Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Video Price Increase

  • 26-05-2011 9:21pm
    #1
    holuc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 173 ✭✭


    Our wedding is on the 8th June next year. We have spent the last 10-12 months looking at different suppliers and now know who we want and are going to book them.

    The guy we had in mind to do our video was last year charging 850euro for the package we want. On his website he is now charging 1000euro for the same package this year. I was hoping to get him down from 850 to 800.

    Do people think i should say to him last year you were 850, theres a recession on, moneys tight etc and c if I can get him to the 800 or would he just say thats the price you should have booked last year?

    Has anyone else noticed price increases like this when looking at suppliers?

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    NOIMAGINATION
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72 ✭✭NOIMAGINATION


    Did he actually give you a quote, or are you just going by what his website says? You say you were looking last year? If he gave you a quote, was there a time limit on its validity?

    Unless he recently gave you a quote, I dont' really think you should bring up what he charged last year. His price is his price now and you can always haggle, but I wouldn't expect him to drop it to match a price he advertised last year, if you didn't get a quote then. He might say that last year he was 850, and yes there's a recession, but inflation has caused his costs to raise, and so he needs to charge more.


  • #3
    Kooli
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭Kooli


    I reckon you can mention it when you are haggling, but there's no way he has any obligation to reduce his price that much.

    If he is good at what he does and his work is in demand now, he is entitled to raise his prices.


  • #4
    smelltheglove
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,503 ✭✭✭smelltheglove


    You can mention it to him but bear in mind a couple of things. He may have upgraded equipment to a higher level and as such needs to charge more to keep a wage and he may have also invested heavily in advertising again these costs need to be covered in price. It is not as simple as saying 'oh I think I will up my price by 250 for the hell of it'.


  • #5
    Borderfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,263 ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    He could have had that price while establishing himself and now he is putting more of a value on his work. It could be a lot of factors, as Smelltheglove says equipment upgrades can cost a lot and at the moment a lot of videographers are moving to solid state recording media (from tapes to sd cards)


Advertisement