Nancy
3|1|I think $250 is fair|shellysmsmo|jpksms@sbcglobal.net|10:32:49|05/18/2009|ok i babysat a family over the weekend at there house friday 4:30 pm untill sunday at 2:30 pm dad is in the navy mom dose not work there are 5 kids but some went to another parents,the kids are 11(special needs takes medsx2 times a day),9(special needs takes meds 1 time a day but needs to be watched as he has allergys real bad),2 8-year olds and a 2 year old.it origginial started i would have all 5 the whole time but then the mother of 3 of the kids (the dad has full custody)took the kids part of the time and causing drama,i original told them $250for the whole weekend they say it too much now that the other kids wernt these,i took off from work a total of 15 hours @ $10 an hour so thats $150.00 that i
lost, i totld then that i would think it over but i think the $250 is fair what do you guys think????please let me know what you would do and what you would charge,wvery one i know says that $250is fair please post????
friday- watched the 2 year old from 9 am was droped off at my house.went to pick up the other 4 kids at school by 4:30pm went home cooked dinner cleaned up.arrgued with mother she wanted to come get her kids and i was told they were with me.made me upset.
saturday-11 year old and 2 8 year olds left with parent at 10 am ,i made breakfast,lunch and dinner and cleaned up gave 2 year old a bath,ect had only 2 all day.
sunday made breakfast and lunch had 2 kids only till 2:30
1|1|I think...|sunriver|lithiasalt@cheerful.com|10:03:08|05/18/2009|
$250 sounds fair because that is what you agreed on and you changed your schedule to help them. If they had been more organized and could have planned it ahead of time that several of the kids would be somewhere else, then a smaller amount would have been fair.
Are they good friends or someone you want to help again? If so, you might consider knocking a few dollars off the price. If you don't think you'd ever want to watch the kids again then I would definitely stay firm on the price agreed. If this is something you would like to do again and hope they might rehire you, that would be a reason to re-negotiate the $250 to a lower amount.
Hope that all makes sense? I need more sleep! 2|2|I think your price is fair (M)|NLK96|nlk96@aol.com|10:31:17|05/18/2009|
I think your price is actually very reasonable. I know that prices/rates vary depending on what part of the country we are in, but a few months ago, we hired a babysitter for our 3 children ages 9, 7, and 4. My husband and I went out for 5 hours, and the sitter did not have a set rate. She told us that whatever we wanted to pay her was fine with her. We had never left our children with a sitter before, so after talking to a few people we know who use sitters, we decided to give her $20/hour for a total of $100. Did you know that a few days later, several of my husband's co-workers told him that we didn't give her enough money???!!! I about collapsed, LOL!
Nancy
3|1|I think $250 is fair|shellysmsmo|jpksms@sbcglobal.net|10:32:49|05/18/2009|
I think it should stay at the $250.00
If they are friends...etc...perhaps like the first person said..taking a little bit off. But not much!
But really the agreed on price was $250.00 and in all fairness even if some of the kids had offer to go other places,
$250 should be the payment.
4|2|This is tricky...|Sara_s_Mom|IClipCoupons@gmail.com|10:40:46|05/18/2009|
I think they should pay you what you agreed to AND then they should make the other parent pony up some of the money and give it to them for screwing things up.
If I put my kid in daycare on a weekly rate, I'd pay the same whether I sent him 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 days. It is a flat fee. Why did the other parent take the kids? This was after the parents left? If that is the case, then that person should pay them back for part of the costs since they chose to remove their kids from your care.
Just say look, I took off work to do this for you.
It is unfair to change the deal after they left... would they have liked it if you had changed YOUR plans not to sit?
I say they pay and square the difference away with the other parent. JMO.
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5|3|We kust hired a sitter for Mom for the day when Joy comes to visit She is charging $12 an hr which is a better deal than the $18 an hr we pain once before |teener|teenerzacsneenee@yahoo.com|10:51:57|05/18/2009|
for 4 hrs It's a bath nurse that my Mom is comfortable with and she knows my Mom's health issues so even at that rate you are fair 6|4|"We just" lol|teener|teenerzacsneenee@yahoo.com|10:52:24|05/18/2009|
>Posted on May-18-09 at 10:51 AM (Eastern)
>by 96.28.98.152for 4 hrs It's a
>bath nurse that my Mom is
>comfortable with and she knows my
>Mom's health issues so even at
>that rate you are fair
7|1|at the rate you have listed, you are getting less than minimum wage, and you aren't charging PER child thus i believe the amount due you is $250.00. jmho|pussecat|pu55ecat@aol.com|11:06:48|05/18/2009|
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8|2|I vote for $250!!!! And stand by that! You used your whole weekend to care for the kids and|slygirl217|lizzard41101@hotmail.com|11:19:38|05/18/2009|
that price was agreed on! Its not your fault someone picked up some of the kids! You had to devote your whole weekend there!!! If anything you should be getting more! And I wouldn't care what they say I would stand by $250 firm!!! (infact they may have had those kids picked up so they could get by with paying you less!! jmo) Next time I would get the money in advance.. especially when it is that much! jmo
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9|1|answere to some questiona overall kids are good just need lots of my attention,they fight with each other over the dumbest things |crazymomx2|crazymomx3girls@hotmail.com|11:21:45|05/18/2009|
the oldest you have to watch constantley as she has disabilitys and makes bad decisions ,some times i think she does it for attention,the other kid with disabiltys whines and is very picky only wants cirtin things wounders off for hours and the 2 year old is spoiled rotten and is in the terriable 2 stage.i feel sory for the amily they live on 1 income alwasy complaining they have no money but the3y do expensive outings buy expensive food and expensive toys for all the kids,the 2 year old has 3 power ranger toys corvette,bug and motercycle ,when babysitting for an evening from say 6 pm till 2 am they give me $60, for full day care 10 am till 5 pm i charge them $20 that include lunch and snack,i think that i am more than fair on my prices sometimes i think i need to charge more and come up with a plan pricing as she has gotten me several other familys with kids to watch and thye give tips ect one night i was shocked to get $75 for 2 likds for 5 hours,i think i need to be firmer with them ,i think she may be walking all over me,i already agreed to wait till the 1st of june for payment,i think i will stick to what i said about priceing thansk ladies teri 10|2|wow, especially since you are waiting on them to pay you,|couponshelmd|couponshel@comcast.net|11:40:19|05/18/2009|
I would certainly think that you should stick with the $250.00 they agreed to pay. On a personal note, I do think they are asking a lot of you to take care of the kids and then not get paid for two weeeks... if they could afford to go away they should have figured the childcare into their expenses.
Best wishes!!! 11|1|If I summed this up right....|maraj|maraj64@hotmail.com|12:09:48|05/18/2009|
You took off work so are minus $150 from that, were responsible for at least 1 toddler & 2 children w/disabilities, plus, picked up kids from school besides fixing them several meals ON TOP of having to deal w/an argumentative non-custodial parent, I would say $250 for the 3 days/nights (?) & all of that is way more than fair! Had you not taken off work, they would actually only be paying you $100 so it's only right they compensate you for your lost employment wages AND for the time & responsibility they bestowed upon you w/their children. And you should NEVER have to hassle w/a non-custodial parent!
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