Delco price list hurting the industry,

FCPWLLC said:
I've been saying (for quite some time now) that list has been creating lowballers for years.

I especially despise the line about what to charge if you have no insurance.
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When I got into the business, that list was the first thing I looked at. Even then, instinct told me there was something wrong with those prices. Any Joe off the street comes in and those prices can cause serious profit loss.
 
Customers are likely to look at this as well. You show up with your price that you need in order to be profitible, and the customer tells you that you are crazy because the national average is XXXX..
 
I agree the list needs to be changed...like Ron said the list has been there and its going to stay there....Jeff had a good idea about the suggested retail pricing....keep it high....theres no way to make an accurate price list that will apply to every contractor nation wide but it needs to be a high average....and frankly any update would be better than the pricing on the list now
 
jbmillion said:
I agree the list needs to be changed...like Ron said the list has been there and its going to stay there....Jeff had a good idea about the suggested retail pricing....keep it high....theres no way to make an accurate price list that will apply to every contractor nation wide but it needs to be a high average....and frankly any update would be better than the pricing on the list now
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Why does it have to be there? Why try to update something that was wrong to begin with? If the Delco guy wanted to help he could hit delete and let it be. But as I said earlier, I don't think many people used it to begin with.
 
Imagine the lowballers without a list. when people start out in this biz they think they will make tons of money. they follow the price list, then after overhead they realize they are in over their heads sell their stuff on ebay and thats it for them. but without the list people wont know where to start from and will bid lower no matter what equipment they have sometimes the lowballer gets the good contract. if they start to get more big jobs and we lose our contracts. because the price was cheaper and the work was ok? they tell their friends about mr. lowballer and before you know it the prices are lower that ever. so keep the list
 
precisionpower said:
When I got into the business, that list was the first thing I looked at. Even then, instinct told me there was something wrong with those prices. Any Joe off the street comes in and those prices can cause serious profit loss.
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And heart ache..it will cost someone money for sure. possibly two people, him and the guy who lost the work.
 
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The thread was (accidentally) removed and I am trying to recover it.
 
well since it doesn't look like the other thread id going to come back, I'll post what I was going to say here...

Go to this link

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.dcs1.com/del/pricing.html

You'll see the entire history of that price survey. Now click on the 1997 version and scroll down to house washing.

1997:
$95.00 to $295.00 or 10 cents/Sq. Ft.(Note: Vinyl Sided Homes go for as little as $39.95)

2010:
Method #1. $95.00 to $295.00 or 10 cents/Sq. Ft. for single story and 20 cents/Sq. Ft. for double story. (Note: Vinyl Sided Homes go for as little as $39.95)


Has Delco increased their equipment and parts prices since 1997?

IMHO.....if a vendor is going to have that price list on their domain, they should treat it as if they were going to have to honor those prices. They have an obligation to keep it as current as they do their own price lists.

I say they should hard code a redirect to that URL to a PWI page that addresses the pricing issue in a manner that does not lead to lowballing from ignorance, does not mislead customers and directs people to their local pressure washer for pricing. It could be in a board of it's own with regions or state sub boards.

This page has little value to Delux.....lot's of value to us.
 
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