I look at what the competition charges for an equivalent service and/or product. This includes the level of competence, customer experience, etc.
then I look at what it costs including my time (again going by industry rates) and price accordingly. In some cases the price may be a bit higher than the competition but we'll provide much more value (us VS Satellite), and in other cases we will be the low cost alternative (Us vs Teclo T1 or Metro Ethernet.) As far as fixing computers (which I can but will not do), I would look at it as to what is the customer's time and data worth. The computer is a hunk of steel, but what's in it may represent thousands of hours of work. for that customer 300 bucks is cheap. - Jerry -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of MDK Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 1:50 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Rural Telco in Washington Gets $17,763 per line I dunno what it is about my personality, but I really, REALLY hate collecting money. I hate asking for it. I hate setting prices. I always look at it as if I were the customer, and what would things be like if it were ME paying the bill. Maybe that's the wrong attitude, because honestly, it tends to make me undercharge. Objectively, you have to set a 'what your time is worth' value and stick to it. But when you do that, often you find that your bill is absurdly expensive. like a $250 bill for fixing some guy's computer. A computer that's not worth 300 bucks. I take those in from time to time, and work on them ONLY when I have "free" time. And the bill is small. Still, I think sometimes that's not quite right either, so how do you choose to do what you do? Conscience has to guide, but you also have to be honest and you can't undercharge and stay in business, either. How do y'all do it? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -------------------------------------------------- From: "RickG" <rgunder...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 8:52 AM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Rural Telco in Washington Gets $17,763 per line > You beat me to it Mark. In the end, history will show that the "free > government money attitude" is what was at the root of our country's > downfall. Most WISP's are built on independance. We should fight > against the use of our tax dollars for all these wasteful programs. I > think all other utilities should be made to stand on their own as > well. What better way to show that it works than by our own example? > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:14 AM, MDK <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> wrote: >> If you did, how would you sleep at night, knowing you're ripping off >> money >> for nuttin? >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy >> 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Glenn Kelley" <gl...@hostmedic.com> >> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 8:39 PM >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Rural Telco in Washington Gets $17,763 per line >> >>> That was my question. >>> >>> I would love to find a way to get $300K to build a number of towers >>> around - and then a few thousand per subscriber per year to give them >>> VOIP >>> and Internet... >>> >>> - but then again I guess we all would >>> >>> Something however for us to use perhaps as Fodder to show why we >>> should - >>> when we can service so many more. >>> >>> >>> On Jul 12, 2010, at 11:36 PM, Jack Unger wrote: >>> >>>> WISPs get a share of the USF funds that will be redirected to >>>> broadband? >>>> Noodle me that... >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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