Just got offered my first out of state job and I'm not quite sure how to charge for it.
I am located in St. Charles ,MO. and the job is in Mt. Vernon ILL. I'm told it's about a 3 hour drive.
The job involves building a piece of furniture to hold a 42" plasma TV to sit at the foot of a bed. The piece also has to match the furniture in the room. The TV will be on a lift.
My question is do you guys charge for mileage or a flat rate?
Thanks
Gary
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I think I would just bury the travel in the price of the piece. Calculate it using your normal rate for labor.
Why? Because that is productive time that you cannot do anything in the shop, thus you are losing that much in production.
If that causes the price of the piece to rise beyond what is acceptable to the customer you can tell them to ship one of the pieces you are to match to your shop. That would cut 6-8 hours of labor cost to them and you could still be productive in the shop.
Why? Because that is productive time that you cannot do anything in the shop, thus you are losing that much in production.
If that causes the price of the piece to rise beyond what is acceptable to the customer you can tell them to ship one of the pieces you are to match to your shop. That would cut 6-8 hours of labor cost to them and you could still be productive in the shop.
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Thanks Dan,
That sounds like a plan, I might just charge him one way. This is suppose to be a 3 Million dollar home. The job is being offered to me from the Sound Room ( they specialize in audio components ) he says they have about $ 65,000.00 in equipment there.
Gary
That sounds like a plan, I might just charge him one way. This is suppose to be a 3 Million dollar home. The job is being offered to me from the Sound Room ( they specialize in audio components ) he says they have about $ 65,000.00 in equipment there.
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In a $3 million home with $65K in A/V equipment, they can easily afford to pay BOTH ways.Gary Puckett wrote:...I might just charge him one way. This is suppose to be a 3 Million dollar home. The job is being offered to me from the Sound Room ( they specialize in audio components ) he says they have about $ 65,000.00 in equipment there...
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Oh well CHI CHING $$$$$ No really just trying to not get this piece out of hand, and to try and put a fair market value on it
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Re: Out of state job
Always good to have a nice scenic drive built into the job.
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