Re: Brinks Alarms: Beware of the Fuel Surcharge Tax

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Jul 22, 11:56=C2=A0pm, Frank Olson
<use_the_email_li...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Matt Ion wrote:
> > Jim wrote:
> >> On Jul 22, 6:13=EF=BF=BDpm, "Doug" <n...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> I think the issue is that people are not =EF=BF=BDtelling the custome=
r in
> >>> advance,
> >>> so if =EF=BF=BDyou tell your customer =EF=BF=BDthe service call is $1=
35.00 for the first
> >>> half hour plus a $5.00 fuel surcharge or even if you add $5.00 on and
> >>> tell
> >>> them its $140.00 for the first half hour then its =EF=BF=BDOK. =EF=BF=
=BDWhat I
> >>> believe the
> >>> problem is when you tell someone its going to be $135.00 and then
> >>> when you
> >>> are finished you tack on a $5.00 fuel surcharge.
>
> >>> Doug-
>
> >> You mean, if I tell them that there's going to be a wire surcharge,
> >> and a fuel surcharge, and a battery surcharge, and an employee wants a
> >> raise surcharge, and my boat needs a new radar surcharge, etc, that
> >> you think they'd pay them? =C2=A0I mean, ...... as you say, as long as=
 they
> >> understand why and in advance ...... they shouldn't be upset.
>
> >> Hey, NEAT! This could be a whole other untapped source of income!!!!!!
>
> > "How much for this system?"
> > "Oh, it's FREE!"
> > "WOW, REALLY!"
> > "Yeah... but we add on a fuel surcharge... and a labour surcharge... an=
d
> > a wire surcharge... and an equipment surcharge... and a whiskey
> > surcharge... and a crack-and-hookers surcharge... and..."
>
> I saw a GE Security (Edwards) invoice today. =C2=A0They're charging a min=
imum
> of two hours per service call at $159.00 per hour and a "truck charge"
> of $54.00. =C2=A0Now... =C2=A0just for the hell of it... =C2=A0let's figu=
re the guy
> does four service calls a day (for sake of argument)... =C2=A0That's $216=
.00
> a day... =C2=A0The unmarked Caravan he was driving leases for about $318.=
00 a
> month (loaded). =C2=A0He probably goes through about 1 and a half tanks o=
f
> gas a week (say 45 litres) at $1.50 per... =C2=A0that's $67.50... =C2=A0T=
heir
> truck charge is a rip off. =C2=A0I'm surprised their customers "stay" the=
ir
> customers.-

Because it's ...... only a surcharge. It's not REALLLY a regular
charge. You know, it's like a make believe thing. Like .....
it's ..... SUR-real