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Re: Charge For Repair Time?
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Posted by Travis on August 02, 2003 at 04:50:24 from (206.72.27.204):
In Reply to: Charge For Repair Time? posted by stan on August 02, 2003 at 01:07:19:
Stan, Look at it this way, if you were wrenching on a tractor for a guy and broke your 1/2" wrench and had to search through your extra set of tools for 45 minutes to find your other 1/2" wrench, would you really feel comfortable charging him for the extra time? It's just part of the job, BUT if you had to spend an extra 45 minutes repairing stripped threads because the tractor came in with loose bolts, then I think you would be justifed charging for that. If you wrench for a living, then you just live with it(to a point) and realize that your next job on a tractor that you quoted 6 hrs on you may finish in 3 hrs and then you made some good money there. Just my thoughts.
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