Flat rate pricing....Who's actually doing it?

[jrannis]

Guy's in South Florida who post numbers for trenching hours crack me up. You live where its all sand down to 4 feet. Try your numbers where there is extinct volcano below you and see how long it takes....

We have coral rock in some area that will bend the end of a pick.
That would be a 6" deep IMC job.

 

[RNC]

My point is this is America, and if a job is code compliant, passes inspection, why should the higher bidder complain if there are those whom can do the job for less?

Its not that the higher bidder is complaining. Hes trying to sell a BETTER job that is more profitable. What is code compliant? I was taught that the code is a minimum requirement. Its the absolute LEAST you can do. It is not something to strive for. The better contractors are trying to exceed the code.

 

[wirenutt]

flat rates

flat rates

i worked for a contractor for almost a year that used only flat rates. to change out a sp switch it was around 95.00 plus trip charge . a gfci receptacle was about 250.00, service upgrade for a 100 amp about 2500.00 when the competiters about 850.00 for the same job and lots of the time with higher grade materials.

 

[powerslave]

i worked for a contractor for almost a year that used only flat rates. to change out a sp switch it was around 95.00 plus trip charge . a gfci receptacle was about 250.00, service upgrade for a 100 amp about 2500.00 when the competiters about 850.00 for the same job and lots of the time with higher grade materials.

Did they pay you well? Did you have any bennies? What do you think the competition at $850.00 would have paid you?