Re: job quotes

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

cutting and pasting what?
I import the prices from the supplier supplied price list as csv right into
excel once or twice a year.

and yep...doubling usually ends up about right...weird huh?!

"mikey" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Yah, I'm using Excel as well but you have to make sure your prices are
> current, cutting & pasting is tedious, and on and on...
> I bet you spend more than 15 minutes.
> Funny thing is I find most of the time I can double my parts cost and I'm
> pretty damn close. Even if I was low, I'd have saved all the Microsoft
> tinkering time.
>
> "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I have a Excel spreadsheet I use for estimates...with all my commonly
>> used
>> parts in it.
>> I don't charge by the point because after doin this for 20+ years I know
> how
>> long it takes to do a job.
>> The spreadsheet will calculate everything for me and I can adjust markup
>> globally or by the part.
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>> Then I just have a template for proposals in Word with most of the stuff
>> already in it...bada bing. On small uncomplicated jobs it takes me no
>> more
>> than 10-15 minutes from estimate to faxing to client. For big jobs where
>> I
>> actually have to "think" about system design...it takes longer of course.
>>
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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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