Ok, lawn service. I got some door hangers made and some cards made.
I walk subdivisions and eyeball a property from the street and handwrite an estimate at the bottom, its the way I had 'em made, and leave 'em on the mailbox.
People been calling, increasingly more. But how do you handle the people that don't want to sign a contract. I can understand, the economic climate is sketchy and they wanna make sure they have bill money.
But peep this, I can't cut a bitch grass for the same $60 that I quoted her for when it's a month high.
Not even when it's 3 weeks high.
Then I got this one bitch that insists on being there when I cut the grass like it's an appointment. It fucks with my schedule. I called her one day and told her I was in her area and that I wanted to take care of her yard, even told her I could come back for payment. The bitch said tomorrow morning is better, and said something about pine cones being in yard when I asked her about a regular scheduled cut (she's an occasional client that I call every 2 weeks, but she always waits to the 3rd weekend).
I told her last time I got there 30 min before she told me to be there, 6pm, and there still wasn't enough daylight to finish. Not to mention I spent 3 hours in her yard because we has some storm and branches were down, plus she lives on a corner lot so twice the perimeter area to trim. I end up finishing her yard in the dark, and
SHE EVEN SAID I DID A GREAT JOB!?
Back to the phone convo when I'm tellin her I'm in her area. I'm trying to use the following points to get her on contract and on a regular schedule 1. I can't afford to spend 3 hours in her yard every 3 weeks. 2. I cannot/will not cut grass in the dark if I can avoid it (it's unprofessional). 3. I can't continue to come back the next day to finish. (The day I finished in the dark, I had to come back the next day because she wanted me to do the back, which she usually doesnt. And she complained about it being an extra $20).
First she says something about my price, $60. Then she tells me that her neighbor across the street "has just as many pine trees and an equal size yard, but the don't have any pine cones in the yard".
WTF? 
The Dice were unkind 
I gotta jump on this train ..
