I wouldn’t buy a car from India. Especially to go on the highway next to semi trucks and Ford F350’s. In India all the cars are small, you would have a chance in an accident…

 

 

I have recently been going through our expenses and trying to find ways to cut our expenses.  I realized how much money we spend on gas.  Do you think it is reasonable to have a trip charge? I know local AC repair people out here charge $60.00 for a trip charge. 

There is this new car coming from India called the Nano car by Tata.  It is $2500 new and it is a 2 cyl. and goes up to 65 MPH.  I thought it would be great to have one for running all the errands and doing all the estimates.  I can take a "sample kit" in the car with me to give samples to my customers, but this will eliminate the ability to do a job on the spot, which is rare anyway. 

But I was thinking, until the Nano car is available later this year in the USA, I would like to charge a $20.00 trip charge for estimates within 40 miles and $40 within 80 miles.  If we are hired we could credit that trip charge towards the invoice.  This way my estimates are still free and I am not out of pocket so much in gas.  But do you think this is something that would prevent a customer from finding out more about us?  Or would that type of customer be a cheapster and not worth my time anyway?  I go back and forth on this.  What are your thoughts?

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