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Old 11-04-2012, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Stellar View Post
Stellar does NOT require a year in advance for services. We allow quarterly, semi-annual, or annual payments. We give discounts for advanced payments and occassionally run specials where the customer receives 1 month free if the year is paid in full to new customers. That's 13 months for the price of 12 months. I think that is a wonderful incentive for advanced payments. If you paid "$2,000" for services, you purchased our "Showstopper" program priced at $1,995. You must be misinformed of what the program includes...Because you speak of it like someone is paying us "$2,000" to come mow the lawn one time. We are mowing the lawn 12 months (if not paid in full), fertilizing and weeding the lawn, pest control, treating the shrubs 6x, trimming palms/shrubs 6x, weeding the beds, checking irrigation, aerating the lawn 2x, and FREE unlimited service calls across the board...For an entire year!!! No wait, that's 13 months if they paid for the year... Wow! I think I need to raise my prices...LOL

-Marty
Allow .....what a poor choice of words buddy, you demand or require not allow.

As I said before "If someone with biz sense ever started an organized lawncare biz model they would have a hell of a biz. "

Maybe they would have the ability to obtain monthly payments AFTER the work is done, on an automated system, not up front

There is absolutely no reason for your biz to demand upfront fees for service, you're working with your customers money for upto a year.

That's the one thing that stops me from considering your company.
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