I hate it when people call or email and ask me how much classes cost. I'm thinking to myself WTF do you care how much it cost? It doesn't mean anything to you until you step out onto the floor and train. I could be the best instructor you know or you may think I'm the biggest jerk you've ever met. If I told you it was only $99 per month that could be a lot to you or very little but what does that $99 get you. 1 class per week? That's like $25 per class that only lasts 1 hour.
Seriously how does one answer this question? Especially if you have varying rates. If you can't afford training then why bother asking? I've even gone so far to reverse the question and ask them what they believe the training would cost. Most of the time I just tell them we offer two free "days", not classes but two entire days to try out as many classes as they want.
You know what the funny thing is that if you low ball yourself they'll end up going to another school because they believe they get what they pay for. Only to have them show up a year later and realize that it was my gym that they were looking for all along. Then they expect me to cut them a deal on their price not knowing that I know full well how much they paid at the other facilities. Or even worse have them leave my facility where I cut them huge breaks because they are don't have much money only to pay full price at the next facility that they go to. Talk about a huge middle finger.
Seriously how does one answer this question? Especially if you have varying rates. If you can't afford training then why bother asking? I've even gone so far to reverse the question and ask them what they believe the training would cost. Most of the time I just tell them we offer two free "days", not classes but two entire days to try out as many classes as they want.
You know what the funny thing is that if you low ball yourself they'll end up going to another school because they believe they get what they pay for. Only to have them show up a year later and realize that it was my gym that they were looking for all along. Then they expect me to cut them a deal on their price not knowing that I know full well how much they paid at the other facilities. Or even worse have them leave my facility where I cut them huge breaks because they are don't have much money only to pay full price at the next facility that they go to. Talk about a huge middle finger.
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