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    Posted: 05/September/2005 at 9:46am
I just filled up at $1.11 a liter, up from .95 a week ago. I think it's time to better co ordinate my jobs, maybe add a small trip charge to offset the increases that will come in chemicals and logistics. Any suggestions that will ease the price of doing business?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Steaminpile Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05/September/2005 at 10:36am

well you're using a portie and you're paying 8 cents a litre less than here

 

what more do you want??



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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Advantage Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05/September/2005 at 10:56am
Can you bump what you charge up?  Extra charges is not a popular phrase with customers.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote doug Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05/September/2005 at 11:43am
Willy you can have my $1.28.5 if you feel neglected regarding the price of gas?
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Mine too
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charge more the customers will understand... I've been getting away with it all week
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Raise those prices
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote greg Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05/September/2005 at 8:39pm
we're paying 1.38.5 here.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote doug Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05/September/2005 at 8:43pm

Originally posted by MR. STEAMER MR. STEAMER wrote:

charge more the customers will understand... I've been getting away with it all week

I thought John Walsh mention your name on America's Most Wanted on Saturday night regarding a spree of over charging for carpet cleaning  services in the GTA??

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what I do is not a crime

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Rest assured that this price ofr gas is just the beginning. The economic impact will be felt by everyone. I would estimate that raw materials will be going up big time just like verything else. In talking with some of our customers they have already been hit with 10 - 15% price increases on garbage bags. They are usually the first ones to go up. Then you have raw materials, then packaging, then food, then etc. etc.

I would recommend that anyone start raising their price. Whether you add it on as a fuel surcharge or just a price increase - that is your call. it is coming sooner than you think

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote carpetologist Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06/September/2005 at 3:14pm

With the cost of fuel rising I now hear portable carpet cleaners bashing truckmounts saying:

"You will now pay more to have your carpet cleaned if a truck is in your driveway with an engine running".

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Just filled the truck for today.... 140 dollars at 1.28

shocking

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