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    After working long hours for the last couple of weeks and then working Saturday and a good part of Sunday thought I would treat myself to a day off. Only thing I had to do was a quote for an old customer that has moved back into my local area.

    Well the phone starts ! Messages from customers wanting quotes , work / lawns done , calls from "unknown numbers" and to top it off I had only just got my lines in the water when it starts raining and blowing a gale. Baaaarrr Ga. Come home wet and with no fish!

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    HAH serves you right for having a day OFF LOL, have had days like that too!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cranbourne Lawnmowing View Post
    After working long hours for the last couple of weeks and then working Saturday and a good part of Sunday thought I would treat myself to a day off. Only thing I had to do was a quote for an old customer that has moved back into my local area.

    Well the phone starts ! Messages from customers wanting quotes , work / lawns done , calls from "unknown numbers" and to top it off I had only just got my lines in the water when it starts raining and blowing a gale. Baaaarrr Ga. Come home wet and with no fish!
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    Yeah a phone call or 2 wouldn't go astray over this way. All I get lately are from those lovely people at "windows technical support" or the "telstra technical department"...You know...the ones with the 30 second pause before they speak....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cranbourne Lawnmowing View Post
    After working long hours for the last couple of weeks and then working Saturday and a good part of Sunday thought I would treat myself to a day off. Only thing I had to do was a quote for an old customer that has moved back into my local area.

    Well the phone starts ! Messages from customers wanting quotes , work / lawns done , calls from "unknown numbers" and to top it off I had only just got my lines in the water when it starts raining and blowing a gale. Baaaarrr Ga. Come home wet and with no fish!
    Yep, no day off when your self employed.
    Last night at midnight an e-mail beeps in on my iPhone for lawns and then at 6.29am today the first text beeps in for a lawn job. WTF.
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    Dunno, but I didn't like paying Qantas for air travel until Virgin came along (and we know that Qantas is now pharked).....what's really good for this guy is that you saw and noticed his ad.

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    Only reason I saw it was that it popped up in a friends news-feed on facebook. What caught my eye was every 4th mow free. To me that just reeks of desperation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulG View Post
    Only reason I saw it was that it popped up in a friends news-feed on facebook. What caught my eye was every 4th mow free. To me that just reeks of desperation.
    Mate that kind of marketing (the 4th mow free bit) could actually work I suppose. If you were to run it without disclosing prices or simply put a "from" in front of the prices. Dunno about the $40 rubbish removal though. He must dump it on the side of the road somewhere.

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    Yes, never give away a free mow. That's a 25% discount. If youre going to offer incentives make it a fert or weed spray that's a couple of bucks product and takes 5 minutes to do. These either get the lawn going so you get more cuts, or spray areas that cut down the edging time. A smartass client will use that free cut voucher through spring, get the 4th cut and not call again.

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    Checked the letterbox while home for lunch. Another lawnie starting up left a cheap looking flyer offering 25% off the first service, no conditions.

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    I disagree with the idea of discounting services like this. Quote a fair price and expect a fair pay is my motto. Offering free mows attracts the cheapskates like moths to a lamp. You take on someone by offering cheap services you will always regret it. They are of the get it cheap mindset from the get go.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluey View Post
    I disagree with the idea of discounting services like this. Quote a fair price and expect a fair pay is my motto. Offering free mows attracts the cheapskates like moths to a lamp. You take on someone by offering cheap services you will always regret it. They are of the get it cheap mindset from the get go.
    Yeah , I have to agree. Tried it last year and I only just broke even in the end . No free mows but funny how when it comes to the offer they find a way to make it work in their favor when they are already getting a good deal.

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    definitely agree ^^




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    Quote Originally Posted by GardeningSolutions View Post
    Checked the letterbox while home for lunch. Another lawnie starting up left a cheap looking flyer offering 25% off the first service, no conditions.
    This type of advertising does not work anyway. Neither will the old 4th cut free one. It amazes me that people keep trying this useless trick.
    Nobody would buy at full price three times for the free one just to rip the lawnie off either. It wouldnt make sense.
    An effective flyer doesn't leave people wondering what it might cost them. Period.
    I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my Grandfather.....not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by GardeningSolutions View Post
    Checked the letterbox while home for lunch. Another lawnie starting up left a cheap looking flyer offering 25% off the first service, no conditions.
    Ive seen this before, they quote you 25% higher, than discount it. So you are no better off, just words on a bit of paper

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluey View Post
    I disagree with the idea of discounting services like this. Quote a fair price and expect a fair pay is my motto. Offering free mows attracts the cheapskates like moths to a lamp. You take on someone by offering cheap services you will always regret it. They are of the get it cheap mindset from the get go.
    Yeah I agree. The only way it would work would be if you bump up the price initially to compensate. So you might say a $45 mow is $60 and every 4th mow is free. I wouldn't bother with that kind of cheap marketing myself....for lawnmowing anyway. I prefer to do such a good job that by the 4th mow they wanna pay more

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