Piping and wiring 3 a/c's....How much would you charge??

[aline]

This was more of a favor for a friend of a friend.

To me a friend of a friend is a stranger.

 

[aline]

Haha funny I actually start business 101 at the local community college next Monday. I'm still young and fairly new to the trade, normally work for contractors. This was more of a favor for a friend of a friend. It ended up taking me a total of 11 hours. Grand total for labor and material was $1100ish. The guy paid me $1000 cash because thats all he had on him. I'm supposed to go back in a couple of days to hook up a swamp cooler. $150 for labor. From what everyone has said I obviously need to mark up my material a lot to offset the crappy price we negotiated on labor.

I'm worried he's gonna try to screw me out of that extra $100 he owes me.

Any tips???

I recommend this book written by Frank Blau.
http://www.flatratepricing.com/boc.html

 

[MrMilbank]

Like dude said, unlicensed, uninsured..

 

[MrMilbank]

I run 100' of pipe on a new circuit and the materials come to $350 i cant charge less then 1600 without losing my material markup, profit, or overhead expenses conservativly speaking.

 

[hardworkingstiff]

I think you are unlicenced, uninsured, inexperienced and unqualified.

Like, OUCH!
:grin:

 

[LarryFine]

I'm worried he's gonna try to screw me out of that extra $100 he owes me.

Any tips???

Get the $100 before you start anything else, even buying any more materials.

 

[Sparky555]

Get the $100 before you start anything else, even buying any more materials.

Great advice and this job had $2k minimum written all over it, but $3k would have been sweet.

 

[bradleyelectric]

when you usually make $10/hr how can a seeming $45/hr not be great money?

 

[PetrosA]

when you usually make $10/hr how can a seeming $45/hr not be great money?

When you haven't done the math enough to know that at $45/hr you're not going to get your health insurance, or pay the rent, or put gas in the truck, or get some real tools or...

 

[celtic]

when you usually make $10/hr how can a seeming $45/hr not be great money?

When you haven't done the math enough to know that at $45/hr you're not going to get your health insurance, or pay the rent, or put gas in the truck, or get some real tools or...

...and that $45/hr only includes your actual time ON the job...
because the permit and material fairies got that covered.

:grin: