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So you’re happy to not charge an hour or two of your time? Mental IMHO
But (unless I've missed the gist of this) that time is literally accounted for in my day rate? The client hires me for the day, why on earth would I charge him extra for doing slightly different things in that day.
edit - anyway, wasn't his more about adding a percentage onto the cost of materials - it's that practice that I was unfamiliar with.
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I dont get how your unfamiliar with it, every business does it. Tesco buys milk for X sells for Y, a tradesperson buys a piece of wood at trade for £1 and the retail is £1.50 he charges you the client £1.50.
This really isn't hard.
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Because I can’t simply increase my date rate endlessly (“How much?!?”). And not all jobs have the same material needs or complexities. One job might require trips to 3 or 4 different vendors, ordering stuff in advance online, and another job might just need popping into a wholesaler on the way over. The extra on materials simplifies this a bit so I don’t have to alter my labour rate which just pisses the customer off as they wonder why it’s changed/is variable. Yes I could average it out, but that just disincentivises doing harder or more awkward jobs (which is an issue loads of customers have, where tradespeople only want to do the easier work).
I’m going round in circles, time to throw my phone (and myself) into the bin.
Everyone thinks they have an analogous situation to operating as a tradesperson, and they never do.
konastab01
Nef
So you’re happy to not charge an hour or two of your time? Mental IMHO.