Mark-up (was Steinway parts)

[David Ilvedson]

Ed,

You figure the labor involved in ordering the parts etc. into your bill then?   To me it all seems about the same really...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

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Subject: Mark-up (was Steinway parts)



><< Me thinks that the issue is that most techs (as well as mechanics, 
>computer repair, plumbers, etc) build in a profit margin on parts and if 
>the general public knows the ACTUAL cost, they might raise a stink about 
>it.  >>

>         I suppose this is so, however, I don't use any mark-up.  I tell my 
>customers that the price they are charged for parts is my cost, and the reason 
>my prices are higher than my competitors is that I charge a lot more for my 
>labor.  They don't seem to mind, especially when they have been given a higher 
>price for parts by another tech! 
>Regards,



>Ed Foote RPT 
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