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Originally Posted by Pestilence
I wouldn't offer up an actual number. I'd just ask them how much they would charge since they're already working on your car. If you don't like the quote....obviously don't do it.
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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO
see here is where you said you would RAISE the labor rate by 10 - 20 %
that IMO is unethical. Book times are there for a reason.
it doesnt matter what your building and employees cost you. not making money? do better work.
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You mistunderstood the quote.
What I'm saying here is that there is labor hour, and then there is MY labor hour. If you have Mitchell or Alldata, you've probably noticed that you can mark up your labor hour.
As in, if Alldata says 2.0 hours base to fix it, in the settings this can be marked up by a percentage, so when it quotes it, it'll be 2.4 hours, instead of 2.0.
Now, I don't mean for you to read this as a person to person basis or job to job basis.
What I mean by this is when I opened business, I set my markup ahead of time.
I'm trying to give this kid an idea of what it actually takes to work on his car, what its going to cost him, and WHY it costs him that much.
In the interest of full transparency, I'm letting him know exactly how the business works so he doesn't get any misunderstandings.
Sorry that it came off that way to you, but I'm writing a ton of replies in two threads right now lol.