rate increase wording

[Ruby.fuse]

In the "I was told there would be no math" department...

On your current rates, your rate per hour decreases as session time goes up:

30 min = $1/min
60 min = .83/min
90 min = .78/min

If you raise your hourly rates a flat amount ($10), then it shifts those relationships.

If you want to keep the same relationship, then the new rates would be something like:

30 min - $36/hr
60 min - $60/hr
90 min - $84/hr

 

[Ivon]

But I have nearly 1000 addresses to mail to, so it costs me more. I prefer to send out postcards for multiple reasons.

So I guess this means there are some clients of yours (non-regulars) who don't get the "... more honest" information and just find out the next time they come in.

Making a point that I don't appreciate you trying to say I am not honest because I choose to give paper notice, in advance.

 

[Peter G]

No need to Send Postcards

I agree that there is no reason to send out postcards. Just set a date and notify them the next they come in. It's much more personal and less likely to cause a rift.

John

 

[Isis]

But I have nearly 1000 addresses to mail to, so it costs me more. I prefer to send out postcards for multiple reasons.

So I guess this means there are some clients of yours (non-regulars) who don't get the "... more honest" information and just find out the next time they come in.

Making a point that I don't appreciate you trying to say I am not honest because I choose to give paper notice, in advance.

Pueppi, you miss read my comment. I did not say your way was not honest. It was clearly my opinion that mine was more honest, making yours less. Only less honest, not dishonest.

Sending postcards is cool, but it is also costly. I have better things I would like to do with $400 than send out a mailing letting everyone know I increased my rates. I am part of a larger set up than some of the little ones around here. I know well enough a $5 increase doesn't warrant a postcard mailing which will cost in excess of $400 plus my time plus the cost of paying my associate to help me. Plus the pay hit because I lose money if I am paying her hourly for office work rather than performing massage. Not to mention my hours of earning nothing while I am addressing and stamping all of it?

Now, if I jumped it up $10 or $15, yeah, that warrants a postcard mailing. I believe you jump your rates up like that Peuppi. That is another pet peeve of mine. People just don't like huge rate hikes. I don't care that you haven't raised your rates in 7 years. Your clients you have seen for a long time may not care, but what about your clients you recently added? To a client with you for only 3 months, that may be enough to get them looking for a different MT.

For my situation, I wouldn't do it. I might just as well take $700 and flush it down the toilet.

 

[Lektronk]

"more honest / less honest" -- isn't that kinda like saying "a little bit pregnant"? :

Either it's honest, or it's not honest. IMHO, you are BOTH honest (not one more than the other), you are simply choosing different means to disseminate your truth (rates).