Questions for clients : when SP's offer promos or discounts, does this make you only want to wait until they do so to book them? and if you do this, why do you ask for discounts when it's no longer being announced?
I've noticed that when I offer discounts, barely anybody takes up the offer, but I often get asked for discounts another time, which is something I find very rude.. Sometimes I wonder if it's worth offering them. I get asked sometimes for a 100$ discount LOL. Obviously I say no, but I wonder why this client had the nerve to ask in the first place.. Any idea? A month or two ago, a client I saw 2 years ago begged me to ''see him every week'' for half of my hourly rate. Do they think we don't have bookings and that we are desperate?
Another unrelated question.. this has to do with 15 minute appointments. I'm not sure if agencies offer those, but I know MP's do. However, for an independent provider, getting ready just for 15 minutes can feel like a waste of time.. It's also riskier to take 15 minute appointments, because it can appear suspicious to incall neighbors. Why try to get 15 minute bookings from indy's? I used to offer them, and I stopped, but I still from time to time get asked for them... However it could be easy to drive to a MP and get a 15 minute booking... When I worked at MP's, I was fine with doing 15 minutes, because I was already there and I didn't have to get ready again every single time.
(sorry if that seemed like a rant lol.. i'm just really trying to understand the psychology behind a lot of this)
