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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. 16:25 - Apr 7 with 3949 viewsStochesStotasBlewe

I'm a self employed gardener, for those of you that didn't already know. I have many qualifications and 47 years experience in many facets of horticulture, work hard and am in my opinion very fair on pricing, both hourly and day rate.
I reluctantly increased prices modestly from the beginning of this month to cover fuel and the other overheads incurred. This is the first time i've done so in 5 or so years and the majority of customers have been very supportive and appreciate the work i do for them.
One, however, has told me "You're biting off your nose to spite your face". I have a bit of a dilemma as his monthly standing order has gone into my account today at the old rate and i am due to do the garden next week. Don't want a big falling out as been working there for several years and the working relationship has been good, but now feel that i should just pay the money back and take up one of the other offers i've recently had.
Advice needed and gratefully received

We have no village green, or a shop. It's very, very quiet. I can walk to the pub.

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Petrol bomb his house. (n/t) on 18:44 - Apr 7 with 1109 viewsBloots


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Petrol bomb his house. (n/t) on 18:45 - Apr 7 with 1100 viewsRyorry

Petrol bomb his house. (n/t) on 18:44 - Apr 7 by Bloots



Petrol too expensive these days innit

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Good point.... on 18:53 - Apr 7 with 1083 viewsBloots

Petrol bomb his house. (n/t) on 18:45 - Apr 7 by Ryorry

Petrol too expensive these days innit

[Post edited 7 Apr 2022 18:50]


....dog crap through the letterbox then.

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there is something even worse ....... on 19:08 - Apr 7 with 1057 viewsKeno

Good point.... on 18:53 - Apr 7 by Bloots

....dog crap through the letterbox then.


get Frimmers to go round and talk football to him

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there is something even worse ....... on 19:09 - Apr 7 with 1055 viewsDropCliffsNotBombs

there is something even worse ....... on 19:08 - Apr 7 by Keno

get Frimmers to go round and talk football to him


Utter sadist.
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there is something even worse ....... on 20:37 - Apr 7 with 1002 viewsjeera

there is something even worse ....... on 19:08 - Apr 7 by Keno

get Frimmers to go round and talk football to him


He'll say, why didn't you just take Bloots' advice and petrol bomb my house?

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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 20:42 - Apr 7 with 1001 viewsLord_Lucan

Whack a copper nail into one of his trees

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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 20:48 - Apr 7 with 976 viewsNthsuffolkblue

You have the right to set your own prices and how someone who has been a loyal customer can complain at your first price rise in 5 years is beyond me. He will be begging you to come back or paying far higher for someone else, or he will be going without his garden done. Whichever one it is, he is going to miss you. I can't see that you are going to miss his custom.

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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 20:53 - Apr 7 with 969 viewsstonojnr

but youve been running your gardening business for more than 5 years now if its the first price rise in 5 year and this has never come up before when someone didnt pay you what you asked ?

youve told them your new prices, if they refuse to pay the correct amount, dont do the work, give them their money back and just move on.
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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 20:56 - Apr 7 with 965 viewschicoazul

Baby Boomer customer by any chance?

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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 21:01 - Apr 7 with 945 viewsjeera

I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 20:42 - Apr 7 by Lord_Lucan

Whack a copper nail into one of his trees


Both hands and feet?

Some might consider that a bit OTT but I'd say that's fair.

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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 22:03 - Apr 7 with 877 viewsstickymockwell

I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 20:42 - Apr 7 by Lord_Lucan

Whack a copper nail into one of his trees


Weed killer a message on his lawn!
It will be fun watching " ungrateful tw@t" develop over the next week or so

Give him a ball and a yard of grass
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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 22:05 - Apr 7 with 871 viewsstickymockwell

I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 21:01 - Apr 7 by jeera

Both hands and feet?

Some might consider that a bit OTT but I'd say that's fair.


Don't mess with the TWTD massive

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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 22:07 - Apr 7 with 862 viewsstickymockwell

I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 21:01 - Apr 7 by jeera

Both hands and feet?

Some might consider that a bit OTT but I'd say that's fair.


And then bite his nose off

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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 22:31 - Apr 7 with 837 viewsEwan_Oozami

I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 20:56 - Apr 7 by chicoazul

Baby Boomer customer by any chance?


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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 22:31 - Apr 7 with 834 viewsjeera

I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 22:07 - Apr 7 by stickymockwell

And then bite his nose off


Just to spite his gardener.

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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 22:37 - Apr 7 with 816 viewsLord_Lucan

In all seriousness I'd pay the money back and ditch him.

Out of interest what are your hourly rates?

Before I was a poor man I had a gardener and I was paying £10 an hour - bit this was about 15 years ago.

I may be way out but I'll have a guess - £22 an hour????

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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 22:43 - Apr 7 with 807 viewsAce_High1

Some people just dig themselves into a hole on principle when it comes to price increase.

Prices rising (of falling) for that matter is not the issue, it is about value but a lot of folk just focus on what they currently pay and then when you increase the price they think they are being ripped off!

Joke is on him as he will not be able to get the same price elsewhere and then ends up in a muddle.

I had similar with a customer a few years ago who worked for HM Prison service. Prices had been held for years and were loss making for us, so I was tasked with increasing them across our service agreements. I did and got an angry phone call accusing me of "defrauding the public sector" and that the customer would not renew. One month later I had a phone call from the customer...... you can guess the rest!
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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 22:44 - Apr 7 with 805 viewsLeoMuff

Madness, if it’s anywhere like here you can’t get a decent gardener for love nor money, they all are on extensive waiting lists. Sounds very rude this customer and clearly living under a rock if they haven’t heard that life has got about 10% more expensive in the last year or two.

I would point out the “error” and give a chance to correct, but any problems, or grief , bin them. There’s only one person cutting off there nose here and it’s not you.

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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 22:47 - Apr 7 with 801 viewsVic

If you’ve got some one who will pay your new rates to fill his place then check the underpayment was deliberate and if it was thank him for his custom and move on. If he really values you he’ll change his mind. If he doesn’t then you don’t really need him.

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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 23:13 - Apr 7 with 784 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 22:37 - Apr 7 by Lord_Lucan

In all seriousness I'd pay the money back and ditch him.

Out of interest what are your hourly rates?

Before I was a poor man I had a gardener and I was paying £10 an hour - bit this was about 15 years ago.

I may be way out but I'll have a guess - £22 an hour????


At the risk of being an open book I recently went from 15 to 17 an hour. Miss Slave still has some olds at 13...some at 15 (even in Aldeburgh) and a handful at 17. Plenty charge 20.
Believe me 8hrs of hedge cutting for £120 (now 136) often doesn't feel enough.

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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 07:06 - Apr 8 with 723 viewsStochesStotasBlewe

I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 22:37 - Apr 7 by Lord_Lucan

In all seriousness I'd pay the money back and ditch him.

Out of interest what are your hourly rates?

Before I was a poor man I had a gardener and I was paying £10 an hour - bit this was about 15 years ago.

I may be way out but I'll have a guess - £22 an hour????


£17 an hour lowest up from £16.
£18 an hour highest up from £17.

I also have a couple of clients who pay me a day rate of £150. They live a bit further away though and upped it before i had announced the rises which was much appreciated.

As bankster has alluded to, many charge £20 + an hour and quite frankly don't know their arse from their elbow.

We have no village green, or a shop. It's very, very quiet. I can walk to the pub.

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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 07:43 - Apr 8 with 688 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 07:06 - Apr 8 by StochesStotasBlewe

£17 an hour lowest up from £16.
£18 an hour highest up from £17.

I also have a couple of clients who pay me a day rate of £150. They live a bit further away though and upped it before i had announced the rises which was much appreciated.

As bankster has alluded to, many charge £20 + an hour and quite frankly don't know their arse from their elbow.


Interesting to see.....we are all obviously incredibly reasonable gardeners! Can't believe he made such a stink about an extra pound an hour!! It is always nice when the client offers to up your rates for you.

Edit....just to add that Miss Slave is the brains of the operation (RHS qualified), works like a Slave and puts in hours of unpaid research and plant buying and should definitely be charging more!!!
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I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 10:16 - Apr 8 with 622 viewsRyorry

I'm "Biting Of My Nose To Spite My Face" Apparantly. on 07:43 - Apr 8 by BanksterDebtSlave

Interesting to see.....we are all obviously incredibly reasonable gardeners! Can't believe he made such a stink about an extra pound an hour!! It is always nice when the client offers to up your rates for you.

Edit....just to add that Miss Slave is the brains of the operation (RHS qualified), works like a Slave and puts in hours of unpaid research and plant buying and should definitely be charging more!!!
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"Miss Slave is the brains of the operation (RHS qualified), works like a Slave and puts in hours of unpaid research and plant buying"

How impressive is she - but "unpaid"? I'd advise her to go on strike with immediate effect, talk about #ModernSlavery! ;)

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