On 4/14/2012 11:21 AM, Frank wrote:
On Apr 14, 5:47 am, Caesar wrote:
On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:23:22 -0400, Frank
wrote Re Prices lowered for the
economy?:

We bargain all the time with the cable company.
Every time our low cost option expires we ask for the current one and
threaten to switch to FIOS. We get what we want.

We recently got a letter from our development that a trash hauler that
got a lot of customers here would do it at almost half what it was
costing us. We called ours and told him and he dropped price to match.

Go to your doctor and tell him you will pay cash if he reduces his rate.
Good chance he will.

Senior discounts, I get them all the time.

But, when I sell my consulting service, there is no bargaining.
Flat hourly rate take it or leave it.

Given all the time you spend here, I'll bet a lot leave it.
--
Work is the curse of the drinking class.

I'm retired, probably with too much time on my hands.
My consulting is only a few days a month and most for one client.
Actually when I explain my charges, they usually take it and don't try
to reduce it.
I have probably turned down more jobs than I accepted all for reasons
other than money.
I also quit dealing with intermediaries as customer would end up
paying double and I'd waste more time dealing with those that would
not hire the agency.

I do all sorts of work and the thing most folks can't get through their
heads is the fact that I don't sell parts, I sell my time. The price of
my time is based on the number of years and the cost of me gaining the
skills and knowledge I possess. People who complain about the cost of
labor for a job are the same people who will pay a lawyer $250.00 for
a few sheets of paper without batting an eye. I tell them, you pay an
attorney $250.00 for 10 cents worth of paper and you're complaining
about paying me $250.00 for an electric motor and the time it took me to
remove/install and obtain said motor for you plus coming to you? Do
you have brain damage or something? I do fire customers on a regular
basis if they're the constant complaining type. I'm never nasty to them,
I simply tell them that I can no longer help them, please call
someone else. Call Monstrous Repair Service with 150 service techs and
you'll find out why it is they all drive shiny new trucks. ^_^

TDD