This is what my area is coming to...

[AfterSchoolMom]

Found on Craigslist today.

I am offering childcare at my house Mondays-Fridays anytime you would need someone to watch your child. I am also available for babysitting if you are looking for a date night on the weekends or during the week in the evenings. If you currently have a childcare provider now I will offer $25 less than what you are paying with them.

[jen]

Found on Craigslist today.

HOLY CRAP! That really ****s.

[AnneCordelia]

Wow, that's brutal. I never understand why other providers need to cut each other up in their ads.

[MG&Lsmom]

Wow! That's awful.

[Crazy8]

that really ****s!!!! I would hope parents aren't just out to save $25 and would consider what type of person does that but I know, I hope for too much.

[AfterSchoolMom]

The sad thing is, rates around here have lowered so much this year that parents are already only paying $75-90 per week. I saw a couple of ads today for people doing it for $65 weekly. She's going to charge $25 less than those folks?

[2ndFamilyDC]

that really ****s!!!! I would hope parents aren't just out to save $25 and would consider what type of person does that but I know, I hope for too much.

Some parents would consider that, but sadly some others wouldn't.

[Cat Herder]

You get what you pay for.

$85.00 - $125.00wk is the range around here for full-time.

With $25wk for SA's.

[cheerfuldom]

The norm here is $125 to $150 for full time care. I have seen as low as $90 recently.

[broncomom1973]

The sad thing is, rates around here have lowered so much this year that parents are already only paying $75-90 per week. I saw a couple of ads today for people doing it for $65 weekly. She's going to charge $25 less than those folks?

Well, once she starts making $40/week for doing a not so easy job, she may be quickly changing her rates, .

[Unregistered]

Funny

Honestly, I'm never threatened by other providers. Its a free economy, and if people want to do it at night.ect..more power to them. If a parent wants to leave and go to another provider who is lower....then those parents are usually ones I don't want!!

This lady is probably doing a lot of providers a favor in my book.

[TBird]

Good Lord!!!

[littlemissmuffet]

The kind of parent who will leave a high quality, well established daycare just to save $25 isn't the kind of parent I want.

[Cat Herder]

This lady is probably doing a lot of providers a favor in my book.

A PITA filter...

[youretooloud]

Wow... I wonder if someone could convince her that they were paying $20 a week... in that case, she'd owe the parent $5.

I agree... she's the PITA filter.