Plumber Charging For Estimate!

[SimonG]

What happened to the thread?

 

[kris]

Hi Simon good to see u again, The threads seems to have vanished as i replied to that thread and its not under my profile so not sure mate,,,,,

 

[SimonG]

Allright Kris. You must be flogging on.

Aye I had an email about a reply but it said invalid link. Must have been deleted.

 

[R.Oak]

Do you guys charge for estimates?

 

[oz-plumber]

Sometimes it is necessary to charge for estimates.

We had to camera a drain at a youth hostel to see what / where the problems were.
I said we were not prepared, nor able to provide a costing without having some basic idea of what repairs are needed and there would be a charge for doing the investigations.

They paid for the camera investigations and the report and then handed it to another mob who priced the works.

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

I don't charge for quotes but from what I remember he didn't get a quote rather a diagnostic for a boiler fault so I would charge for that.

 

[SimonG]

Do you guys charge for estimates?

Only if either, already provided an estimate and its a substantial change or there needs to be some investigation needed before estimating.

If an estimate is more than 300 or 400 then I tend to add a bit on which covers any time spent looking and pricing.

 

[R.Oak]

ah ok, thats the same as me. i was just curious

 

[kris]

I never charge for estimates unless it's a job that's already mine and I've started the work and came accross a problem and I've given the customer an estimated cost to continue but the time taken to do an estimate I never charge for.

 

[REDSAW]

i'm going to charge customers for calling me soon if they keep taking up my time and anoying me to go out and quote a tap change...
thinking 0845 @£1 a minute