andinator
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Bryan John, You are one hundred percent correct!
Bob Kraemer said:I typically mark my material up 20%
brian john said:I know the gov. gets upset over what hey claim as gouging and IMO takinig unfair advantage may not be the most moral of things to do during times of emergency, but in a free market I ask if you are willing to pay 3 or 4 times what a generator cost, where's the problem?
A customer has unlimited funds and needs his flooded service cleaned, serviced and tested and on line ASAP, if he is willing to pay 3 times the going rate, would I be gouging?
For necessities I see the issue (food water), but the big thing I saw in Florida the state was upset about were generators. So lack of planning on your part should hamper my income because I bought 20 last fall?
BUT ... "I normally charge $90 an hour, but if you want me there today it's $150 because I'm already booked and will have to work until 10 tonight to cover my commitments." would not be gouging, IMHO.cowboyjwc said:Gouge: To subject to extorortion or undue exation. (overcharge)
"I normally charge $90 an hour, but if you want me there today because it's an emergency it's $150."
That is price gouging. Doesn't matter if they are willing to pay it or not.
No that's not price gouging. That's called an emergency rate charge. It costs you money to rearrange your schedule, clean-up and leave a job so you can respond to their emergency. Then you have to go back to the other job, get all your stuff back off the truck and get set up again. That's why you need to charge more.cowboyjwc said:Gouge: To subject to extorortion or undue exation. (overcharge)
"I normally charge $90 an hour, but if you want me there today because it's an emergency it's $150."
That is price gouging. Doesn't matter if they are willing to pay it or not.
aline said:No that's not price gouging. That's called an emergency rate charge. It costs you money to rearrange your schedule, clean-up and leave a job so you can respond to their emergency. Then you have to go back to the other job, get all your stuff back off the truck and get set up again. That's why you need to charge more.
It's like the difference between making an appointment to see a doctor and going to the emergency room because you can't wait. It's going to cost you more to go to the emergency room.
Okay... prove it!SHANK said:most people mark up materials 20%.
10% on top of column 3 doesn't even get you up to the manufacturer's list price.brian john said:Then I ask competitors how they make it on 10 and 10, their answer is they use the 3rd column in Trade Services pricing and mark that up 10 and 10. Well golly, If I wanted too I could make a DECENT living like that.