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#177462 - 05/03/08 10:50 AM
Fuel cost
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neutron
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Registered: 06/03/05
Posts: 23
Loc: longisland NY
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Just curious to know how everyone is doing with the crazy cost of fuel. Are you adding a fule charge to service calls or just incorperating this into the price with out the customer knowing about it?
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#177505 - 05/05/08 02:10 AM
Re: Fuel cost
[Re: sparkyinak]
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u2slow
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Registered: 09/18/03
Posts: 193
Loc: Salt Spring, BC, Canada
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Where do these customers think they are going to get a better deal? Fuel prices hit everybody.
We should be glad we can respond to our increased costs as they happen... not like employees who commute to their jobs on their own nickel.
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#177537 - 05/06/08 09:44 AM
Re: Fuel cost
[Re: leland]
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Zapped
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Registered: 10/01/02
Posts: 414
Loc: Huntington Beach, CA, USA
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Unfortunately, we'll have to increase our prices to keep up with our costs, no matter if the costs are fuel or copper wire. This is how inflation works.
I usually absorb a small increase in my costs as long as I can to see if the cost increase (in fuel, etc.) is the result of a temporary spike. If it looks like it's gonna be forever, like the price of gas looks now, I've gotta bump my rate.
So, the answer is yes. I've had to bump my rate up by a dollar an hour in the last month. This barely covers the increase, so I may have to go another 50 cents or so if things don't level out a bit.
This won't make my customers jump for joy, but unlike copper or other building material price increases, they are well aware of the increased price of fuel because they are getting hit too. What else are we supposed to do, pay to work? No, thanks!
If they come out with a 250hp smart car with a bed on it that gets 30mpg+, I'll be the first in line baby.
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