mole charges ??

[Beattie16 1]

hi folks i charge £10 an hour plus £3 a mole and have enough work 2 keep me going. where do u lads buy your traps cheers

[d6k 11]

Please tell me these are joke prices how many of you are professional mole catchers and how many doing it for a bit of beer money think about it lads if you did one day decide to make a career out of it how would you survive charging let's say 10 per hour. if you were trapping for 60 hours a week which would leave you with a couple of hundred quid wage after tax insurance fuel and exp

enses. In reality you may be trapping for a few hours a day and this is only if you have thousands of acres on your books.

[logun 91]

Please tell me these are joke prices how many of you are professional mole catchers and how many doing it for a bit of beer money think about it lads if you did one day decide to make a career out of it how would you survive charging let's say 10 per hour. if you were trapping for 60 hours a week which would leave you with a couple of hundred quid wage after tax insurance fuel and exp

enses. In reality you may be trapping for a few hours a day and this is only if you have thousands of acres on your books.

wel the pros will get a lot of moles for far less than the others will. but the others will get a lot les moles.try asking a welsh hill farmer for £8 a mole.like some one said on here they be better off doing windows !.well at that price windows is all they have to do.charge what you want to.

[lamaha 7]

i expect this has been asked regular but wondering what people are charging this year, as ive been under cut on a few jobs allready ,with prices that are just plain stupid

 

 

right ive been charging £50 thats gets you 15 traps in the ground and £25 each call after that until both partys agree the job is done ,if more than 15 traps are required a second 15 are charged at just £30 ,the bigger the job then i try and come to a deal with the customer thats saves them money ,this has been working fine for me but theres a few doing it for half that i just dont see how they can do it and make any money ?

Thats a good way of doing it!

I normally charge hourly for farms and domestics (local)£40 per head.

[Rolfe 2]

Please tell me these are joke prices how many of you are professional mole catchers and how many doing it for a bit of beer money think about it lads if you did one day decide to make a career out of it how would you survive charging let's say 10 per hour. if you were trapping for 60 hours a week which would leave you with a couple of hundred quid wage after tax insurance fuel and exp;enses

enses. In reality you may be trapping for a few hours a day and this is only if you have thousands of acres on your books.

one said on here they be better off doing windows !.well at that price windows is all they have lesdo.charge what you want to.

 

The simple answer is this..........I run my own pest control business and have done so for many many years........from experience I can look at a job..........work out a price............and charge accordingly. I then give the customer that price.......having taken into account how long I think the job will take, traveling time, a bit extra for the buggeration factor etc. The customer can take it or leave it...........I never deviate from that price. Basically MY time is as important as anybody's......and I don't come cheap.........but i will deliver the goods at the end of the day. All this bollox about £1.50 a mole is pie in the sky. IF, and I repeat IF, you are good at your job then charge what you think is the right rate for YOUR time......anyone can be a busy fool and under price their work.

 

Rolfe.

[heart of wales 19]

Intresting topic everyone has different opinions, areas,and needs,some profesionally,some pocket money,and some for permission,

I think the thread is aimed at profesional only, as unless all profesional exspenses are taken into account,the originator of the thread wont be able to guage what to charge.

As for pricing I have worked in the past for three major pest control companies and have seen prices vary vastly from area to area,

Me I know how much I can earn on other pests daily if I cant charge that as a rule of thumb I leave it there and go to the next one,I have more than enough work without having to be charitable.

[Beattie16 1]

Please tell me these are joke prices how many of you are professional mole catchers and how many doing it for a bit of beer money think about it lads if you did one day decide to make a career out of it how would you survive charging let's say 10 per hour. if you were trapping for 60 hours a week which would leave you with a couple of hundred quid wage after tax insurance fuel and exp

enses. In reality you may be trapping for a few hours a day and this is only if you have thousands of acres on your books.

how much do u charge then??

[d6k 11]

Don't under value you self if the hill farmer won't pay go and do something else. my prices were much much higher than the average on here and I have just had to put them up by 50% if the day comes when. Can't make money out of mole catching I will pack it in I would rather sit at home watching telly than work for next to nothing.

[logun 91]

Don't under value you self if the hill farmer won't pay go and do something else. my prices were much much higher than the average on here and I have just had to put them up by 50% if the day comes when. Can't make money out of mole catching I will pack it in I would rather sit at home watching telly than work for next to nothing.

i would work for next to nothing than be sat at home watching tv.best to get two lower paid jobs than one good one i think.each to they own i guess.all this bollocks about £10 a mole is on farm land aint realistic.200 moles on a farm and you want the farmer to give you 2k .and the hour cost that some put on top.get real.thought plumbers were rip offs.the people who make a living out of full time mole catching charge a lot less than you may think they do.but they get on fine.

[Teesdale-rabbiter 15]

Hill farmers are different breed lol and are not daft if your trying to charge £10 a mole up here you would be told to get stuffed because they would get old dick from the village who just gans about it for his beer money and charges £2.50 he might not be the best hand but if he's got the best price, the way I see it stick to £2.50 locally and if your asked for work further a field just say I will have to cover me cost and work out the price its working for me,

 

But at the end of the day every ones different!!

Edited February 3, 2011 by Teesdale-rabbiter

[trappa 518]

Fundamentally the price has to be right. Overcharge and you wont get asked back, undercharge and your a fool.

I could put a couple of daft big bills in , get the money but there is no chance of returning. That said we could be sat on our arses at a till in a supermarket chatting up the girls for £6 an hour. Its got its plus points but its still only £6 an hour.

 

A few quid per mole means, imo

a.) You catch loads of moles and put a whopping bill in and farmer giles isnt happy but pays up.

b.) The month after when one or two pop up you drive over there, set traps, drive back over next couple of days and catch one or three, put a small bill in and although farmer giles is happy, your not. Youve just done x miles over 3-4 days and billed twenty quid!

[kevin from bristol 95]

Intresting topic everyone has different opinions, areas,and needs,some profesionally,some pocket money,and some for permission,

I think the thread is aimed at profesional only, as unless all profesional exspenses are taken into account,the originator of the thread wont be able to guage what to charge.

As for pricing I have worked in the past for three major pest control companies and have seen prices vary vastly from area to area,

Me I know how much I can earn on other pests daily if I cant charge that as a rule of thumb I leave it there and go to the next one,I have more than enough work without having to be charitable.

 

 

yes i was trying to gauge charges of proffessionals really

[swanseajack 227]

What is the going rate to do a garden with one set of molehills within a 20 mile radius ??

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

What is the going rate to do a garden with one set of molehills within a 20 mile radius ??

 

Don't think there is a universal going rate Jack..

 

It all depends on the area that you work in,.and of course, the financial situation of your clients.

Some folk I work for, are multi millionaires,.whilst others are less well heeled...

 

I would agree that it is always best to keep busy , as opposed to turning down work, simply because of a few quid difference,.but,..speaking personally,..I have been in the mole and rabbit control business for a long while,.. and I believe that the secret to survival and longevity,..is to be both adaptable,.and flexible....

 

Bottom line is,..we do,.what we do...

 

All the best,.and good trapping...

[jackg 7]

The price of diesel wear & tear on the vehicle you got to be looking at 30p per mile, then Your insurance cost plus your hourly rate which should never be charged than the minimum wage, or whats the point may as well be cleaning windows

I never give a price over the phone You could be speaking to a competitor,always look at the job first and then work out a price,I have been doing this job for a long time now and no two are the same,thats part of the enjoyment I supose

 

A realistic figure is 60p per mile given current costs, plus your travelling time.