We have done some work for these guys before. Everything was smooth. But today I got this email.


"I can tell you what the orders will pay, but every order is different. In this case if you took all the orders it will be priced like this: Lockbox (20.00), Lockset replacement on secondary door (15.00), Toilet cleaning (20.00 per toilet), pressure test (10.00), and your grass cut is 60.00."

How embarrassing. I would never have sent this to ANY client. I replied with a message stating a few of the prices we are payed by other companies for the same thing, that didn't go over well. Anybody else have a major price gouge issue?

ALL lockbox is $40.00 each
Each Lock is $60.00 so if there are two on a door that door cost $120.00
All padlocks are $40.00 each
Dirty toilets are a bid item
We don't pressure test. We either winterize for $300.00 or we don't touch plumbing
Our minimum Grass cut is $65.00

Major issues starting to crop up on this company...will have special report tomorrow

We received an email from a company explaining new debris photo requirements. Let me tell you some things we will NEVER EVER do when we remove debris.


1. We will never ever write anything on a white board or any other board and take a pic of it.
2. We will never provide our trailer measurements.
3. We will never under any circumstances draw, tape, or paint lines in our trailers.
4. We will never take photo's of things other than the trash out unless being paid to do so.



You guys out there doing this stuff are ruining the business while screwing yourselves.

Would be very interested in reading the body of the email

so you would rather the clients guess with photos and cut you? I'm curious why you feel this way

Why would my clients have to guess with photo's? I turn in an invoice for the work completed. There is no guessing. I almost never break out the number of cyds being removed. I give them a price and they either take it or leave it. No haggling or arguing after the fact.

Do you know what a bid is? It is a HARD number. That means said work for said money. Period! I send pics showing work to be completed with my bids. If a client has any questions they ask them BEFORE approving the bid. If a client, whether that be a national, regional, realtor, or private customer, cuts me a check for less than owed, I'll stop doing work for them faster than a fat baby fills a diaper!

What? BATF? Well, I'm not allowed to discuss BATF due to this forum having some foul language restrictions.