"When possible 100%. I would not mark up a $1000 transformer to $2K That might be a 30% mark up. So, 30% to 100% sounds like the proper range."
Exactly, not all items are marked-up the same, it is based on your cost burden. for handling, stocking, and inventory of the material, and it may be difficult, for someone that is not in business, to understand, all the burden costs, associated with handling material.
The $4200 boiler, cost the plumber $2200, but remember, he has to cover any labor, or other costs, of replacement should there be a problem, he also has to pay the sales tax, and must recover that, in his mark-up, the sizing, and ordering time, and finally the profit, he is entilted to earn on that sale.
[This message has been edited by LK (edited 10-03-2006).]
