When I get such offers, I force myself to remember that the scheduler might not have any idea how far the location is from me as s/he has many, many shops and shoppers to schedule and does not have the time to map all of them out. Plus, for all the scheduler knows, you could already be headed in that direction.... I avoid any negative comments on the actual offer and say something like this, "That location is quite a drive. I would be happy to take care of it for $120." If they respond, questioning my offer, I'll explain further, "I don't have any other work in Never Never Land and the drive alone will burn $20 in gas and I could pick up several $12 shops near home in the time I would be driving to and from this location."
I have found that, when the shop really needs to be filled, such an approach can be successful. I did three $6 gasoline shops last week for $518 last week using this approach. They were little 10 minute shops that took nine hours of driving.
@jillie715 wrote:
gotcha. Thanks!!
One more question. How do you nicely reply to these schedulers and tell them " no, that job is a waste of my time and offering me $12 for an hour drive each way plus the job itself and report is insulting"?
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