Also I notice when I'm extra nice to the higher class customers who are clearly more educated and are nicer to me, they usually call the owner of my company saying really nice things about me. The company may not bring in as much money on that customer but what they say makes it very easy to get a raise in the near future. Those customers usually pay 50-100 dollars for the visit where usually for the same work with someone else I'll bring in 200-250. I bring in about 10,000-15,000 dollars a month just by myself. As long as i'm bringing the money in my boss's are happy. For the most part I take care of my company and they take care of me and I can do this with selecting customers here and there to give various discounts to. Like yesterday I didnt bill someone for 60 dollars cause they were having finacial problems and they were very sincere and sweet and werent yelling at me that what we charge is highway robbery. I more than made up for the loss of 60 dollars with my next customer.
When things are slow, instead of sitting around the shop all day twittling my thumbs together like the other technicians I will go out door to door offering my services at a slightly discounted price and not charging for the trip out to their house/business and I bring in extra money this way that we would not otherwise obtain which is just another way to take care of the people who are writing me a check every week for my services.
Edited by Anonymous (08/29/09 11:13 AM)
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