<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 5/7/07 9:52:34 A.M. Central Daylight Time, sandstromsw@hotmail.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>I was just wondering if most of you charge for your time on the road to get to a job? If so do you charge from the time you leave your shop? Do you charge the same rate as your normal labor charge? Or do you only charge for mileage? This would be for jobs outside my normal area where I currently only do a mileage charge. With the cost of running a vehicle going up all the time I was thinking of redoing what I charge. I was interested what most of you are doing. Thanks.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Steve Sandstrom</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>There are several different ways you can do this. One is to charge a flat fee to go different stages of mile driven, like mark suggested. The other way is to figure by how long it takes you to go there. What I do is kind of know what area I want to cover for my "normal" fee. But if I have to go outside that area, I charge so much per mile to the customer's home. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Depending on the kind of car you drive, you might want to charge as much as $1.75 or even $2 per mile from your house to the customer's house. That's one way, not round trip. You should charge that in addition to your tuning fee and any repairs, if it is only one to three customers. But if you can get 4 or more customers in the same area, on the same day, then don't charge anything extra. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I know some people don't do it that way, but that's how I do it.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's free at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>