Service Calls and Omar Khayyam [RE-wrenches]

[Kirk Herander]

$105 an hour? That's hard to believe. Labor rates in VT are in the $30 -
$45 an hour range.

Kirk

"Bob Ellison, Alternative Energy Systems" wrote:
> 
> My god, I live in the wrong end of the country,
> I have had people hang up on me when I tell them 25.00 an hour, and tell
> them that I charge drive time to the site. Some are 3-4 hours away.
> 

> Bob
> 
> RE. Ellison
> Supplier of;
> Diesel Generators &
> Alternative Energy Systems & Supplies
> 34642 Countryman Road
> Theresa, NY. USA
>                               13691-2076
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Joel Davidson [mailto:joeldavidson at earthlink.net]
> Sent:   Monday, May 28, 2001 12:24 PM
> To:     RE-wrenches at topica.com
> Subject:        Re: Service Calls and Omar Khayyam [RE-wrenches]
> 
> These rates are about the same as here in southern California and very fair.
> 
> 
> tom wrote:
> If someone calls for service or help on a system someone else installed or
> an old system out of warranty I charge $65 total drive time and $105 an hour
> on site to diagnosis and give them an estimate.  If I can fix the problem on
> the spot the $105 is credited toward labor.  The $105 counts toward the
> first hour labor on a future service call if they accept my quote to fix
> their system.

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