How do you shop owners charge for materials?
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Ive been doing more and more work in the garage for people and was just wondering how you charge? I work at a dealer and we charge 30.00 for every hour of refinsh. thats our going rate for insurance and customer pay. I dont have a business, just stuff on the side. Im just not sure how I should charge for materials. I deffinatly want to make some money on them.
I have thought about marking them up 25% but I never know how much Im going to use when I give them a quote. Any input would be great.
[b]Underpaid Painter wrote:[/b]
[quote]Ive been doing more and more work in the garage for people and was just wondering how you charge? I work at a dealer and we charge 30.00 for every hour of refinsh. thats our going rate for insurance and customer pay. I dont have a business, just stuff on the side. Im just not sure how I should charge for materials. I deffinatly want to make some money on them.I have thought about marking them up 25% but I never know how much Im going to use when I give them a quote. Any input would be great.[/quote]
Charging as most shops charge is a good bet. If you can figure your labour time you can determine an amount to charge for a job, as you mentioned. If your material cost is accurate (say the 30/refinish hour actually covers all materials plus mark up) than this is by far the best way to go with almost all jobs.
But it depends on what you are doing on the side. Small jobs, painting completes? When I would do a complete on the side, I would buy from the supplier so I can have an exact cost. Then as far as primers/sealers go, I would charge the customer for a full gallon (or qt cans, depending on the extent of the job)knowing to buy at least a little more than necessary. In the end I would keep extra materials for future smaller jobs. Then factor in the cost of other materials (paper, tape etc) and charge at cost or marked up whatever you want.
ITs really hard to say, since all jobs are different and require different amounts of materials.
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materials , I charge 20 for repair hour and 40 for refinish hour ,,,, don’t always get it but thats what I estimate at :pcorn:
Be sure to give your customers a better deal. And give them options/choices;
this way vs. that way, used vs. new or aftermarket, R&I vs no R&I, etc.
And, of course, prices (quality) will vary depending on what method they choose.
After they’ve decided, and should they need to wait a while, encourage them
to shop around.
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