My experience over the last 25 years workonf

With business owners is that pricing is a struggle for most. A lot hesitate too long to raise prices. Even my hairdresser does. She is always 100% full but she fails to raise prices because she hates to make people mad. I tell her if she raised her prices 10% year she can lose her bottom 10% and have more free time. That bottom 10 is the ones that don’t need tip well too. She has finally put annual increases in place over the last three years. So she is charging over 40% more with the compound increases and is booked full.

A lot of businesses fail because they can’t figure out what to charge.

In response to this post by Will Stewart

Posted: 07/05/2020 at 6:33PM

YouTube TV increasing prices. Thoughts? -- FlintMS 07/05/2020 1:30PM

Pricing similar to DirecTV, but no extra fees. -- reestuart 07/06/2020 12:19AM

Same here, had me thinking why youtube was getting more expensive -- FlintMS 07/06/2020 06:17AM

Yeah, the programming is almost identical in cost when it goes to $65 -- reestuart 07/06/2020 07:37AM

I will probably stick with them for now. It is pretty easy -- GreenvilleVT 07/05/2020 6:28PM

I'm still better off than I was before I cut the Cox Cable cord. I knew... -- Jackie VT 07/05/2020 4:49PM

I paused my subscription about 6 months ago when it was $49.99/month. -- SavannaHokie 07/05/2020 4:43PM

Well, that's the beauty of competition - there are a ton of choices -- BigDave 07/05/2020 3:14PM

There are zero apples to apples choices, though -- Baltimore Hokie 07/05/2020 11:43PM

Isn’t what they offer for you about -- VAHokie89 07/06/2020 07:32AM

It would only be apples to apples if they had the exact same channel lineup -- Baltimore Hokie 07/06/2020 12:57PM

No it wouldn't. The comparison apples to apples doesn't mean -- VAHokie89 07/06/2020 7:54PM

I was ready to jump to Vue, but Sony dropped that business -- EDGEMAN 07/05/2020 5:04PM

Yep, I'm looking at alternatives. Price gouging a captive audience at its -- UTPr0sim 07/05/2020 2:11PM

Let me guess, you even got the first month free... -- kjhokie 07/05/2020 4:59PM

Sadly I was in at $35.00 two years ago. LOL. Got me good. ** -- UTPr0sim 07/05/2020 8:06PM

Why is it price gouging? As you've noted, you're looking at alternatives. -- HokieEngineer 07/05/2020 2:45PM

Raising your prices 30% now is called what then? Good business? LOL ** -- UTPr0sim 07/05/2020 2:48PM

Depends on the price elasticity of the demand. ** -- NokieHokie 07/06/2020 1:06PM

It’s not gouging if you have other choices and aren’t locked in. ** -- reestuart 07/06/2020 12:22AM

Back in 2016, we (TSL) raised our prices 41.2% overnight. -- Will Stewart

07/05/2020 4:34PM

My experience over the last 25 years workonf -- GreenvilleVT 07/05/2020 6:33PM

Firing customers is hard for those with a 'customer service' mindset -- Baltimore Hokie 07/05/2020 11:40PM

Well... -- SavannaHokie 07/05/2020 4:56PM

You received introductory pricing as YouTubeTV was establishing itself in -- HokieEngineer 07/05/2020 3:24PM

Also they have added a lot of channels since then... ** -- NokieHokie 07/05/2020 5:28PM

That's the rub, though - who asked for all those channels? -- Baltimore Hokie 07/05/2020 11:26PM

Yeah, I agree the channels added are not worth the increase! But I was -- NokieHokie 07/05/2020 11:38PM

...aaaaaand, that didn't take long -- Baltimore Hokie 07/05/2020 11:36PM

Selling below cost to get people hooked then h -- 133743Hokie 07/05/2020 3:05PM

The anticipated conversion of internet and cable pricing. Everyone should -- 133743Hokie 07/05/2020 1:31PM

Content still needs to get paid, so most should have seen this coming. -- EDGEMAN 07/05/2020 2:37PM

My experience over the last 25 years workonf

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