Profit on jobs.........

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thanks for all the replies guys

I suppose every job is different and in being self employed its part of your job to read every job scenario, customer etc and price accordingly.

as Mr Hoddy stated its the overall price that the majority of clienteles look at,and occasionally the fussy ones crop up wanting a breakdown, and dependant on the size of the job/monies involved then its your choice how you want to break your quote down for them

thanks guys and I will continue to pold along, learning as I go, and no doubt dropping the odd clanger as I go.lol

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I don't specifically price in profit, I've always found when I do this I dont get the job! What I do is say put 4 days on a 3 day job, this is twofold if I get it done in 3 days I'm quids in, if I get held up and it takes 3 1/2 days I'm still safe, I have found recently that its helped not being vat registered because although there is still vat on materials, theres no vat on my labour which makes me 20% cheaper than a vat registered firm to start with, also I always give an estimate rather than a qoute, its rare that I under price it and have to ask for more, but it also allows me if a job goes easily to maybe knock some off the final price which always goes down with the customer