Paper work day estimates and invoices.
Question I've often contemplated where does one recover the cost on estimates. I know they can be very time consuming to make up and also very expensive if one wins the contract but had failed include any line items in the bid. My neighbor would like to have a whole kitchen remodel done and nobody wants to even show up to make a bid. I suggested it might be to many tire-kickers without the funding wasting their time to the point they don't want to be bothered with free estimates. At least I could see me feeling that way if I were in the business.
Hi Bamby, the way I do it is my hours looking at a job and pricing it out are added in the total price of the quote. If I get the job I get paid if not its overhead. Marty
A person sure might have a belly full of overhead to digest at times. As a added plus a good estimator is likely also on the higher end of the payroll. Hate so say this but there actually should be a fee should the client proceed to want a estimate made. I mean what other trade or service can a person waste so much of someones else's time and not cost them a damn cent....
A person sure might have a belly full of overhead to digest at times. As a added plus a good estimator is likely also on the higher end of the payroll. Hate so say this but there actually should be a fee should the client proceed to want a estimate made. I mean what other trade or service can a person waste so much of someones else's time and not cost them a damn cent....
As a contract packager, who's customer base is Fortune 500 companies and little independent printers,,,; I can relate.
Last year we were deeply involved in a Biodegradable film and paper product for a large international corporation. After spending three months and thousands of dollars, we finally met a representative in person.
Long story short, the relationship ended when I realized that they had a multimillion dollar budgeted R&D that was using our research, for free, to advance their program. Likely, they would have abandoned us once we engineered a solution.
Lesson learned, smart people do not get rich as easily as clever ones.
I got 3 loads of laundry done.
Oh how I loathe going to the laundrymat!
The only apartments here with washer and dryer hookup are the 2 bedrooms and the studios.
So guess I'm gonna have to get used to it.
Anywho, the apartment is spic and span as well. Yippee!
I'm done for the day except for making dinner later.
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Lol
You know how hard it is to wash dishes with one finger stuck up in the air?
Well a little Ruger Ranch Rifle that has been collecting dust for the past 10+ years has just been sold to a guy who lives in town.Today? Taking pictures of some of my rifles and digging into values of those guns. I'm looking to sell off some of my rifles. ...