You are reading a single comment by @Sumo and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@Sumo
In my experience having worked in customer service at a trades job site some will charge a fee for the labour and materials are charged at cost but some will try and give a low labour cost for the job because they're going to add some to materials. Obviously the former is more desirable but if someone has given you a quote noticeably lower than the others and is being opaque about material costs, that's why