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Re: What to charge?
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01/22/16 04:59 PM
01/22/16 04:59 PM
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Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,510 james bay frontierOnt.
Boco
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You charge a fair price for the work that you do-don't gouge to get rich-fair pay for work performed and you will get all the work you can handle.Dont expect people to pay you for driving around if you arnt having any success in removing the problem.
Last edited by Boco; 01/22/16 05:01 PM.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: What to charge?
[Re: 3&0]
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01/22/16 07:34 PM
01/22/16 07:34 PM
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Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 95 Florida
bjansma
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Have to find what works for you. Something that you are happy with and the customer agrees to.
Most of the people that might chime in and give you an answer are businesses. They have capital invested upon which they expect to earn a profit as well as their time. They have liability insurance and probably a hefty advertising budget. They might send an employee out to do the job upon which they have workmans comp and other benefits. They might spend hundreds or thousands going to conferences to learn more about their industry. Their jobs need to pay for that as well. We also don't work for a lot of farmers, as mentioned previously.
Bob Jansma
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Re: What to charge?
[Re: 3&0]
#5380026
01/22/16 09:23 PM
01/22/16 09:23 PM
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 23,643 New Hampshire
Nessmuck
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I just trap trouble beaver.......75.00 set up and 75.00 per head. Yah don't like the prices...get someone else...I don't care.
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
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Re: What to charge?
[Re: 3&0]
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01/22/16 09:47 PM
01/22/16 09:47 PM
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Posts: 7,240 West Michigan
Getting There
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Gary: If you use Nessmuck advice be sure and put a time limit on how long you will be at the job site. It may take two days or two weeks. Who knows. JMO
To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.
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Re: What to charge?
[Re: 3&0]
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01/23/16 12:59 AM
01/23/16 12:59 AM
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Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,510 james bay frontierOnt.
Boco
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If it takes you 2 weeks to remove beaver you are incompetent.You shouldn't charge someone else for your incompetence.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: What to charge?
[Re: Boco]
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01/23/16 10:40 AM
01/23/16 10:40 AM
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If it takes you 2 weeks to remove beaver you are incompetent.You shouldn't charge someone else for your incompetence. Boco: This was just met to be an example.
To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.
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Re: What to charge?
[Re: Boco]
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01/24/16 04:11 PM
01/24/16 04:11 PM
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Joined: May 2015
Posts: 639 Southern Illinois
ilbucksndux
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If it takes you 2 weeks to remove beaver you are incompetent.You shouldn't charge someone else for your incompetence. But if the 2 other people were there before you were incompetent the price goes up.
Gary Bartlow
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Re: What to charge?
[Re: 3&0]
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01/31/16 09:34 PM
01/31/16 09:34 PM
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Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 8,299 Louisiana
Aix sponsa
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It depends. What needs to be trapped isn't as important as what damage, exactly, is being caused by animals, how hard will it be to stop this problem, and how many need to be trapped.
Anything that only deals with singles or doubles (for the most part) are going to cost more than animals that could be a high number. Example is a fox eating chickens is going to be much more pricey each than a whole gang of coons raiding a chicken house. Also, otters vs mink. If a fish farm is having trouble with mink, you could be talking about catching PILES of mink. If they're having otter problems, maybe you're looking at trapping 3-4 or so (maybe more, but you know what I'm saying). That being said, mink might cost $10-30 each vs $50-80 per otter. Does that make sense?
Beavers are a lot of work, and the damage they can cause can go into thousands of dollars. They can become spooked and harder to catch, so they're going to be expensive.
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Re: What to charge?
[Re: 3&0]
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02/12/16 10:16 PM
02/12/16 10:16 PM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 100 South TX! Yeah!!
MartinT
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I'm not a highly experienced trapper,but I am about to launch my ADC business. My thoughts on this: I'm going to offer coyote control to cattle ranchers, primarily (ideally) and trap various other predators such as coon, possum etc for people with chickens, etc. I will first have a conversation to determine how serious they are (are they willing to pay) and try to juxtapose a dead calf (loss of income) to the cost of killing a coyote. Same applies to poultry and whatever else is being damaged or destroyed. Since this is a launch, I am leaning towards charging enough to cover costs but not necessarily making a profit at first. As my success builds, so should my reputation and my ability to charge more for my services. BUT, a problem I see is, while my (hopefully increasing) ability to kill coyotes will spread by word of mouth, I expect that if I change a low price just to get clients, that price may also spread by word of mouth and I may get resistance when I decide to charge more. I am planning to limit my travel distance to 30 miles from my home during the start-up phase. I'm having cards printed to hand out when making contacts or for sticking into gate locks.
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