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LawnSite Member
- Location
- southern louisiana
On my way to a customers house today, the lady at the gate asked if I could give her a bid on a house close to the customer that I was going to do. The house was no more than 50 yards from my current customer. When I gave my bid on the way out, I asked the gatekeeper why the lady was interested in switching lawn care services because her lawn looked very well kept. She said the lady complained that, "The ladies doing her lawn now were a little high on their prices, and she wanted a few other bids." Come to find out I knew the people that she was refering to. They do a lot of yards around my customers and they do really good work. Am I wrong for feeling guilty about bidding to take their customer or would you just say "business is business".
The job would take about 45 minutes to an hour depending on conditions, and I bid $45.00 per cut, which I don't feel is a lowball price. Do you guys feel that I'm crossing that line of respect between fellow lawn care, or should I take it as it comes.
Thanks for any replies and sorry for such a long first thread.
Bobby
The job would take about 45 minutes to an hour depending on conditions, and I bid $45.00 per cut, which I don't feel is a lowball price. Do you guys feel that I'm crossing that line of respect between fellow lawn care, or should I take it as it comes.
Thanks for any replies and sorry for such a long first thread.
Bobby