http://boards.weddingbee.com/ Weddingbee Boards Topic: escalating prices? en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:33:55 +0000 http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/escalating-prices#post-65108 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:27:10 +0000 caliocteach 65108@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Sign a contract!&nbsp; Two of the make-up artists I was considering said that I didn't need to leave a deposit or sign a contract -- I found this worrisome, so I went elsewhere.&nbsp; Honestly 200 for a 2.5 hour drive is outrageous!&nbsp; I commute an hour to work everyday -- two hours round trip, and my TOTAL gas bill for the WEEK is $75.00 (that is a minimum of 10 hours driving plus weekends). </p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/escalating-prices#post-65107 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:22:56 +0000 saltyveruca 65107@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>I am a vendor (wedding photographer) and I know good and well that it's my job to anticipate expenses like these. Yes, it's a squeeze these days, but it's just not fair to surprise your clients with new expenses just because you did not anticipate them. </p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/escalating-prices#post-65040 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:05:31 +0000 glittergrl 65040@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>I have to defend the vendors with regards to Salty's comment.... for the most part, it's not that the vendor is being sneaky or unprofessional it's that the cost of living is rising very fast, especially on the west coast. </p> <p>While I agree with Salty that you should lock in your prices and ask vendors if there are any additional fee's they should know about, the truth is, if you are booking an event <strong>a year out</strong>, things do change and that $3.99 at the pump last summer just went to $5.55 for this summer. For a small business to lose that difference commuting job after job, it adds up.</p> <p>Now if they are charging you for driving 16miles like the other post on the boards.... that's what I'd call sneaky <img src="/my-plugins/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/icon_wink.gif" /> </p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/escalating-prices#post-65034 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:36:20 +0000 saltyveruca 65034@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Please sign a contract with your vendors! This will lock in your prices and prevent sneakiness like this. It's really unprofessional to stick you for extra money after you've already agreed on a price. </p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/escalating-prices#post-64987 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:58:10 +0000 Bride888 64987@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>My make up artist was charging me $100 for the travel fee (2.5 hr drive one way).&nbsp; She just contacted me to let me know that because of higher gas prices, she will have to increase the travel&nbsp;fee to $200. </p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/escalating-prices#post-64969 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:53:53 +0000 missm 64969@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>probably more so than we'd like to think! </p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/escalating-prices#post-64967 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:51:00 +0000 doctorgirl 64967@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Just wondered if anyone had the experience of working with vendors who ended up tacking on little extra charges to the price... such as a $90 shipping charge or other little bits.</p> <p>All these little extras seem to keep popping up. I can't anticipate them and they are adding up.</p> <p>Is this typical? </p>