readydave8
re member
- Location
- Clarkesville, Georgia
- Occupation
- electrician
I look at the material markup as how I recoup what it costs me to furnish materials, money up front that I could have in the bank, warrantee, putting extra material in my stock, stocking materials in case the supply house is out of what I need when I need it (usually probably 35% of the time I can't get an order completely filled same day), etc. Plus profit for taking care of all this.
What the customer gains is not having to run out 3 times a day to get me material, not having to return extra materials that weren't used, and me taking care of warrantee and changing out warrantee items that I furnished for free (no more cheap GFCI's).
What the customer gains is not having to run out 3 times a day to get me material, not having to return extra materials that weren't used, and me taking care of warrantee and changing out warrantee items that I furnished for free (no more cheap GFCI's).