The newer ones appear to be higher, 4p + VAT and slightly higher. I think the one at @Windowcleaningfleet is 4p + VAT but the newer ones dispense the water at a much quicker rate. I think the new one near @Dave B is 4p + VAT as well
I work on higher margins than Supermarkets and the above is not what you said. You said you were warning customers you might surcharge them. Surely you would have included the higher costs into the original quote so you're not standing the £180-£250 costs. In the grand scheme of things you're talking about pennies, with a weekly turnover of £20k I doubt a few hundred quid here and there is going to harm your bottom line
I try not to increase a price given to a customer but sometimes it’s inevitable I cannot predict rises some of the jobs we are doing now were quoted back in March . I doubt you would do jobs and take a hit on each one of £30-50 it wouldn’t make business sense , your travel costs all over the country must have hit your profits hard unless you increase the price
I thought 3p a litre plus vat was a steal and made economic sense to buy pure rather than make it. Obviously if you have one near you. With all the publicity regarding sewage going into the sea untreated means they can bump up the rates to get more money and keep the dividends flowing to the shareholders. We are very lucky up here that Scottish Water is Nationalised because they are spending Billions on massive new sewerage pipes up here. I think its only a matter of time your water companies will go back to a Nationalised service.
I have an annual contract so can't increase prices mid contract, however we are getting more and more work off them, just been informed we have another 200 flats to do on the next quarterly run, which allows us to earn more per trip. It costs us, roughly, an extra £280 per trip but the prices we get more than compensate for this. We will however get the opportunity to increase the prices from January of next year.
That good that you are getting more work from them especially if it can be done the same time as the other work . ?
Wait till you have an electric van, will cost twice as much. ?
It's all up in the air for all businesses, everyone is just plucking figures out of thin air as it's anyone's guess whether todays price is too cheap and too expensive come 6 months down the line.
We have always priced material costs on what it costs us if prices go up so does the material costs we charge the customer if they go down then so will what we charge them as well . I feel this way is fair to both parties and is the way I have always worked .
McDonalds is still cheap. For £28 you could have got 10 chicken burgers, 10 cheeseburgers, 2 cokes, 2 medium fries and 2 Mcflurry's ?Went Burger King tonight ?£28 for too of us ?Is it me being titefisted or does that sound bit pricey fish and chips £15 ??
Is that your meals for the week
No, that's my weekend snack ?
What you’re not understanding is next year I’ll only be able to go on 2 holidays because of this. Me and the wife have to put up with a vehicle each!!! That’s all, just one each!!! It’s a bloody travesty I tell you!!!Let's get real here, we have people claiming to work for £100+ an hour but the material costs, which are 10% of the cost, have gone up 50%, are now prohibitive
I wouldn't know, you tell me ? I don't get up early enough to see ?
