Re: Charge for Equipment Move?

Posted by john in la on March 19, 2005 at 06:54:00 from (67.35.250.221):

In Reply to: Charge for Equipment Move? posted by 37 chief on March 18, 2005 at 22:40:03:

You really need to be charging for mileage out side your set area. Every body does it. Does not matter if it is tractor work; fixing your roof or what ever. Try calling the A/C man from the next big town over and see if he will drive to your town for free. You loose some business this way because someone else lives closer but that is the way it goes.

Around here it is done this way...............
We have a set distance we will go with no mileage charge. Lets say 10 miles. (yours may be different as to where you are to most of your work) Any thing over 10 miles we charge XX per mile. You need to give a little on this so you would just eat a few miles. Say it was 12 miles. Its better to say you charge for over 10 miles but then say I will let it go for you since it was not much over. In other words you quote over 10 miles but really only start to charge if it is over 15 miles but if it was 20 miles you charge the whole amount. Hope that makes sense.

I did a job for a guy that lives in my area one time. He liked the work and was happy with the amount. His brother then needed some work but only problem he lives a extra 30 miles away plus I would have to cross a $10 toll bridge. I quoted him a price and he wanted to know why it was more than his brother had to pay. I told him mileage and tolls. And if he did not like my price he could always get somebody more local.

Like INDY says if you are not making money you just as soon stay home and watch TV. Only difference is I like Law and Order reruns better than Andy G.

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