rates

We've spent the last 2 days trying to tidy up the website, and making sure all the Flickr photos were in place.
the phone has been busy, with a trip to Portsmouth planned. Parsons Green and Muswell Hill all feature in planned itinary.
I spoke at length with a colleague re pricing per hour vs fixed quote.
He tells me the fixed quote method is the winner, which will set us on our way to Sh'van-gri la - i'm thinking it's simply La la land, and clients will prefer an hourly rate, as it is transparent, - jury is still out.
It seems the customers who want a fixed price often seem to 'forget' items, or expect us to pick up or drop stuff off 'on the way'- hourly customers know the value of our time!
One of the vans is still full of cardboard - must empty it before the weekend.