Originally Posted by velociabstract
Here it's quiet and cut throat. I've had to lower prices twice and offer new customers 6 months at 1/2 price. Work is off 50% and so many people are desperate that they are willing to work to survive and not for a profit. I still make a profit because I do more work than those I pay. But when things start looking up, if I'm still interested, I'll be in a great position to expand and be rewarded for my adaptability during this horror. Which I believe will get worse before better. I think I'll go detail the car and escape reality for a while.
Les
Hang In there Les,
It's going to be tough, customers know there are good deals out there and they getting acustomed to asking for discounts. So many businesses I know are just moving stock from A to B with no margin, and thats a road to knowhere. Retailers are seeing the worst of it, and you just have to find new ways of pulling them in through the door with leafletting and other cheap methods of getting their attention. Only grim determination and great salesmanship will win through! Good luck Les
