Re: job quotes

["mikey" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not sure what you mean by a 'bid program' but I understand what you're
saying. I'm pretty much doing the same thing with Excel, I just find it
horribly time-consuming.

"James" <trishnjames@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> We use a bid program that includes an average labor cost with each part we
> sell.  All we need to do is count how many devices and what we want to use
> and it spits out the bid with labor built in.  It takes a while to fine
tune
> your labor numbers, but it works well for us.
>
> James
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> "mikey" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Any of you chaps that don't sub-contract care to share how you quote
your
> > average res jobs? This is driving me batty. I find I spend more time
> dicking
> > around with mark-ups and estimating time (and these friggin things
ALWAYS
> > have surprises (whathefuck is a check 100 ?!?)) than I do installing the
> > friggin' alarm. Do you price per point type thing or actually check the
> > place out and guesstimate your time? It may sound funny, but yes, I am
> > making money but I wish I could simplify the quote process.
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