Anonymous
Post 02/18/2016 17:05     Subject: Daycare provider charging different rates per families
This is OP. Again, there are no siblings. We started before them so we should be paying less if that's the case. We pay almost $400 more a month- we are actually paying close to what the center near our house charges.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2016 17:00     Subject: Daycare provider charging different rates per families
My old in home provider used to charge based on when you started. So as an example, when my DD started, our rate was $150/week. That was my rate as long as I continuously stayed with her. My rate was kept in place when my second child entered her care.

I know that by the time my second child entered her care, her published rates had increased from the $150/week that was published when I started with my DD.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2016 16:39     Subject: Daycare provider charging different rates per families
Anonymous wrote:I suspected this at my last inhome daycare but didn't bother to find out due to ruffling feathers. 400 is a big difference.



At a home daycare you are paying a lot less to begin with. Look at what center's charge and get away with, quality is lower with too many kids. If there is only 8 your child is getting more personalized care.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2016 16:36     Subject: Daycare provider charging different rates per families
Anonymous wrote:I was talking to another parent last night at pickup and the cost of child are came up. She mentioned that she pays x amount for our daycare and was wondering how people can afford three kids etc. The amount she said was almost $400 less than what we are paying the provider. Our kids are the same age. I couldn't believe it. I thought we all paid the same. The daycare only has 8 kids there. Is this normal? I want to confront the provider.



Her rates may have been cheaper at a earlier date, she may give sibling discounts, some may have longer hours/earlier. Doesn't matter she's providing the service, what her contracts are with other parents would only be between them.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2016 13:57     Subject: Re:Daycare provider charging different rates per families
Daycare providers ( in home) will often time drop rates when necessary to fill up spots. They basically charge what they think they can get and adjust accordingly. Don't hate the players hate the game!
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2016 13:55     Subject: Daycare provider charging different rates per families
Maybe it's a sliding scale based on income? You have to ask.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2016 13:53     Subject: Daycare provider charging different rates per families
She probably asked as much as she thought you can pay. Talk to her or find another provider. That is a big difference.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2016 13:44     Subject: Daycare provider charging different rates per families
I suspected this at my last inhome daycare but didn't bother to find out due to ruffling feathers. 400 is a big difference.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2016 13:41     Subject: Re:Daycare provider charging different rates per families
Anonymous wrote:Yes we are paying for the same hours. This is an in home daycare, not a center. Our kids are the same age-we both only have one. I didn't know you could negotiate child care and thought we all paid the same. The other family is not related to the daycare provider at all.


She may be getting vouchers.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2016 13:41     Subject: Daycare provider charging different rates per families
I don't think it's illegal and they can charge differently. Did you sign up at different times? Maybe by the time you signed up the rates had gone up.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2016 13:39     Subject: Re:Daycare provider charging different rates per families
Yes we are paying for the same hours. This is an in home daycare, not a center. Our kids are the same age-we both only have one. I didn't know you could negotiate child care and thought we all paid the same. The other family is not related to the daycare provider at all.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2016 13:33     Subject: Re:Daycare provider charging different rates per families
Are you paying for the same hours? Is the other family's kid a sibling of a child that had been with the provider before? What do you know exactly about the rates/discounts? Or maybe they are better at negotiating than you.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2016 13:33     Subject: Re:Daycare provider charging different rates per families
I'm at a center where people pay different rates. Some have fed preference, some have sibling preference, etc.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2016 13:30     Subject: Daycare provider charging different rates per families
$400/month I should add.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2016 13:30     Subject: Daycare provider charging different rates per families
I was talking to another parent last night at pickup and the cost of child are came up. She mentioned that she pays x amount for our daycare and was wondering how people can afford three kids etc. The amount she said was almost $400 less than what we are paying the provider. Our kids are the same age. I couldn't believe it. I thought we all paid the same. The daycare only has 8 kids there. Is this normal? I want to confront the provider.