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Originally posted by Uncle Albert
 Just read the post, and you guys kinda got away from the ? of clean-up price. I'm going through the same thing ..to low to high.. I treat clean-ups as a new mind set. If I cant get 500$ Ill take 360.00$ as long as I wont get killed on it . If I make 150.00$ when its all said and done thats fine. Its not the only one for the day and at the end of the work day if you cane net 350.00 who's better than you.. That part time job you mentioned makes you grumpy. Were all not big shot million dollar landscapers, just hard working folks with a better idea than standing in Walmart all day for 60.00$. So embrace clean-up season as a whole new extended season.. forget the landscape days of money glory. Price them and go get them, And be proud of all your new stuff i.e. blowers and vacuums and landscape equipment. Ra,ra,ra!!!
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Thats potentially some of the worst advice that has ever been posted here. You advise going and getting dedicated equipment strictly for cleanups you may or may not be pricing correctly? Did I read that right?
Why not price them hourly? I quote my hourly rate and then a time estimate, say between 3 and 4 hours. They win and I win. My profit is embedded into my rate and we dont loose on any job. Best of all, they dont get gouged in the process of me trying to build in a fudge factor.