CopperTone
Senior Member
- Location
- MetroWest, MA
the past 2 months have been pretty frustrating. All the supply houses I go to have been dead.
Every estimate or proposal I give - they get 2 other prices or more and the other guy is 10-20% lower. The low prices can't be making any money. This trade is getting worse with the undercutting. I understand everyone has to eat, but come on, there is a minimum in which you should charge.
I am bidding a 100k job at the end of this week, there are 15 EC's on the bid doc holders list. I can't wait to see these prices. I normally wouldn't even bid a job with that many bidders, but I want to see the prices, even with me bidding it as tight as I can go. Then I will truly know who the idiots in my area are.
I should go on vacation for awhile, I will make the same amount as these other guys in that time.
Every estimate or proposal I give - they get 2 other prices or more and the other guy is 10-20% lower. The low prices can't be making any money. This trade is getting worse with the undercutting. I understand everyone has to eat, but come on, there is a minimum in which you should charge.
I am bidding a 100k job at the end of this week, there are 15 EC's on the bid doc holders list. I can't wait to see these prices. I normally wouldn't even bid a job with that many bidders, but I want to see the prices, even with me bidding it as tight as I can go. Then I will truly know who the idiots in my area are.
I should go on vacation for awhile, I will make the same amount as these other guys in that time.
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