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re: Purchase parts and expect me to put them on...
Posted on 2/4/25 at 5:18 pm to Turnblad85
Posted on 2/4/25 at 5:18 pm to Turnblad85
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why does the grocery store mark up the tomatoes they didn't pick?
why does walmart mark up the socks they didn't knit?
Those are retail situations. Can you understand the difference?
Do a lower markup, and there'd be no reason for piecing together repairs by a consumer.
No worries, if you say no, others will install.
BTW, I've hired professional painters to do my home. I bought the paint. But I needed their skill and know how in application
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 5:26 pm to tes fou
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The math is simple. I charge $200/hr at 75% gross margin. I expect to sell approximately $200 in parts at a 33% margin to be used during that hour. That’s about $140k/yr in gross margin on parts and $300k on labor.
Far be it from me to tell you how to run your business, but if you simply passed thru the net cost of all parts and earned all your income from labor (which you could pad for inventory, shipping of parts), wouldn't that stream line your pricing and more importantly your billing and tax prep? As a builder, my life got a LOT simpler when I moved to a version of this business model
If need be, include a policy you are only installing part X with a specific serial number, and if they can find it cheaper, have it shipped/brought to you and you will put it in. This in turn will give customer assurances that you aren't cheating them on shite parts. If they insist on shite parts, you can then make the call to turn them away/take their business.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 5:26 pm to Pirate0714
frick those people pulling this shite. They are going to purchase some cheap shite and then when it fails expect you to do it again for cheaper or under done kind of warranty.
Would not touch it. I’m with you brother.
Would not touch it. I’m with you brother.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 5:28 pm to Tridentds
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frick those people pulling this shite. They are going to purchase some cheap shite and then when it fails expect you to do it again for cheaper or under done kind of warranty. Would not touch it. I’m with you brother
Every
Damn
Time
Posted on 2/4/25 at 5:33 pm to Pirate0714
All I have to say is you suffer from the coonass bring/take disease.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 5:36 pm to Basura Blanco
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stream line your pricing and more importantly your billing and tax prep?
That's one reason my friend does it.
And very few indy shops keep much of an inventory of parts.
btw-Parts houses deliver for free.
This post was edited on 2/4/25 at 5:41 pm
Posted on 2/4/25 at 5:47 pm to Pirate0714
If you were smart you wouldn't mark up installed products and would charge the appropriate amount for your service... but its painfully obvious that you are not.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 6:01 pm to armsdealer
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If you were smart you wouldn't mark up installed products and would charge the appropriate amount for your service... but its painfully obvious that you are not.
Elaborate on not marking up products at all since no other business in the world does this apparently…..
Posted on 2/4/25 at 6:17 pm to Pirate0714
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Elaborate on not marking up products at all since no other business in the world does this apparently…..
He’s saying you can charge the same total amount, but adjust to have greater margins on labor and lower your margin on parts.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 6:21 pm to Pirate0714
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I guess it depends on what exactly we are talking about.
True. From what I've read, it's not clear what's being talked about and I've got better use of my time than to read 6 pages to find out.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 6:21 pm to ChatGPT of LA
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Do it, charge them appropriately, and gain a customer.
Why do you mark up parts you didn't manufacture? See how that works
thats some stupid logic.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 6:23 pm to Pirate0714
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laborate on not marking up products at all since no other business in the world does this apparently…..
Im sure there are plenty of places that mark up products as well as labor.
Apparently, you are generating income thru both product markup and labor markup. IF you are not selling the product off the shelf to the consumer, why not simplify things and put all of your markup into labor?
Posted on 2/4/25 at 6:25 pm to ChatGPT of LA
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BTW, I've hired professional painters to do my home. I bought the paint. But I needed their skill and know how in application
and I am sure that they got a good laugh when you paid more than they would have charged you because you didnt get a discount and they charged you more because they didnt get to tack on a % of the cost of the paint. so congrats on paying more I guess.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 6:28 pm to Pirate0714
If you wanted to work by the hour you would be working for someone else. If you own your own shop, you have overhead expenses and need a mark-up on parts to cover that. If you have a customer that does not understand that then you really don't want them as your customer. These type customers are cheap and the most difficult to deal with.
This post was edited on 2/4/25 at 6:31 pm
Posted on 2/4/25 at 6:29 pm to Pirate0714
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Glorious! Your welcome! Why don’t you put it on yourself?
B/c I’m not capable of it, nor am I a diesel mechanic, nor do I have the programming to complete the job. I’m mechanically inclined, but I’m not a diesel mechanic.
I researched it for weeks and was going to try to do it and ultimately decided I’d rather a professional do it.
And I said I would not be the dick head that would hold them responsible for it not working. I understand the risk.
If I do it and frick it up, then I’m fricked.
If a mechanic does it and it doesn’t work, they can at least have an idea of why it didn’t work and fix it, which I would pay for.
20 years ago plenty of shops would have had no problem with what I was asking for b/c people understood how to run a business with good customer service and customers weren’t frivolous lawsuit assholes.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 6:32 pm to diat150
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got a good laugh when you paid more than they would have charged you because you didnt get a discount and they charged you more because they didnt get to tack on a % of the cost of the paint.
The discount paint stores give to painters can be shocking. Especially the bigger outfits. I'm talking $20 for a gallon of premium paint the would cost a consumer $60+
Posted on 2/4/25 at 6:33 pm to Turnblad85
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The discount paint stores give to painters can be shocking. Especially the bigger outfits. I'm talking $20 for a gallon of premium paint the would cost a consumer $60+
yeah but the other guy is so smart he bought his own paint.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 6:37 pm to diat150
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yeah but the other guy is so smart he bought his own paint.
He is naïve as to how the world works.
There is no free lunch.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 6:39 pm to diat150
So, I don't gaf. I had left over from original....get it?
Losing arguments
Do the labor or don't, quit bitching cause you can't scalp
Losing arguments
Do the labor or don't, quit bitching cause you can't scalp
Posted on 2/4/25 at 6:43 pm to Basura Blanco
Most OEM have policies that you are supposed to sell at their MSRP or above a certain minimum price and absolutely don’t allow advertising below those prices.
Many brands I sell completely prohibit brick and mortar dealers from selling online via marketplaces. Those products have the best margins and usually are the best quality/reputation too.
I can’t just decide that I’m going to be the one guy in the country that sells something like Honda parts at dealer cost. (I am not a Honda dealer, just an example of the type of entity we deal with)
Many brands I sell completely prohibit brick and mortar dealers from selling online via marketplaces. Those products have the best margins and usually are the best quality/reputation too.
I can’t just decide that I’m going to be the one guy in the country that sells something like Honda parts at dealer cost. (I am not a Honda dealer, just an example of the type of entity we deal with)
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