Customer calls me today says what will it cost to pour a 60 yd house slab with a 36m I tell him between 850-1000 my so called competition tells him he will send a 42m for a flat rate of 500 dollars , all I can say is let him do it well the customer thinks better of it and gives me the job,so it seems some people cant even buy themselves a job what a nice change.

yea it feels good that long time relationships are paying off in these tough times,   and the so-called leaders can't buy work.

Maybe these so-called leaders should look into opening a chain of whore houses,       it's better suited to their mentalities  !!!!!

you got that rite

without going in detail pudg did you get that email I sent you?? If you did you werent too suprised by what the customer said were you??

I learned a long time ago,I may be a whore but I don't have to be a cheap whore !!!.Good for you.

you know, this pricing issue really gets under my skin

I don't remember anyone EVER posting about Pudg,    or TRI STATE PUMPING or art, about high prices,   yet God forbid you talk about one of the so - called leaders  ( whores )  pricing structure, and the rats come out of the holes in the walls defending a company they work for, yet have NO DAMN CLUE what is going on, the only costs they know is their hourly wage and overhead  ( the hat they wear, not accounting overhead ! )

Just blows my mind that if I open the door and pull out a trailer pump, the minimum charge is $ 350.00, without pumping an ounce of concrete, yet these so - called leaders ( whores  ) will drive a 1/2 million dollar machine 100 miles for $ 500.00

Jackasses           Whores    

Sometimes the difference is,beens alahgrotten or cornedbeef and cabage.

i would rather sit at home and go broke than go to work and go broke stuff that

...And they'll get exactly what they paid for!

 Hey Pudg, What ended up being the problem with the swing on that 38m?

 Im Glad to here that theres a few of us just not willing to drop prices when they were to low even when times were good I got asked last week to do a 6 yard addition for 250.00  becouse my comp would but to busy that day  I told him he was nuts last Iremembered I checked the profit organization box on my taxes

$500 for 60 yards ? Thats about what was charged in 1975 with the then big boom (28m).

 Sending out a 42 meter for that money barely pays for fuel and the operators wage.I guess this is what happens when the pump manufactures give away there pumps for little to no money down and no payments for 12 months ?

But Pudg it goes along way in your customer relationship for him to use you instead of your cheap competitor.Your obviously doing something right.

But america is made up with free market and compition in mind, but they forget to tell us it is not a level playing field when banks and pump makers help one company but not the other,then the "free" market is not really there as designed.

Good luck pudg and good for you at not dropping your price to match the "not for profit" compitior you are up against.

we were not that stupid in 1975    except in florida