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OT contractors...How much are you guys scumming off the top?
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:20 pm
How much are you guys scumming off the top? Asking one of you to do blink seems to cost $1000. Why cant you guys be honest professionals and not used car salesmen with a hammer?
This post was edited on 8/2/23 at 3:14 pm
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Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:21 pm to fareplay
Because you can’t do it
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:23 pm to fareplay
No habla ingles you tight arse gringo.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:26 pm to LSU Neil
It cost a thousand dollars for me to step foot on a job site.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:27 pm to fareplay
Whatever I want because that’s what it’s gonna take to deal with your bullshite.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:27 pm to fareplay
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How much are you guys scumming off the top?
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$1000.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:29 pm to fareplay
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:32 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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It cost a thousand dollars for me to step foot on a job site.
Seriously. With the insurance we're required to carry, that isn't a lie.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:32 pm to fareplay
Going to get 12-18% off of you. And each sub is going to get the same thing. Work ain't free and good work ain't cheap
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:33 pm to boxcarbarney
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Seriously. With the insurance we're required to carry, that isn't a lie.
This. I won’t start a truck for less than $1,500.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:40 pm to fareplay
Ok, serious reply.
I am assuming you are getting quoted $1000 for labor only?
How many devices?
Are you needing 110V power installed in the area for charging any of the devices?
Are you asking them to just install the Blink shite and leave or do you require them to install the app for you as well and explain to you and your wife how they work and set them up for you?
If the answers are not Yes, Less than 4, No, and No, this is on you for not realizing this is more difficult than you were lead to believe.
If the answers are indeed Yes, Less than 4, No, and No, they either don't believe you on one of the answers, they have no idea how simple the install of wireless battery devices are, or they realize you should be doing this yourself and since you arent, believe you are too ignorant to realize how simple of a job that is and you are ripe for getting hosed.
I am assuming you are getting quoted $1000 for labor only?
How many devices?
Are you needing 110V power installed in the area for charging any of the devices?
Are you asking them to just install the Blink shite and leave or do you require them to install the app for you as well and explain to you and your wife how they work and set them up for you?
If the answers are not Yes, Less than 4, No, and No, this is on you for not realizing this is more difficult than you were lead to believe.
If the answers are indeed Yes, Less than 4, No, and No, they either don't believe you on one of the answers, they have no idea how simple the install of wireless battery devices are, or they realize you should be doing this yourself and since you arent, believe you are too ignorant to realize how simple of a job that is and you are ripe for getting hosed.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:42 pm to boxcarbarney
No client ever considers “ mob and demob” “mobilization and demobilization”as a cost.
Or fixed overhead cost. All of this can cost as much or more as the piddling thousand dollar job.
Or fixed overhead cost. All of this can cost as much or more as the piddling thousand dollar job.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:43 pm to fareplay
You think this dry fit polo, 38 waistline and wranglers pays for itself?
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:44 pm to fareplay
Tell ya what... Why don't YOU do the take-off, purchase and deliver the materials, perform the work yourself, then sit down and tally up everything with pen, paper, and calculator, then you tell US how much you think we've skimmed off the top.
You know there's office staff and other overhead that has to be paid by these projects too, right? Or have you never run your own business before?
Don't forget to figure in the cost of paying taxes to Uncle Sam. Add that into your figures as well. And there's also insurance and workmans' comp, and maybe a 3% bond on top of that.
Count your blessings that a blink only costs $1,000.00 right now. It's fixin' to go up like everything else.
You know there's office staff and other overhead that has to be paid by these projects too, right? Or have you never run your own business before?
Don't forget to figure in the cost of paying taxes to Uncle Sam. Add that into your figures as well. And there's also insurance and workmans' comp, and maybe a 3% bond on top of that.
Count your blessings that a blink only costs $1,000.00 right now. It's fixin' to go up like everything else.
This post was edited on 8/2/23 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:44 pm to fareplay
You want them to do it at cost for you or what?
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:45 pm to dirtytigers
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And each sub is going to get the same thing
There are no subs. It is simpler than mounting a towel rack. My 27 yr old daughter installed them at her townhouse. She stood on a sketchy barstool and had to borrow a cordless drill and make two trips to the "store with the screw in thingys". The same daughter that thought "rotating the tires" meant driving more. It took her three hours including the two trips to the store.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:45 pm to fareplay
If you don’t like it get another price. Or do it yourself.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:47 pm to NIH
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You think this dry fit polo, 38 waistline and wranglers pays for itself?
42. Dammit.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:51 pm to Basura Blanco
Sounds like you found a preferred contractor then.
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