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I'm finally learning! (Price structure)
#3082582
03/20/12 01:44 AM
03/20/12 01:44 AM
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Joined: Sep 2010
Des Allemands, Louisiana
Budfish
OP
trapper
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OP
trapper
Joined: Sep 2010
Des Allemands, Louisiana
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A thoughtful review of my own pricing structure brought to light a possable unfairness to my customers so I have now decided to change things up yet again.
I was charging:
$125 service call
$125 set up and 5 days trapping
$50 per animal.
With all the talk about per animal charges, I had overlooked the fact that it was unfair to put a time limit on catching the offending critter. If I did not perform, the customer would be stuck paying more for my failure. The per animal pricing, I feel, is not really a problem as I do not want to get stuck burning fuel on daily trap checks forever without some type of compensation for it. Also considering higher overhead, I have come up with the following that I now feel is fair to the customer as well as myself. This way, if I don't perform, it's my problem, not theirs.
$100 service call
$300 set up and trapping as long as needed or until customer says stop
$60 per animal
Last edited by Budfish; 03/20/12 01:54 AM.
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Re: I'm finally learning! (Price structure)
[Re: Peskycritter]
#3082857
03/20/12 10:04 AM
03/20/12 10:04 AM
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Joined: Jul 2007
Wisconsin
Blackdog
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Jul 2007
Wisconsin
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The money is in doing the exclusion work X2
Just ask your mommy...
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Re: I'm finally learning! (Price structure)
[Re: Peskycritter]
#3082910
03/20/12 11:07 AM
03/20/12 11:07 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
West, Mi
wiggler
"Skunk Wrangler"
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"Skunk Wrangler"
Joined: Dec 2006
West, Mi
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The money is in doing the exclusion work , anybody can buy a cage trap and trap out the animals with it , try to offer something they can't do you them self. If yur just trapping every single stray animal in the neighbor hood your helping other people for free . I trap the min of animals i need to solve the problem then fix the house so animal can't return . The customers then tell there friends how there problem has finally been solved . I can't see any full time company surviving these hard times without doing exclusions , about every body has a neighbor with a trap very few of them know what to do once they get a skunk in a trap. thats when they call me to pick it up and pay me for it.
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Re: I'm finally learning! (Price structure)
[Re: wiggler]
#3082918
03/20/12 11:14 AM
03/20/12 11:14 AM
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Joined: Feb 2012
south east michigan
Peskycritter
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Feb 2012
south east michigan
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sometimes i deal with quill-pigs and they are such random travelers. it might take 2 weeks for the rodent to come back to a house and start chewing on a different side of it. when i trap these.. its a waiting game for them. ive waited 2 weeks for the big pigs to come back.. i funnel them into traps around these big houses. exclusion would be a very tough choice on some of these large cottages. so i always charge a daily visit and keep the customer informed on what its costing. and that it might take some time to finally catch this beast. but i always do! How come they don't live in southern mi
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Re: I'm finally learning! (Price structure)
[Re: Budfish]
#3082930
03/20/12 11:27 AM
03/20/12 11:27 AM
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Joined: Nov 2009
NH
sgs
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Nov 2009
NH
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The money is in doing the exclusion work... While there certainly is plenty of money in exclusion and repair there is still plenty of money in trapping. Ask any mole or beaver trapper.  Heck, I make pretty good money on trapping skunks. very few of them know what to do once they get a skunk in a trap. Ain't that the truth.
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Re: I'm finally learning! (Price structure)
[Re: Budfish]
#3083618
03/20/12 07:41 PM
03/20/12 07:41 PM
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DaveK
Unregistered
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DaveK
Unregistered
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You have the right mindset, if you are thinking about being fair and consistent to your customers. The per animal fee will help ensure that you are a good trapper and perform. The customer will feel good about paying for performance.
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Re: I'm finally learning! (Price structure)
[Re: Budfish]
#3083856
03/20/12 09:13 PM
03/20/12 09:13 PM
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Joined: Jul 2007
Wisconsin
Blackdog
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Jul 2007
Wisconsin
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A thoughtful review of my own pricing structure brought to light a possable unfairness to my customers so I have now decided to change things up yet again.
I was charging:
$125 service call
$125 set up and 5 days trapping
$50 per animal.
With all the talk about per animal charges, I had overlooked the fact that it was unfair to put a time limit on catching the offending critter. If I did not perform, the customer would be stuck paying more for my failure. The per animal pricing, I feel, is not really a problem as I do not want to get stuck burning fuel on daily trap checks forever without some type of compensation for it. Also considering higher overhead, I have come up with the following that I now feel is fair to the customer as well as myself. This way, if I don't perform, it's my problem, not theirs.
$100 service call
$300 set up and trapping as long as needed or until customer says stop
$60 per animal (edited my post) I'm totally lost here...so if you still dont perform it costs them $150 more?
Just ask your mommy...
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Re: I'm finally learning! (Price structure)
[Re: wiggler]
#3084216
03/20/12 11:45 PM
03/20/12 11:45 PM
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Joined: Feb 2012
south east michigan
Peskycritter
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Feb 2012
south east michigan
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sometimes i deal with quill-pigs and they are such random travelers. it might take 2 weeks for the rodent to come back to a house and start chewing on a different side of it. when i trap these.. its a waiting game for them. ive waited 2 weeks for the big pigs to come back.. i funnel them into traps around these big houses. exclusion would be a very tough choice on some of these large cottages. so i always charge a daily visit and keep the customer informed on what its costing. and that it might take some time to finally catch this beast. but i always do! I catch a lot of them in my kill boxes up around you when I'm long lining coon , it was wierd last year on the south side of the big river I caught very few coon , I was setting up in the oak stands .now on the north side of the big river trapping the oak stands I had a great catch on every check . It was like something came along and killed all the coons and stopped at the river
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Re: I'm finally learning! (Price structure)
[Re: Blackdog]
#3084299
03/21/12 01:24 AM
03/21/12 01:24 AM
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Joined: Sep 2010
Des Allemands, Louisiana
Budfish
OP
trapper
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OP
trapper
Joined: Sep 2010
Des Allemands, Louisiana
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A thoughtful review of my own pricing structure brought to light a possable unfairness to my customers so I have now decided to change things up yet again.
I was charging:
$125 service call
$125 set up and 5 days trapping
$50 per animal.
With all the talk about per animal charges, I had overlooked the fact that it was unfair to put a time limit on catching the offending critter. If I did not perform, the customer would be stuck paying more for my failure. The per animal pricing, I feel, is not really a problem as I do not want to get stuck burning fuel on daily trap checks forever without some type of compensation for it. Also considering higher overhead, I have come up with the following that I now feel is fair to the customer as well as myself. This way, if I don't perform, it's my problem, not theirs.
$100 service call
$300 set up and trapping as long as needed or until customer says stop
$60 per animal (edited my post) I'm totally lost here...so if you still dont perform it costs them $150 more? That is what I'm trying to take care of. If I make them pay for a week trapping, and I don't get the critter, it would not be fair to the customer to charge another week for my failure the first week. I was thinking about leaving it open ended, but as was pointed out, I may get a customer who tries to make me trap forever. I think that in my agreement I need an ending time, but I want to be fair to my customers also. A bit more thinking is in order here, but I may have a solution in mind.
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