Machinery maintenance

[Breezeblock]

£12 per hour is way too cheap especially if you are offering free collection you should be £20 minimum be very cautious of doing fixed price jobs as this can bite you right on the backside especially on some of the more difficult problematic repairs

[Starscream]

Jeez, if you lads can run a business on £12ph you crack on.

[spudulike]

I think the people who think £12 an hour is a lot of money are forgetting that the workshop will need public liability insurance, tools, equipment, time to order spares, time to invoice, time to pack goods, time to book couriers, a book keeper, solvents, cloth wipes, latex gloves:blushing:, lighting, heating, phone, internet, premisis, marketing..........etc!

 

It all costs a bit and it ain't £12 hitting the bottom of your pocket!

[Sawchip]

I think the people who think £12 an hour is a lot of money are forgetting that the workshop will need public liability insurance, tools, equipment, time to order spares, time to invoice, time to pack goods, time to book couriers, a book keeper, solvents, cloth wipes, latex gloves:blushing:, lighting, heating, phone, internet, premisis, marketing..........etc!

 

It all costs a bit and it ain't £12 hitting the bottom of your pocket!

Indeed !! But..You forgot the most important thing of all !! Coffee..thats No ..etc here

[Starscream]

I think the people who think £12 an hour is a lot of money are forgetting that the workshop will need public liability insurance, tools, equipment, time to order spares, time to invoice, time to pack goods, time to book couriers, a book keeper, solvents, cloth wipes, latex gloves:blushing:, lighting, heating, phone, internet, premisis, marketing..........etc!

 

It all costs a bit and it ain't £12 hitting the bottom of your pocket!

 

We need a like button, cos I like this post !!!

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Put the price up its not enough to sustain it👍👍

 

ditto

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

the other thing to take into consideration is 2 things

 

1) if someone is happy to do such task for a SAID amount

 

2) if the customer is happy to pay SAID amount for SAID task

 

if both above can be answered yes then that is the way of life

 

Why would they call him a cheapskate? If he does a good job he isn't exactly a cheapskate!! £50 in my eyes is too expensive

 

You wouldn't get out of bed for £12/hour! it's a lot of money is that.

 

Exactly my thought

 

£12.00 hr ...very cheep indeed!... delivery and collection as well !!, vehicle ,fuel, insurance ,time and so on.

Cant comment on the OP"s expectation of income or overheads but would be interested how the Hourly rate was arrived at ?

I certainly couldn't run at £12.00 a hr ..even if i got £12.00 a HR for ...EVERY HR .. whatever i was doing ,be it paperwork , research ,maintenance of workshops kit !!

Our rates differ, as has been shown on the posted comments here for many reasons.

 

I think the people who think £12 an hour is a lot of money are forgetting that the workshop will need public liability insurance, tools, equipment, time to order spares, time to invoice, time to pack goods, time to book couriers, a book keeper, solvents, cloth wipes, latex gloves:blushing:, lighting, heating, phone, internet, premisis, marketing..........etc!

 

It all costs a bit and it ain't £12 hitting the bottom of your pocket!

 

Some sensible responses here from business's; the others are charities who haven't a clue:thumbdown:

 

Funny the one's always complaining they're skint are the one's who think profit is a dirty word.

 

Young, dumb and full of ...

[njm]

I think the people who think £12 an hour is a lot of money are forgetting that the workshop will need public liability insurance, tools, equipment, time to order spares, time to invoice, time to pack goods, time to book couriers, a book keeper, solvents, cloth wipes, latex gloves:blushing:, lighting, heating, phone, internet, premisis, marketing..........etc!

 

It all costs a bit and it ain't £12 hitting the bottom of your pocket!

 

Spot on , £12 an hour would about pay my overheads if i was flat out and that's about it , working for nowt is easy making a profit is the hard bit .

[eggsarascal]

Some sensible responses here from business's; the others are charities who haven't a clue:thumbdown:

 

Funny the one's always complaining they're skint are the one's who think profit is a dirty word.

 

Young, dumb and full of ...

 

No. You ain't got a clue. We're not all here for the Pound, yes we need a few quid each week, but it ain't the be all and end all.

[hamdogg]

Some sensible responses here from business's; the others are charities who haven't a clue:thumbdown:

 

Funny the one's always complaining they're skint are the one's who think profit is a dirty word.

 

Young, dumb and full of ...

 

 

If you read my comments properly! I said 12 is cheap and i pay 35ph for my saws etc!! I was just saying that he shouldn't be called a cheapskate!!