looked at a 3,200 + sqft shingle roodf today with recently manacured landscaping & limited gutters.
Guy told me he had 2 other quotes allready for $325 & $300 WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Thats because you live in Florida, you can work all year round.  

 



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aaron61 wrote:

OK...I'm just blowing off steam here.
I looked at a 3,200 + sqft shingle roodf today with recently manacured landscaping & limited gutters.
Guy told me he had 2 other quotes allready for $325 & $300 WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Thats because you live in Florida, you can work all year round.  

 



-- Edited by Roof Cleaning Lanoka Harbor NJ 609-971-6553 on Saturday 19th of March 2011 07:13:47 PM



I'm sorry I don't see what that has to do with pricing?



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Update....This was weird? Guy just called and said he would rather go with us (presentation & professionalism). Wanted to know if I would negotiate a little.( I had given him a price of $475) I said the best I could do would be $450... We scheduled it for the 29th... I am in shock!!!!!!!!!!!!




Good Job buddy, you can always come down, a little, but you can never go up!



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Roof Cleaning Palm Harbor FL 727 543 3276 wrote:

Whew! I know it wasnt me. All I ever seem to get calls for are tile. Oh wait. Doing a 2 story shingle Monday. LOL...

Seriously though, these guys are killing everything we've worked sooooo hard to try to maintain. Even at my bare min lowest price on a shingle I would have been @ just around the $400.00 range. At my highest I would have just nicked the $500.00 mark.

I work a whole lot less these days and make double and tripple what I used to make 4-5yrs ago. I got tired of bustin my arse and barely getting by. I'm more than willing to work with people a little but not if it's gonna put me in the poor house. NO WAY!!!!



I'm with ya Bro! You can rest assured if you & I are looking at that same project I will not be working for beer money.
I always leave a potential customer with "make sure whoever you hire provides references,insurance and are RCIA members."



It appears to me that you are not going anywhere anytime soon so we should probably get together and do lunch one of these days. I actually get a lot of calls for painting on exteriors and tile roofs. I'm sure we could be an asset to each other.



I'll have to take you up on that 1 of these days. Right now I am completely booked for estimating (3-5 per day painting & roof cleaning) so my wife usually packs me a lunch that I eat on the road......Maybe I should slow down a little??? NAAAAAAAAAAAAAA



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Aaron, congrats! I don't come down on my price, ever. As my father in law says, we aren't a flea market!

Good job sticking to your guns and obviously, the homeowner knew who the better choice was. I've gotta get some presentation folders made like you did, haha.

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Update....This was weird? Guy just called and said he would rather go with us (presentation & professionalism). Wanted to know if I would negotiate a little.( I had given him a price of $475) I said the best I could do would be $450... We scheduled it for the 29th... I am in shock!!!!!!!!!!!!




No it's not "Weird" and don't be in shock. Consumers are "Coming Around" they are looking for a "Professional Service" at a "Reasonable Price". To many times, they, or friends of theirs have been "Screwed" by the "Hacks" or Johnny Come Lately's.

Good Job!!!!!


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aaron 61 wrote:

Roof Cleaning Palm Harbor FL 727 543 3276 wrote:

Whew! I know it wasnt me. All I ever seem to get calls for are tile. Oh wait. Doing a 2 story shingle Monday. LOL...

Seriously though, these guys are killing everything we've worked so hard to try to maintain. Even at my bare min lowest price on a shingle I would have been @ just around the $400.00 range. At my highest I would have just nicked the $500.00 mark.

I work a whole lot less these days and make double and triple what I used to make 4-5yrs ago. I got tired of busting my arse and barely getting by. I'm more than willing to work with people a little but not if it's gonna put me in the poor house. NO WAY!!!!



I'm with ya Bro! You can rest assured if you & I are looking at that same project I will not be working for beer money.
I always leave a potential customer with "make sure whoever you hire provides references,insurance and are RCIA members."



It appears to me that you are not going anywhere anytime soon so we should probably get together and do lunch one of these days. I actually get a lot of calls for painting on exteriors and tile roofs. I'm sure we could be an asset to each other.



I'll have to take you up on that 1 of these days. Right now I am completely booked for estimating (3-5 per day painting & roof cleaning) so my wife usually packs me a lunch that I eat on the road......Maybe I should slow down a little??? NAAAAAAAAAAAAAA



You and I have a bit in common. I'm pretty addicted to work as well although I normally leave myself a day or 2 to recover during the week. Right now ( with a few days off) we are doing 2-3 jobs per day with the exception of this Monday. 4 Jobs. Gonna be a long one. The next customer that gives me the go ahead will be scheduled for March 30th. I love when it gets busy like this but it will wear ya down quick having to wear so many hats.



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This is at the Sig line of every email I send.Some get it some don't.

"The bitterness of poor quality is remembered
long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory"

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Update....This was weird? Guy just called and said he would rather go with us (presentation & professionalism). Wanted to know if I would negotiate a little.( I had given him a price of $475) I said the best I could do would be $450... We scheduled it for the 29th... I am in shock!!!!!!!!!!!!




Dont be in shock. The world is round and if you are professional and position your company right in your space you will be rewarded. 

"I dont want all of the customers....just the customers that will pay my price"

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It's also possible he is not being truthful about the first two quotes.

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It's also possible he is not being truthful about the first two quotes.



that's right!



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It's also possible he is not being truthful about the first two quotes.




WHAT A CUSTOMER LIE????????????????biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin



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