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Old 19th June 2005, 04:28 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Are you selling beds yet ???


starting to sound like an equipment vendor, using single session pricing to equate out TONS of profit on a bed with only one lamp chgange.

Lets take your $25 SINGLE session, not average, price into consideration.

do you ONLY sell singles ??? NO!

Buy one get one free ?? $12.50 per session.

5 for $99, $20 per session.

Do you run EFT programs ???

Do members get discounts ??? more than likely 50% off single session rates ??? Back to $12.50 per session.

Do those same members get discounts off packages ???

Same 5 for $99.......... double the value OR cut the cost in half, = $10 per session.


next item 1000 hours out of lamp life???? possible. Heard that from HO and VHR lamp makers for years. Doesn't Happen

Base bed HO lamps are typically out at 600-750 hours MAX. VHR's run 400-500 hours before replacement. Plug-in HP lamps are typically running 300-400 max before replacement.

even on the older wire lead HP, 800 hours is pushing it for many, depending on the bed I've gotten as little as 400-500+ UNLESS you've got adjustable transformers, taps, etc to manipulate the output at the end of lamp life.


Lastly session time. 8 minutes ??? probably not. QDM tried that with VHO-R lamps a few years ago, and most salons ended up running that bed at 10 min for premium performance HP is even more of an issue in session time. Last I heard, they were talking about making a 10 min time


recap
1000 hours optimum probably = 600-750 hours of useful output.

10 min sessions, and with HP you will get more full sessions rather than less

average income per session cut in half from 'projected'

more math to come,

gotta go spend Fathers Day
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