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Honestly, we turn most of them down now unless you're a regular customer. It takes probably an hour of chatting about the wheel rebuild, measuring, ordering, sourcing parts that we almost certainly don't have in stock (ooh, purple nipples, nice (need to order 100 of them though), spokes for a 26 inch wheel (again, we probably need to order 100 of them) and a rim from somewhere we wouldn't be ordering from!) before you even touch a component. Ain't no one wanting to pay £60 for an hours labour plus the build and component costs. It is what it is, and we mainly do it to look like a proper bike shop, but it's far from profitable work.
ItsHuddo-
Ain't no one wanting to pay £60 for an hours labour plus the build and component costs.
Except this is what we should be charging minimum.
The biggest issues is that the motoring industries et all have a much better standing than a bicycle shop.
It would be great if bike shop are exempt from VAT (in labour), as it’s a benefit to the environment and people’s health
(For what it’s worth, our workshop still getting the same level of customers after sticking to the £60/hour servicing).
edscoble
Feel a bit bad for giving someone a 'rebuild my wheel' job now... They've done a good job though.