NickfromWI
King of Splices
I occasionally encounter this annoying situation. I wanted to see what you folks do in these situations. I'll describe.
So lets say I go out and meet a prospective client. I send them a bid. Maybe it has 5 items on it, ranging in price from $100 up to maybe $1,500. Lets say it looks like this...
Magnolia: Prune to clear from building by a minimum of 5 ft. $300
Coast live oak: Prune to remove deadwood 1" diameter and larger $1,500
Dead birch: Remove ALAP $100
I see a potential $1,900 job. Few guys could get out there and knock it out in a day. Nice.
Client responds, "Thanks, but for now we'll just remove the dead birch tree."
Great- now I gotta send someone across town with a truck to be there for 10 minutes to cut down a measly $100 tree.
How do you protect yourself from that situation? I'm considering tacking on something to the quote that basically says, "this all assumes you hire us to do everything." or "this only counts if you hire us for at least X dollars."
Thoughts?
love
nick
So lets say I go out and meet a prospective client. I send them a bid. Maybe it has 5 items on it, ranging in price from $100 up to maybe $1,500. Lets say it looks like this...
Magnolia: Prune to clear from building by a minimum of 5 ft. $300
Coast live oak: Prune to remove deadwood 1" diameter and larger $1,500
Dead birch: Remove ALAP $100
I see a potential $1,900 job. Few guys could get out there and knock it out in a day. Nice.
Client responds, "Thanks, but for now we'll just remove the dead birch tree."
Great- now I gotta send someone across town with a truck to be there for 10 minutes to cut down a measly $100 tree.
How do you protect yourself from that situation? I'm considering tacking on something to the quote that basically says, "this all assumes you hire us to do everything." or "this only counts if you hire us for at least X dollars."
Thoughts?
love
nick