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I don't think that's what's being suggested (and if it is I got the wrong end of the stick before). I think the idea is that you add a mark-up to the retail price to account for off-site labour hours not otherwise billed.
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That’s exactly what was being suggested.
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Business acquires materials, combines them with labour, total cost of job is labour plus materials plus a premium on those materials.
That quite comfortably describes both a bike shop and the operation of a tradesperson we’re talking about.
Amusingly, it’s also fairly accepted practice with bike shops that if you provide the materials yourself the labour actually costs extra!
konastab01
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I am so confused by everything.
Surely builder/etc. get trade discount (I know places like Leyland do them), allowing builders to charge retail price, like bike shop charge retail on components when they brought it on trade?