Shannon, You reminded me of another client.... Years ago when I got pink and white gels for free from some companies, I used all my clients as guinea pigs. Never charged them for doing the pink and whites because, hey, I did not pay for the product. BUT I did tell them that once I was out of the product, I was going to raise the prices. Well once that happened, this one client, my second most miserable one, said she could not afford to pay the extra $5 every four weeks. This is $1.25 a week!! BUT she goes out to lunch EVERY day and buys Avon every campaign!! I think she wanted me to still do it for free. No way Jose'!! My clients tip pretty well. They also treated me very good this past Christmas. Most of them gave me cash. I got almost$500 this year. I could not believe it. Spending it slowly!! Buenos dias, Lynnette
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -----Original Message----- From: shannon <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:47:54 To: <[email protected]> Subject: NailTech:: Re: my question about raising prices/tips I just raised mine. I have noticed that most of them increased what they pay me. But I do have those handful of clients that never ever tip. One that never pays extra for all the extra goodies I do on her. Yes I used to do it for fun or for practice, but come on ladies, there comes a time when I am doing this for $$$. I never ever ever should have done this to begin with. Anyway I still get decent tips from most of my clients, and I never count it in with my pay. That is separate. Shannon Arnold Flip Flop Beauty Shop Coopers Plains, NY [email protected] --- On Mon, 2/16/09, Diana Bonn <[email protected]> wrote: From: Diana Bonn <[email protected]> Subject: NailTech:: my question about raising prices/tips To: [email protected] Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 8:39 AM okay, our booth rent goes up $20 a week April 1st. A big jump, but they gave us a 3 year contract when we first started with a gawd awful low deal we all couldn't refuse. Well the 3 years are up!!! I have slowly notified my clients that I am raising my prices, but haven't decided how much yet. I have not raised my prices for years because of well, these clients have been with me for years and when I moved to this salon, my costs went down, so I didn't raise prices(enhancements only, I did raise prices on mani and peds)) I know, I know maybe I should have raised enhancement prices, but I didn't, that is in the past now. Now probably 25% of my clients gave me "raises" by extra tip money over the years. I have 2 clients that give me ZERO tips. One that can't afford it, the other one is rich, and thinks she can't afford it and also thinks that since I am not an employee that I am "pocketing" all this money as income (with no expenses), yeah right. 95% of my clients write checks, a couple of charges, the same amount week after week, tips included. I put this in the bank, so basically except for these two clients the cost of the service plus the tips covers my expenses and income. So my question is, when you raised your prices, did they continue to pay you the same or did they up your amount on the check/charge? I am thinking here, everyone is on a tight budget, If I raised my prices by lets say $2, I could actually see these clients paying me the same exact amount, (lowering my tip) and with my two zero tip clients, I would be gaining $4.00 a week!!!!!!!!!!! LOLOLOL I know the old saying, never count on tips as income, price what it takes now, then tips are gravy. Well I realized over the years that the tip added, that I have used this amount as part of doing business,(my gross). What a mess this is. You also have to realize, that I hardly get any walkins, maybe 5 a year. All are referrals from my clients or stylists. Anyone have any suggestions on this mess I am in, $20 a week is something I have to come up with. somehow. and right now in an extreme case, I am thinking I will gain $4 a week. thanks for any info. diana from indiana --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/NailTech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
