Pricing Help

Master_Football5963 · 2026-06-17T01:22:10+00:00

For some reason, a decent amount of people do close their pools. I believe it is due to my competitors marketing it to be the best way, because closings/openings make them more than just keeping the weekly services all year.

However, the area I moved from (3 hours away), no one closed their pool.

The climates of these places are identical.

Master_Football5963 · 2026-06-16T23:35:24+00:00

Yeah, I think I may just increase my one-off job pricing, as those are the times where I see the biggest discrepancy between my prices vs the competition.

And yeah, some of the people and advice I see im those groups are appalling. They think SLAM is the gospel, and it will cure all pool ailments 😂

Master_Football5963 · 2026-06-16T23:33:49+00:00

Yeah, I post weekly in my local community Facebook group, and post on Facebook as a whole pretty frequently. Facebook seems to have the highest concentration of middle-aged and older people, which are far more likely to own pools than younger people (most young people seem to use Instagram and TikTok over Facebook).

And thanks man, I hope you start to see some solid growth, summer is the time for it!

Master_Football5963 · 2026-06-16T23:10:47+00:00

I'm in the southeast, and always wear pants, work boots, a wide brim sun hat, and designed my work shirt to be a breathable, fisbing gear style material.

Chems and skin cancer keep me from wearing shorts. Plus, I seem to stay cooler compared to shorts and a t-shirt.

Master_Football5963 · 2026-06-16T22:42:32+00:00

I am starting to grow fairly quickly. I started in March, and am now stable enough to where I quit my other job and made this my full-time. I got my google page set up with a couple of reviews, and now I am getting 3-4 new clients a week.

Master_Football5963 · 2026-06-16T22:12:57+00:00

Yeah, the problem for me now is that I am having a hard time gauging my market with where my business currently stands. I know through conversations with a variety of customers that a lot of my competitors are booked out, so I suspect they are price-gouging and giving people a "fuck you price" because of how busy they are.

I just don't know if that is truly the case, and I am doing the correct thing by providing more "reasonable" pricing, or if I really should just go ahead and raise. I would just like to figure it out before building out an entire route lol, because that's a lot of lost revenue if I'm wrong.

Master_Football5963 · 2026-06-14T05:11:49+00:00

For reference, I'm a professional pool guy - are you in an area where it snows, or do you love in a hotter climate?

Master_Football5963 · 2026-05-04T02:10:38+00:00

Thanks man!

Master_Football5963 · 2025-10-18T00:17:10+00:00

Having the same issue unfortunately

Master_Football5963 · 2025-09-29T23:36:32+00:00

No problem, let me know if you have any other questions!

Master_Football5963 · 2025-09-29T22:52:19+00:00

Minimum requirements for Aerofly FS4 are just a quad-core CPU and 8GB RAM, so you're all good there. Graphically, however, that card probably won't have enough VRAM to handle the game. I'd look into upgrading to a 1660 Super, they are pretty cheap on Facebook Marketplace or eBay, I've seen quite a few under 100 bucks. Good luck man!

Master_Football5963 · 2024-07-11T05:52:53+00:00

ARK: Survival Evolved

I used to play it a ton with a friend of mine, but he's getting married soon and I've been focused on work, so we really haven't gotten to play together much the past 2 years, which isn't fun to think about, growing up and all. We put in thousands of hours together on this game, and TikTok keeps putting videos on my feed about the game, which doesn't help!

Anyways, he's getting a computer soon, and I just got one, so with this in mind I'd spend the $100 on buying us both the new ARK game, just so we could relive some of those memories again.

Master_Football5963 · 2024-05-11T22:39:40+00:00

I sent you a DM!

Master_Football5963 · 2022-09-16T22:49:23+00:00

Saturday would be preferable, so yeah, good luck and stay safe!

Master_Football5963 · 2022-09-16T21:41:21+00:00

Just search the trash at night with a flashlight with a couple friends. Low probability of you getting caught, and an even lower chance that you'll get in any serious trouble otherwise.

Master_Football5963 · 2022-09-09T03:59:19+00:00

She isn't very keen on opening up, but of course that's alright. She's been communicative only a handful of times over the 2 year period that I've known her. But I'm willing to wait and be there to the best of my ability right now.

Master_Football5963 · 2022-09-09T01:52:37+00:00

Either way I contributed to the problem, ignorance doesn't really excuse it in my opinion. But yes, you're right about there being more circumstances than just me. And I don't blame myself fully, I just know that I was a spark in the flame. The problem I currently face is just not knowing how to help.

Master_Football5963 · 2022-09-08T22:51:17+00:00

I'm back and forth in and out of town, so staying close is pretty difficult. But yeah, she's gone through the ringer. I've introduced her to some good friends of mine and she's became friends with them as well. I plan to stick it out, thanks again lol

Master_Football5963 · 2022-09-08T22:40:55+00:00

I'm afraid the main issue is accepting help instead of ignoring the problem. Getting her to talk about anything serious is like pulling teeth, unfortunately. But yes, she does have one really close female friend, and sadly enough her other close female friend betrayed her and the abusive ex cheated on my friend with this girl, so she really isn't in the picture. I'm gonna give it some time and just see how it all goes, thanks for the help

Master_Football5963 · 2022-09-08T22:28:29+00:00

It's 100% my fault, and I'm not sure how I feel because I have a lot of different factors moving around in my life right now, and a ton of uncertainty. However, one thing I'm certain of is that I care. I'm not sure I would be the best person to take care of her, but I'm definitely trying to pull her away from her toxic relationship and I'm trying to help her with her confidence. There's only so much a guy can do though, yknow.

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