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May i ask? would you pay for A Quote?

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Hi, Gang,:D

My question relates to!! Quotes, be that, Kitchens! Double Glazing,

Driveways..general Home Improvements!!:eek:lol

Thankyou, Appreciate your thoughts!!:cool:
 
there would have to be a huge reason for me to pay for a quote. I'd pay for an insurance quote if I knew I'd get the money back on a successful claim going through. I'd consider paying for a quote for something very niche, perhaps an extensive restoration of something whereby the quoter had to obviously spend a lot of time collating info for the quote. I 99% wouldnt pay for a home improvement quote though...
 
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No, its now the norm not to pay for a quote, by charging you will put yourself at a serious disadvantage, the only exception would be if the customer has made it quite clear that they only want one for a mortgage or an insurance company.

I really wish we could charge, it would ween out the trouble makers, what we need is a tradesman union where they say you MUST charge for quotes:)
 
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THANKS!:D Guys for those comments!:eek:LOL

Let me ask the same Question? in a slightly different Way!:|lol

Would you pay for a quotation! if there was An incentive attached??

Thanks Again.
 
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Willself said:
THANKS!:D Guys for those comments!:eek:LOL

Let me ask the same Question? in a slightly different Way!:|lol

Would you pay for a quotation! if there was An incentive attached??

Thanks Again.
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if the incentive was somethting I wanted and its value was equal to or exceeded the cost of the quote, I might. To be honest, if I was looking for a quote for home improvements, I'd just want a straight quote for the work with no gimmicks attatched...
 
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Geoff!!

Excellent!!..Lets assume you are looking 4 Home Improvements..say a Kichen!:)

OK...i say, that i will come and Quote you on a No-Obligation Basis!

However you must pay up-front £XXX....for which you will get A guaranteed

7 Night Stay! at a Top Quality Holiday Resort! in say 1 of 5 Destinations!
including School Holidays Valued..more than your £XXX.fee

Appreciate your feedback.....Thankyou.
 
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However you must pay up-front £XXX....for which you will get A guaranteed

7 Night Stay! at a Top Quality Holiday Resort! in say 1 of 5 Destinations!
including School Holidays Valued..more than your £XXX.fee

Appreciate your feedback.....Thankyou.
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OK , I would see this as a company trying to do something different to stand out from the rest and i would suggest that any company does this. One thing for sure though is when you start offering holidays people immediatly suspect its like the 'scratch card' holidays where you can travel only certain dates and certain conditions like you can stay but you have to pay for your own flights. These are considered cons these days so providing your steering away from that and you can lay your cards on the table with an honest approach and a fair offer then i can see you doing very well assuming you have connections to this holiday and your not paying for it on behalf of the customer.

In fact the more i think about it are you sure you have thought about this carefully ha ?
 
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WHICH!!:eek:

Rest assured i would inform the client requesting A quote!!:DWhat the

Holiday Promotion entailed!!:)Having Sold Holidays !!:eek: for a Decision

on the Day!! i think i am skilled enough!! to know when to CLOSE!!

Besides if it entailed Airfares transfers a £1,000 Kitchen would cost 10K!
 
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Willself said:
WHICH!!:eek:

Rest assured i would inform the client requesting A quote!!:DWhat the

Holiday Promotion entailed!!:)Having Sold Holidays !!:eek: for a Decision

on the Day!! i think i am skilled enough!! to know when to CLOSE!!

Besides if it entailed Airfares transfers a £1,000 Kitchen would cost 10K![/quote

Ah , i misread i think lol .. phew i thought you meant you get the holiday for allowing you to quote whether they go with you or not. , And regarding you being skilled enough ( With double exclamation marks ) how was i supposed to know. All i know of you is that you have this idea. so i hope you appreciate no offence to your profession is intended.

I was just simply highlighting the importance of being different from a scratch card because thats been tried tested worked and now failing.

Anyway have a nice evening.
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so whats on offer here - a free holiday in return for the chance to quote or a free holiday if you place an order:|
 
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MATT!!:D

Just toying with an idea!!:)OK!!

No paying an up-front fee!! BEFORE your quote Matt!! if you go ahead fine..you still get your holiday!!

IF on the other Hand, you decline! Well at least you have an Holiday!! for the up-front fee!!

Thanks Again.

Its A win...WIN situation 4 ME!!
 
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there might be something in this ............. last time I booked a holiday I was bowled over by the complimentary bathroom re-fit.





hey Will,lol, stop trying to give your holidays away and try selling them instead - it`s a novel idea but it does tend to work.
 
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If a tradesman arrived at the booked time, was professional, knowledgeable and kept any promises (i.e. fully detailed quote by email by 10am tomorrow) then I would be willing to pay something like £20 to cover his petrol expenses.

If I want a holiday I buy a holiday. If I want a kitchen I buy a kitchen (funny I bought a kitchen on Monday evening!) - I don't buy a kitchen with a view to winning a holiday. That strikes me that my kitchen is more expensive to cover the cost of the 1:10 people who win the holiday.

In short, I'm happy to pay for good service but not anything for bad or mediocre.

Craig
 
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Well.. the idea should be that you would arrange to have the kitchen fitted whilst they are on a holiday.. as they would not have gas/electrics etc.. whils the work is being done. ( putting them up in a hotel for the duration is not the same thing):)

I think its a good idea....

Good luck with it...
 
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I wouldn't contact any company offering that as a service at all. It is far too complicated and comes accross as dodgy - even if your not anad you told me on the phone you weren't!

I just would not expect to pay for a quote at all and if I wanted a holiday I would go and book one. Why are you thinking of doing that do you get too many quotation requests just now?
 
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YES!!:eek: One of the Major draw-backs of so called "Free-Quotes":eek:LOL

Is any Tom Dick or Harry!! can request one, even if the Quote was for 2011!!
OR they just wanted a nights entertainment! While i can tell if they are Genuine within the first 45 mins....even if it means a 3-4 hour CLOSE!!

Why should i be there !! Unless i am there 4 Business Now!!...not some distant dream.....
 
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I'm the wrong person to comment on this with my personal opinion as I think tradespeople have to be careful to retain a credibility and anything that dents that credibility for me is a no no. No such thing as a free lunch and of course if you buy a kitchen and get a holiday thrown in, you're actually paying for the hols on the kitchen. However, I guess this sort of approach does work for certain sectors of the population that are naive enough to think there ARE free lunches!!!!
 
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MATT!!:eek:

IT might interest you to learn!:D Fact over 65% When questioned said given the choice between A so called Freebie..and None..guess who won.

After All Yellow Pages built an empire on FREE-PHONE Numbers!!

When you want a car quote, insurances etc etc.given 3 or more choices!!

Which company would you choose ?? if 1 offered a Free-Phone number?

Makes Sense to Me!!:cool:
 
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Willself said:
MATT!!:eek:

IT might interest you to learn!:D Fact over 65% When questioned said given the choice between A so called Freebie..and None..guess who won.

After All Yellow Pages built an empire on FREE-PHONE Numbers!!

When you want a car quote, insurances etc etc.given 3 or more choices!!

Which company would you choose ?? if 1 offered a Free-Phone number?

Makes Sense to Me!!:cool:
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the only comparison thats relevant is what % of people looking to have a new kitchen chose the supplier offering a freebie - is this what you meant?!
 
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MATT!!:eek: No i was talking in General Terms!!:D Sure some folk had an

insurance Quote..just to Get a PARKER! Pen..lol
 
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TOO complicated an incentive. As mentioned these offers are associated with 'scratch' holidays even free ones with destination and times strictly limited and the overall bill more expensive as you have to pay for meals. If your looking to offer a genuine deal the local travel agents earns just 10% on budget holidays. He is not going to bother offering a discount on that for low volume introductions.

As said then. Wrong type of incentive. You could of course look at something more practical like a new set of saucepans but frankly I think that the public are a bit more savvy these days when it comes to gimmicks and in any event are used to free estimates.

A recent personal experience hoever might provide the perfect solution to many tradesmen looking to maximise revenue from quotations.

It like most successful new inititaives is simple. Offer to types of quote as my architect did. A basic Free one giving only pricing for a typical type of building and another chargeble quote with a CAD 3D full colour drawing. More of an artists impression these were far short of full architects drawings but nevertheless were extremely useful in playing around with.

Great if your thinking of a new kitchen and even how new raqds would look in the lounge and I think most people would pay a reasonable fee for actually seeing the makeover before commiting to the big expenses and it is already the norm with many interior desighers.

There you go then. A basic quote for free and an enhanced more detailed quote with artists illustration for a reasonable fee.

Hope the info helps. BTW. Be nice to know how much you were thinking of charging.

Robert

Incidentally. I recently tried out a few of these CAD software packages and some are really easy to use. Let me know if anyone interested.
 
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Sorry, but I would never pay for a quote. Too many businesses will offer a free estimate on work, so why should I? :)
 
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oldeagleeye said:
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A recent personal experience hoever might provide the perfect solution to many tradesmen looking to maximise revenue from quotations.

It like most successful new inititaives is simple. Offer to types of quote as my architect did. A basic Free one giving only pricing for a typical type of building and another chargeble quote with a CAD 3D full colour drawing.
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Now that is a great idea and one that could be adopted by many different trades I think, even mine (different offering, same principle)
 
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oldeagleeye said:
A recent personal experience hoever might provide the perfect solution to many tradesmen looking to maximise revenue from quotations.

It like most successful new inititaives is simple. Offer two types of quote as my architect did. A basic Free one giving only pricing for a typical type of building and another chargeble quote with a CAD 3D full colour drawing. More of an artists impression these were far short of full architects drawings but nevertheless were extremely useful in playing around with.

Great if your thinking of a new kitchen and even how new raqds would look in the lounge and I think most people would pay a reasonable fee for actually seeing the makeover before commiting to the big expenses and it is already the norm with many interior desighers.

There you go then. A basic quote for free and an enhanced more detailed quote with artists illustration for a reasonable fee.
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never heard of IKEA?
 
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Can we just establish something here.I was under the impression that the OP was a tradsman trying to promote his services by offering an incentive rather than a free quote.

Now it appears he is looking a ways of selling holidays. I think that is a little underhand Willself and I don't think that with your general attitude you are going to get very far with this venture of yours.

It seems your a one man band for a start who puts together holidays in Europe. If so neither the tradsman who presumably buys your holidays or the homeowner have any comeback if you get up and leave town.

I doubt that would impress the likes of Everest or Anglian for a start so who are you trying to target. I certainly can't see any in sight.

What for instance is your lowest priced holiday for 2 as we are talking homeowners. £500 quid min surely even for a camp site in France.

Do you really expect anyone wanting a double glazing or kitchen quote is going to fork out more than that for a quote. It would even make a genuine tradsman look dodgy.

I'll reserve judgement on this one for a moment however until you reply with the min price per holiday a someone seeking a quote would have to pay up front.

No waffling now. How much and what guarantess can you give with your holidays.

Robert
 
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Have heard of IKEA and even got their catalogue. What have they got to do with quotes for double glazing - new central heating etc and bespoke kitchens.

I thought it was almost all flat pack furniture. The Swedish equivilent of MFI.-

How positively e-x-c-i-t-i-n-g. If you like watching magnolia paint dry:eek:
 
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ROBERT!!

1 Can offer A studio Apt, sleep. 2 At £99. Accommodations Only!!

In terms of safe-guards these Holiday Resorts can be found on the Web!

Everything i quote for, comes with a written confirmation.

1 offer 100% Money Back Guarantee!! if the resort does not live up to

Expectations..More-over the clients fill in a Survey sheet before departure.

Having sent countless clients...YET to experience 1 complaint..
 
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Such knowledge of DIY Saxondale. My ex would have loved you and I would have paid for you to come and live with us.:D

Seriously.Most people when they hear the word CAD think complicated. The new software is not and and easy learning curve for any trademans to offer a free CAD as an incentive to sign up.
 
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No Saxon. The ex-wife would have come free. If I were a tradesman I would charge a fee for the CAD as an 'enhanced quote' even though the sotware was free to me. It's the TIME in preparing the quote. Get it.
 
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Willself said:
Hi, Gang,:D

My question relates to!! Quotes, be that, Kitchens! Double Glazing,

Driveways..general Home Improvements!!:eek:lol

Thankyou, Appreciate your thoughts!!:cool:
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Hi! this is martin. i would like to pay but only in those condition when i am getting at least double profit from this.
everyone here is for making profit not to loose money. what do you think?
 
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oldeagleeye said:
No Saxon. The ex-wife would have come free. If I were a tradesman I would charge a fee for the CAD as an 'enhanced quote' even though the sotware was free to me. It's the TIME in preparing the quote. Get it.
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wish you`d make your mind up, anyway, no - no one`s impressed by 3D drawings anymore, check out "lego digital designer" for the kiddie version.
 
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