Am i right for thinking this way?

[david]

dont aim to get 100% of the jobs you price, if you do your too cheap. better aiming for 70 -80%

[dangerous brian]

250 per day is about all you can charge down this end,i do ok cause i dont have many overheads,but compared to others i do think i might need to up my prices next year,but thanks for all the positive comments.

[Khriss]

£250 per day! That's cheap...

 

Working roughly from my accounts last year-

costs/expenses 230 days on tools a daily costs are:

£120 for a climber

£70 for the groundie

£12 insurance

£20 fuel

£30 advertising

£17 accountants and office supplies, bank charges etc

£25 new equipment and plant maintence

£16 vehicle maintence

 

£310 per work day it costs me for a truck chipper, climber and groundie.

 

That doesn't include

rent

cost of waste disposal

time spent quoting

VAT

 

So yes you were right to tell him to bog off! But you are still too cheap. IMO..

 

God ! Yr cheap ! Might subbie you in-save my own poor legs

 

K

[cordwood]

dont aim to get 100% of the jobs you price, if you do your too cheap. better aiming for 70 -80%

 

Spot on.

[MattyF]

Im happy to work for £250 a day if its not ball breaking and on my door step