Re: Gas Sur-charge?

["mikey" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Period? Is that an on site hourly rate? what about travel time? somebody 2
hours away pays the same as someone 20 minutes away?

"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> People hate being nickel & dimed...or anything that is percieved as an
> additonal charge/fee etc. Plus, it's much easier to say: Our service rate
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> $87.50 per manhour + parts and tax, period.
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> "Frank Olson" <feolson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> I've always found that adding surcharges, trip charges usually pissed
> >> people off. I just raise my service rate a little bit and let all the
> >> clients absorb some of this gas problem...why penalize the clients that
> >> live farther away...bump the service rate a couple of bucks on everyone
> >> (or whatever you think is fair).
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> > That's the best solution.  Chubb introduced a "gas surcharge" of five
> > bucks for every call (I know because a client showed me one of their
> > invoices and boy was he pissed!).  Everyone recognizes that costs are
> > increasing.  Adding $2.50 an hour to your service rate (depending on how
> > much service you do) won't be that hard to swallow...
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