Doing as promised regardless

<p>Covered my first mtvan-posted job on Thursday after getting a text. I was very close to the pick up (Erith, to go to Hounslow)&nbsp;and was already going in the direction the job was headed so I bid just enough to cover my fuel for the job already booked (T/Wells - Wembley) knowing I was almost certain to get my bid accepted. It was not a bid I would have made had I not already been going that way so you imagine how I felt after the Erith job was on board, was headed towards T/Wells&nbsp;and I get a call from the customer telling me the job would not be ready after all so it was cancelled!</p><p>So what to do? Call the Erith customer and up the price? No. Take it on the chin and put it down to experience? Yes, of course, it wasn't their fault I got the cancellation. On top of&nbsp;that I got a big enough stone chip en route to Hounslow to warrant a repair (especially as I knew Friday morning would be freezing)&nbsp;and, after waiting around for an hour at Hounslow I was told it was too late for a call out! OK, the cancellation fee I got for the T/Wells job made up a bit - enough to make the journey from Erith - Hounslow just about worthwhile but it just goes to show the risks of bidding low.</p>

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Yep,that just about sums up how I felt when I got that cancellation call!

if the job is a hotshot, then give a hotshot price, its your duty to maximise your profits, think of all the quiet days and the dead miles youve had to do in the past!<br>Thats how I think anyway, seems to help!<br>

To tell the truth I was in too much of a rush (ironically, seeing as the pick up I was rushing to was cancelled)&nbsp;to ask. I guess it was a case of "At last, one that fits it with where I'm going!" but I won't make the same mistake again.&nbsp;

well done, they say its the only way to learn, the hard way, just think of it as your duty, to make a profit then youll not go far wrong<br>

nothing wrong with the strategy just unfortunate bout the cancellation

That's really unlucky Pete.<div><br></div><div>I hope your customer realises that you went out of pocket in order not to let them down and you get some more jobs your way as a result of being so dependable.</div>

First class example of why you should NEVER quote that low just to be sure of getting the job.<br>

<p>Not so much the customer but, as I was going to canvass Erith anyway, and I know Batts Cables well, they&nbsp;know about it!&nbsp;</p>

Exactly Peter, some days I think Im competing against charities<br>