Scheme Membership & Certification Dissemination

[Midwest]

Having just paid another 10,000 shillings (a nod to telectrix) to my scam provider, I was thinking about a more concerted way of passing this on to my customers (sorry customers, but I'm doing this for a living). And there's the cost of certification, talking MEIWC & EIC, i.e. time taken to complete, and on-line costs (if using these).

I normally just swallow that cost up in the invoice for the work, but sometimes when the job is quite small, and it's a bit difficult to 'hide' it.

I was thinking of being a bit more upfront, and have a clear cost of certification and some sort of admin charge on my invoice, for these charges.

Wadda do ya think? Will my customers think I've gone completely potty

 

[The Ghost]

Such items are detailed and charged for in any invoice I issue. Of course I pass the cost on to the customer I am not a charity. It is for the customer the certs and is a valuable item worth more than what is paid for it. I factor the time to issue a cert into the quotation/invoice as part of the whole job.

 

[Wilko]

I never appreciated it when garage invoiced me an extra £3.85 for consumables (paper towels and hand cleaner?), just saying

 

[The Ghost]

just saying

Can't seem to find your organisation on the charity commissioners web-site???

 

[Wilko]

More along the lines of "what the eye don't see, the heart don't grieve" I guess I was trying to say

 

[Octopus]

£10 for LABC certification is stated as a line item on such estimates and invoices - never been questioned.

 

[valleybilly]

We charge £80 for cert . Will have to put my prices down ! .

 

[Deleted member 26818]

What if I don't want to pay for a cert?
It's just another piece of paper I'll do nothing with.

 

[Midwest]

Thanks for the replies chaps. Decide to add fee in terms & conditions, and show additional cost in quotation