Good Customer, Good Discount

J F

Just do it for free...you'll feel great! (as you move into the homeless shelter)

DavidC

This is exactly why you can't afford to discount this job. Give him a little extra work or a gift he will appreciate as others gave mentioned.

We are in different times now where work can be scarce, which is exactly why we should be considering increases instead of discounts. Most of us are holding the line price wise (myself included) which is the same as a discount already when you consider less work to cover the same OH.

Good Luck
Dave

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HSConstruction

No discount unless you offered it to them for more work. Otherwise same pricing and then tackle some "while you are here" fixes for free... or extremely discounted.

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charlesmd

Thanks for the ideas fellas, I think I will do a gift for a nice meal, I do know some good places to eat around here.

Celtic

Are we invited?

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custrel

wow ... and some of you wonder why you hear the 'you're going to give me a good price' line from the HOs so often. It's HO speak for "please don't screw me over as badly as you do everyone else."

custrel

What's the predicament? If you want to give him a price break and you can afford to do so, do it.

If you can't because your price is already so low, then just do a great job and know the HO is getting a great value for his money - which is, in essence, a price break.

If you still want to show your appreciation for his business and can't afford a price break, then offer to help on some small nagging honey-do item. It will probably take you five minutes to fix something the guy has been putting off for five years.

Could that open a Pandora's box of free work requests? Maybe. So just do that small favor as the LAST thing you do before you walk out the door. It may make him re-think all those other projects he's been putting off, and he'll call you to see how much you'd charge for some of those.