Originally Posted by Anxious  That's a great option especially if they are looking to save a buck. Heck that would save em 250 bucks and really lower the risk of a blown cut file broken bit etc. |
I would say "YOU" are going to save $250. They are going to save even more. $250 would be the saving of the cost of material. What about your time involved in glueing, planing and piecing together. You are trying to make money ,right? You have to capture every dollar you can.
I used to think my customers wanted the "cheapest" price. This is a recipe for business failure.
I ended up working too hard for very little if any money. Its was especially hard for me to break that mindset.
1) "My competition will get the work"
2) " I'll get more on the next job"
3) " The next order will be bigger"
were always running through my head.
I now consider that logic "the race to the bottom".
1) Let someone else work for nothing. Besides the quality of the product usually suffers the cheaper you get. There's not enough $ to do everything right.
2) A lot of times there isn't a next job
3) Great, I lost even more money this time.
Screw it. "Bill as the company you want to be". Someday your going to need more than what you have ( bigger shop, forklift, new equipment)
These things cost money, added together its a lot of money. Throw in tax's and other cost of doing business.
How much do I charge for my work? As much as I can. It still needs to be a "fair" price. But people will pay for quality. If not, they are not the kind of customer I want to built my company with.
Good luck,
Todd
www.innovative-accents.com