cadpoint
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- Durham, NC
That Four Pages
Eighteen Titles
A total of 262 words
All good Stuff...
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That Four Pages
Eighteen Titles
A total of 262 words
All good Stuff...
That Four Pages
Eighteen Titles
A total of 262 words
All good Stuff...
And admittedly incomplete.
macmikeman
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- Planet macmikeman
Its no wonder I can undercut everybody. Snow removal costs.
Its no wonder I can undercut everybody. Snow removal costs.
Substitute "Snow removal" with "Surf Board expenses" in your case.
macmikeman
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Substitute "Snow removal" with "Surf Board expenses" in your case.
You are the King of icons.......
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jmsbrush
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- Central Florida
Substitute "Snow removal" with "Surf Board expenses" in your case.
I somewhat modified your list on page Two,
Ohmy
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- Location
- Atlanta, GA
Whats funny is I have personally heard most of Jimsbush's response already...many on this board. You should just call this edited list "Jimsbush's Secrets to Success" and sell it for $29.95 a pop.
petersonra
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- Northern illinois
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- engineer
is it better to hang in there barely breaking even or go out of business completely? thats the choice a lot of businesses face these days.
jmsbrush
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- Central Florida
The thing is, it really doesn't have to be this way. When Things finally get better, how long will it take the low ballers to say, I need to raise my prices.
By then we will be on the down cycle again.
Low-ballers raise their prices? I doubt it. Once the legit contractors start raising their prices when the economy straightens out,the low-ballers will stay where they are.
sparky 134
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- Joliet, IL
Gave a bid to replace 9-8 circuit fuse panels with Square D QO series 10 circuit breaker panels. Due to the space confinements I have to use panels that are only 9" wide (the panels are side by side and only a few inches apart)
Each panel would have a 2p60a back feeding the bus since Square D doesn't make a main breaker panel this small. Each panel would have 6 single pole breakers.
Have to replace the 1" nipples that feed each panel from a meter trough underneath so I included new nipples, grounding bushings, wire, etc.
My price was $2,850.00 which included labor (2 guys one day)/material/village fees of $300.00. Customer emails an estimate to me that was hand written and poorly at that with a price of $2,015.00.
So I analyzed the other contractors price and realized he had zero markup on his material and no village fees. The contractor broke down his labor and material separately.
I explained the differences to the customer but he is simply focused on the price. Even after I removed the village fees and adjusted my markup my price was still $2,375.00.
Each panel would have a 2p60a back feeding the bus since Square D doesn't make a main breaker panel this small. Each panel would have 6 single pole breakers.
Have to replace the 1" nipples that feed each panel from a meter trough underneath so I included new nipples, grounding bushings, wire, etc.
My price was $2,850.00 which included labor (2 guys one day)/material/village fees of $300.00. Customer emails an estimate to me that was hand written and poorly at that with a price of $2,015.00.
So I analyzed the other contractors price and realized he had zero markup on his material and no village fees. The contractor broke down his labor and material separately.
I explained the differences to the customer but he is simply focused on the price. Even after I removed the village fees and adjusted my markup my price was still $2,375.00.
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