Costings for work etc

[Sean McD]

Evening all. So, after speaking with others in the trade, charging £50 for the first hour then £20 there after seemed fair. Am I. Overpricing myself?

 

[telectrix]

Jammy git i did a favour for someone abd when they waved a twenty in my face i did the polite thing of turning it down thinking they'd insist and i could then politely take ir without looking greedy....but they simply put it back and said "well that's really good of you thanks" .......you could've knocked me over with a feather

serves you right for engaging mouth before putting brain in gear. .

 

[BruceBanner]

Way to cheap,
You will be a busy fool!
Gardeners & painter decorators down here on £20.00 an hour up!
Have a good look at your market, your costs & who you want to be working for.
Always be someone cheaper, on the way to bottom of the barrel.

 

[davesparks]

All, thank you for the info. I am relatively new’ish (about 2 years working part-time, now full time after leaving the military). It’s all good gen; I just didn’t seem to be getting any follow ups from quotes and thought ‘am I over charging?’. But I do realise if you want the working doing properly and safely, you’ve got to pay.

There are many possible reasons for not winning quotes, being too expensive or too cheap are probably the main ones.

 

[GBDamo]

If it’s changing a blown fuse in a table lamp for old Doris up the road you will probably do it for a cup of tea and slice of cake and if your lucky she will........

really thought that was going somewhere else.