I'm glad we have a place where we can all talk about pricing - because it's really important in my opinion.
I worked in a professional industry that was mainly made up of individuals working independently and setting their own prices. When the industry began to slowdown and tighten-up a bit everyone began dropping their prices to beat-out the other guy for the job. Prices went in the toilet and you had to produce more, faster, cheaper. That was 10 years ago, and the industry is still in bad shape.
So when I see prices cut from "normal" to "cheap" I get nervous. I just saw a reply posted on a cycle forum yesterday (he was asking about painting or coating his wheels) where the guy decided not to spray-can them because he could get them powder coated for $40 a rim. He was going to clean them, but not blast them or anything.
How can anyone do it for $40 per rim - and why?
People see this and think our work is nothing...cheap...easy...a notch up from spray-cans - "get it powder coated - it's cheap!" is an actual comment I have seen. This guy will agree...
Please just keep this in mind when you are tossing out prices. Bottom-of-the-barrel prices effect everyone trying to get a fair price for their time and labor.
If we hold a decent line on fair prices it will help us all.
This isn't directed at anyone or a reply to any specific thread.
Please feel free to comment on my rant.
Jay
I worked in a professional industry that was mainly made up of individuals working independently and setting their own prices. When the industry began to slowdown and tighten-up a bit everyone began dropping their prices to beat-out the other guy for the job. Prices went in the toilet and you had to produce more, faster, cheaper. That was 10 years ago, and the industry is still in bad shape.
So when I see prices cut from "normal" to "cheap" I get nervous. I just saw a reply posted on a cycle forum yesterday (he was asking about painting or coating his wheels) where the guy decided not to spray-can them because he could get them powder coated for $40 a rim. He was going to clean them, but not blast them or anything.
How can anyone do it for $40 per rim - and why?
People see this and think our work is nothing...cheap...easy...a notch up from spray-cans - "get it powder coated - it's cheap!" is an actual comment I have seen. This guy will agree...
Please just keep this in mind when you are tossing out prices. Bottom-of-the-barrel prices effect everyone trying to get a fair price for their time and labor.
If we hold a decent line on fair prices it will help us all.
This isn't directed at anyone or a reply to any specific thread.
Please feel free to comment on my rant.
Jay
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