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<blockquote data-quote="Randy Frierson" data-source="post: 49041" data-attributes="member: 251">Re: pricing for a rig rentalJack, you are spot on, if I could get 2-5 % I&#039;d move to the moon...I would like to see a more detailed discussion on this, even someone like me who has been in business for 20 plus years has pricing issues...I do not discount labor as its a hard cost and I usually at best break even on that, I often lose on trucking....thre are corporate pricing structures and rock n roll pricing, I try to use the same matrix just steeper discounts for rock n roll....what is hurting me is I&#039;m a Meyer house and usually lose out In a bid to a EAW, JBL or EV house, it&#039;s easy to figure out why , plus when a rider says for FOH console they will take a M7 or Digico SD8, well I don&#039;t own a M7 so I price it with the Digico....I just lost a account I&#039;ve had for awhile because I have MICA and not KF730, I have Profiles and 5D and SD8&#039;s and they have M7&#039;s...so how do you compete with that..the guy with that rig does a good job, I just have more expensive gear and I feel I do better and give better service, but maybe not worth 750 worth of difference to a club.....my 02 cents....and it&#039;s getting worse out there</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Randy Frierson, post: 49041, member: 251"] Re: pricing for a rig rental Jack, you are spot on, if I could get 2-5 % I'd move to the moon...I would like to see a more detailed discussion on this, even someone like me who has been in business for 20 plus years has pricing issues...I do not discount labor as its a hard cost and I usually at best break even on that, I often lose on trucking....thre are corporate pricing structures and rock n roll pricing, I try to use the same matrix just steeper discounts for rock n roll....what is hurting me is I'm a Meyer house and usually lose out In a bid to a EAW, JBL or EV house, it's easy to figure out why , plus when a rider says for FOH console they will take a M7 or Digico SD8, well I don't own a M7 so I price it with the Digico....I just lost a account I've had for awhile because I have MICA and not KF730, I have Profiles and 5D and SD8's and they have M7's...so how do you compete with that..the guy with that rig does a good job, I just have more expensive gear and I feel I do better and give better service, but maybe not worth 750 worth of difference to a club.....my 02 cents....and it's getting worse out there [/QUOTE]

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