On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 12:51:57 -0500, "John, in MN"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 10:37:45 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 08:49:04 -0500, "John, in MN"
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 04:35:43 GMT, "TmnJack" <[email protected]>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>How do you professional guys calculate your estimates and pricing for jobs?
>>>>Say, a manufacture of kitchen cabinets and installation with materials
>>>>figured in?
>>>>
>>>>Tmnjack
>>>>
>>>Google for Tom Watson on 2-11-2004. Everything you probaly need to
>>>know.
>>
>>
>>
>>heh. wrong year.
>>here it is:
>>http://tinyurl.com/5xxet
>
>Dang, sorry about that. It seemed just a few months ago Tom posted
>that.
yep. I remember the post too, and it didn't seem that long ago.
speaking of tom, is anybody in touch with him? it just doesn't seem
the same....
"TmnJack" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> How do you professional guys calculate your estimates and pricing for jobs?
> Say, a manufacture of kitchen cabinets and installation with materials
> figured in?
>
> Tmnjack
It's a question people usually ask after they've tried to do it a few
times.
The guys you should ask are the ones who have health insurance, well
maintained teeth and who can take some time off now and then....and,
almost forgot...who have a place to sleep other than their shop.
The others, gap-toothed and hairy, who either smile too much or not at
all, can probably tell you some entertaining stories. You should
listen...and learn.
phil
On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 04:35:43 GMT, "TmnJack" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>How do you professional guys calculate your estimates and pricing for jobs?
>Say, a manufacture of kitchen cabinets and installation with materials
>figured in?
>
>Tmnjack
>
Google for Tom Watson on 2-11-2004. Everything you probaly need to
know.
--
John, in Minnesota
On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 10:37:45 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 08:49:04 -0500, "John, in MN"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 04:35:43 GMT, "TmnJack" <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>How do you professional guys calculate your estimates and pricing for jobs?
>>>Say, a manufacture of kitchen cabinets and installation with materials
>>>figured in?
>>>
>>>Tmnjack
>>>
>>Google for Tom Watson on 2-11-2004. Everything you probaly need to
>>know.
>
>
>
>heh. wrong year.
>here it is:
>http://tinyurl.com/5xxet
Dang, sorry about that. It seemed just a few months ago Tom posted
that.
--
John, in Minnesota (Sitting here wondering where 2003 and
now most of 2004 went.)
Mon, Aug 2, 2004, 4:35am (EDT+4) [email protected] (TmnJack)
wonders:
How do you professional guys calculate your estimates and pricing for
jobs? Say, a manufacture of kitchen cabinets and installation with
materials figured in?
Well, there's several ways. One very reliable way is to start out
with a real low price, then when you get swamped with work, keep raising
your price untill the workload evens out. Of course, there is the minor
matter of maybe going broke and going out of business before the work
evens out, but other than that, no prob.
Or, you could check the archives. This subject has been gone over,
and over, and over, several times. A small hint - prices vary by area -
prices will be higher, for the same work, in San Francisco, then say, a
small West Vriginia town.
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?as_ugroup=rec.woodworking&lr=&num=30
JOAT
The highway of fear is the road to defeat.
- Bazooka Joe
JERUSALEM RIDGE http://www.banjer.com/midi/jerridge.mid
On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 04:35:43 GMT, "TmnJack" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>How do you professional guys calculate your estimates and pricing for jobs?
>Say, a manufacture of kitchen cabinets and installation with materials
>figured in?
>
>Tmnjack
>
poorly.
it's something I really need to get better at if I'm ever gonna make
any money at this.
Years of experience and still learning the hard way by under pricing or
not getting jobs from over pricing.
You more or less have to know what the market will bear for a shop rate
and then learn to estimate the hours involve to manufacture and the material
cost and then come up with a price.
Chris
"TmnJack" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> How do you professional guys calculate your estimates and pricing for
jobs?
> Say, a manufacture of kitchen cabinets and installation with materials
> figured in?
>
> Tmnjack
>
>
On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 08:49:04 -0500, "John, in MN"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 04:35:43 GMT, "TmnJack" <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>How do you professional guys calculate your estimates and pricing for jobs?
>>Say, a manufacture of kitchen cabinets and installation with materials
>>figured in?
>>
>>Tmnjack
>>
>Google for Tom Watson on 2-11-2004. Everything you probaly need to
>know.
heh. wrong year.
here it is:
http://tinyurl.com/5xxet