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The best way to negotiate the price of your car service AND get free tyres..

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You can't. Why do people try and negotiate prices? Even after I have said no. I see it as rude and disrespectful, the second you even ask, I don't want to see you anymore. I don't need you or your money. I run a business so that I can live and make a life I don't work in the industry purely for fun.

I got a text today to see if I could not only do my service cheaper but also with all the extras I offer in my deluxe service like DFK and DATY etc. I told him if he was able to get his grocerys for half price at woolworths next time then I would see him all night for free. Maybe I overeacted but it's the 3rd timewasting text I have gotten in the past hour.

Two of my clients yesterday told me my prices are too cheap and I should up them, maybe if I had higher prices idiots wouldn't waste my time so much.
 
I am happy to give a discount on car service if the lady is pretty and smiles

But no free tyres

You should have titled it... getting a discount from a cabbie... that never happens to me
 
Get's so frustrating. You wouldn't barter with your dentist so I don't see why our business is any different.
 
Haha cabbies are different, they never have change for a $100 bill so they have no choice but to give you a discount! I learnt that accidentally though haha
 
So what the client tried to negotiate the price down? Clients are customers and customers are king.

There are plenty of Asian prostitutes who offer everything for half the price of Aussie/European girls with attitudes and think they are worth $300 to $600 per hour. Asians do it for $150 to $200 per hour. Anyway at the end of a day a root is a root.

Prostitutes are generally women from a lower socio-economic working class background. Prostitution is an easy way of making lots of money for women just laying on their backs. No education is needed to be a prostitute. Prostitutes are not always worth the price they charge. The price is not the best indication of service.
 
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leah. said:
Get's so frustrating.6 You wouldn't barter with your dentist so I don't see why our business is any different.
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You know, some actually do.. "I've only got this much but I'm sure you can still do it"

I'm not a WL but I'm on the exact same wave length so I feel your pain. Plenty of people around using the fucked up economy to screw other people for whatever they can get. The desperate just give in but it makes it harder for the rest of us. Nothing you can really do.

Take comfort that you don't deal with people buying whitegoods / tvs etc cause they cop it hard day in, day out.
 
I agree with Leah. Trying to get the price down is disrespectful, by default.

However, there are certain ways of doing it, that haven't come across to me as lacking respect. If a guy is happy to ring and talk to me directly and tell me he is slightly short of the hour price I may agree to see him for that price, as long as he isn't wanting a whole lot of extras and doesen't expect me to go over time. And then it will depend on what he is like during the booking. If he is very demanding I will remind him that he got a discount, and if he carries on with it I will terminate the booking.

Texting and asking for a discount is bullshit. The way it usually goes with them is that they ask for a discount via text first, and then if you text that it is possible to have it considered, they then start texting "what is your description" etc. Research before you expect me to text back. And at least have the courtesy to ring.
 
Bartering is actually quite common in our community, we just don't see it all that much.
The Good Guys have the motto "Pay Cash, Pay Less", usually with signs saying this is the price, but if you offer cash, we'll sell it cheaper.
The other day on TV, Gerry Harvey said it is expected of people to ask for a "BETTER" price when purchasing items at Harvey Norman.
If you have overdue fees from renting a movie, most places suggest offering around 2/3rds of the asked price for a subsidising of the rest (ie you owe $13 for over due fees, offer $10 to cover the whole $13).
When you need major job done, it is common for people to ring around and get prices. Company A says $300, phone company B and they say $315. You respond with "Oh okay, company A was offering it for $300, so I might go with them". Company B responds with, okay we can do it for $290.
When buying a car, everyone shops around for the best deal they can get. Again company A say they will include items a, b & c at the time of purchase. Company B says they will include items a, b & c and will even throw in d when you buy it.
These are all forms of bartering / bargaining. Quite common and quite expected in a lot of businesses. Is it acceptable / correct for punters to bargain / barter with a WL? I dunno, each to their own preference really. But to think it is only a problem which occurs with WL's is a little naive IMO.
 
I do barter, I am open to suggestions. But as a working lady, I am not interested in hearing from people who want a "bargain." Those kinds of clients are demanding, and don't want to pay what I am worth.
 
If a root is a root and your happy to pay $150 for an asian then I couldn't care less, see an asian lady. But I generally wouldn't see clients like you, that's not what it's about to me or alot of my clients. And to say we are from a lower class working background all uneducated making easy money lying on our back, well your an idiot. Girls may not always be worth the price they charge no but that's why it's called punting. I'm sure lot's of my clients think I'm worth more and some less. At the end of the day I wouldn't do it for any less.

If someone was to call and speak to me about it, may be a different story yes I agree. I'm open to suggestions etc too but just go about it the right way and don't expect to be number 1 priority over clients who do pay full price. But I don't think we are like whitegoods and cars.. we have our prices clearly stated it's not ring for a quote or if you pay on the day get it half price etc. Different type of business.
 
I didn't mean your (or mine..) services are the same as whitegoods but that's a perfect example of tightarses wanting something for nothing.

Plenty of us offer a service and/or product but we have to expect there will problematic people.
 
My mother told me that you never know anything unless you ask... this doesn't actually mean you will receive what it is you are asking for?? Lol:thumbsup:
 
Negotiating a price down is a part of life today everyone wants to pay less than the asking price.
dosent matter if your buying or selling a product or service employee or employer people will always try to get something for less.
The civility in the matter is lost in how hard you push your point.
 
markeys said:
Negotiating a price down is a part of life today everyone wants to pay less than the asking price.
dosent matter if your buying or selling a product or service employee or employer people will always try to get something for less.
The civility in the matter is lost in how hard you push your point.
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The only problem with that "theory" is that we may as well then put up our asking prices, so that when we get beaten down, you only think we are beaten down. Waste of everybody's time if you ask me. This is not a job where we want to waste energy haggling. And a good rule of thumb is that if a client wants to haggle over the price, he will, further into the booking want to haggle over the services, and try and push the boundaries there too. The minute a client starts haggling, I tend to give it a miss. There are plenty round who will pay and are happy to.
 
Would I be wrong in also suggesting that the price could equate to the extra time needed before a shift to get ready, as well as the cost in maintaining your appearance (hair,nails,makeup etc)? My sibling is a hairdresser from a top end salon and she charges $85 as a minimum for womens haircuts. :eek:
 
Yes, Spacey 1, you would be 100% right. Some of us have also had plastic surgery, so of course, extra costs there. Then there is the cost of lingerie, outfits, shoes, boots, etc.
 
I believe that the ladies find the right price for their services Some overcharge and find they have to lower their expectations, others have undervalued their worth and end up adjusting upwards. The only thing that may irk me is seeing some girls websites Where
they say price is non-negotiable(Fair enough) Then add a list of acceptable presents
for you to choose from if you wish to buy her a present One girl even reccomends buying her Bunnings vouchers.
 
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