12-11-2013, 01:31 AM
Don't make the same mistake I made a few years back. I once went to bid on a job, the owner made me all sorts of promises about giving me monthly and quarterly work if I did a really good deal for him. The carpets were trashed and I was hammered down on price with his gold carrot that was promised in the future. Like a sucker I did the clean at a crazy low price after we had negotiated future pricing maintenance. Guess what!!! When it was time to clean the carpet a month later he said he did not want it doing. Worked like a dog for next to nothing. Found out later it was a trick he pulled with all the contractors he ever hired. The lesson is to price every job as is, a one off. If you do a good job the repeat work will happen with a simple phone call.