Fuel surcharge?

[BobDavis88 at aol.com]

Fuel surcharges are very trendy, but I assume that my customers are as  
irritated by them as I am (same with paying fifteen dollars to take a bag on an  
airplane - I would rather pay fifteen dollars more for the ticket). 
 
Also, just for the sake of argument, assume one customer is ten miles from  
the next, and that my car gets 30 mpg (it does). If gas goes from $2 to $4 per  
gallon, it costs me an extra $0.66 to drive to their house. I recently raised 
my  fee by $15, so I don't think I want to annoy them for an extra 66  cents.
 
Bob Davis
 
 
In a message dated 6/6/2008 9:02:55 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
mkurta at roadrunner.com writes:

     Last week I got a bill  from my pool service with a fuel surcharge 
added.  Today I got another  from my lawn service with a fuel surcharge also.  
Should we,  1.  Absorb the higher travel costs and say nothing or,  2. Add a fuel  
surcharge too or, 3. Raise our rate to cover the extra cost and lump it  
together with tuning?  Comments?
    Mike Kurta, RPT
    Auburn, NY
    Soon to be moving to the  Chicago area.....





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