North Central Idaho | Fierce Sparrow - 1/4/2016 17:39
I've been running my own shop for better than 40 years. Worked at 2 franchised dealers during and immediately after college. Received My NIASE certification in 1975. Dairy farmed with my wife at the same time until 2 years ago when we sold the cows and just cash crop now. Started the shop as a supplement to the dairy farm. Started at $10.00 per hr. Never got over $40.00 per hr. which is where I am now. I'm generally pretty busy with established customers. STRICTLY cash and carry. NO CREDIT! If you can't pay for the job, I'll watch TV instead. I started charging $10.00 misc. shop supplies after about 2 years of business. Any job over a billable hour gets the charge.
Very interesting how you have kept up with inflation relatively close ($10 in '75 > $44 est now)
I have been running my own part time welding/repair/precison Ag shop for about 10 years now and it really has given me a different view to both sides of the argument, as such I really have come to understand the shop supplies charge a lot more. One month we might go thru $50 in supplies and the next it can be closer to $2000, both months having similar billable hours, I try to charge more along the lines of what we use on the project because I don't think that a blanket % is fair all the time.
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Billing Issue - Shop Supplies
