Time and time again I hear that we need to become more competitive. I am the director of a Lambeth Pest Control company and for doing so I can see only two ways.
The good way, is improving on how efficiently you carry out a Clapham Pest control job, should it be a Clapham Mice infestation or a Clapham Mouse Proofing. The second thing we do is looking for the best suppliers possible. I doesn't only mean the cheapest.
We use very expensive pesticides and baits, just because they work and the client will get the results he is looking for. In return we are more likely to get good referrals from him. What I mean is that you buy the stuff you need for the best price.
I see more and more of our clients being stuffed by unscrupulous wanna be Clapham Pest Exterminators. They may as well be spraying with water for what I can tell, or use plain oat against the mice?
In a way I wish to blame it on some of the customers, before using someone, they should Google them. If you would look for Inoculand Ltd that is my company, you would find a proper web site, also mentions of us by other people using us, a local address, an office number?
Many people complaint to us that they tried to call back the original Pest Control guy? But no answer, no call back? Be careful with news paper ads with just a mobile number? Look for a reputable company that is well established in the ccommunity, Pay at completion of the work only.
Earlier on we said there is two ways to save as a trade person, and it is no different in Pest Control. The second way is being dishonest! Bying poor products just because they are cheaper, putting less chemicals in the spray because the client will most likely not know the difference right away, putting very little quantity of mice bait..
Whenever something seems too cheap, be careful! We often advertise Inoculand Pest Control Lambeth from £39. But £39 is only for wasps that cost very little chemical to kill and is very quick. Our Bed Bug treatment is from £89 for 1 bedroom, that is border line if we have to travel 100 miles to carry out the fumigation, but not when it is local and next door to another client.
Whenever something doesn't look right, ask the trade man for an explication and double check on the net. Hopefully you will come across enough material to be convince they are the Real McKoy..
Daniel Neves
www.inoculand.co.uk