Hay Dude
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“Bidding” and “pricing” are 2 different things to me:
“pricing” is like when I go to look at a job- it’s my estimating or “pricing” process.
I look at mowing job and price it at $200/hour. So a 20 acre job might be 5 hours at $200/hour. THAT is pricing.
“Bidding” is when I take the above “pricing” and turn it into a “bid”, which I submit to my customer in writing or text, etc.
I don’t tell my customer I’m charging him $200/hour (unless I am forced to). I just send him a bid for $1,000 for cutting his 20 acres. I don’t mention the length of time it’ll take. Unless I am forced to. I don’t think I ever have been.
If he wants to check his watch for when I leave from my shop and when I leave his property in 5 hours and do the math to come up with my hourly rate, that’s entirely up to him
“pricing” is like when I go to look at a job- it’s my estimating or “pricing” process.
I look at mowing job and price it at $200/hour. So a 20 acre job might be 5 hours at $200/hour. THAT is pricing.
“Bidding” is when I take the above “pricing” and turn it into a “bid”, which I submit to my customer in writing or text, etc.
I don’t tell my customer I’m charging him $200/hour (unless I am forced to). I just send him a bid for $1,000 for cutting his 20 acres. I don’t mention the length of time it’ll take. Unless I am forced to. I don’t think I ever have been.
If he wants to check his watch for when I leave from my shop and when I leave his property in 5 hours and do the math to come up with my hourly rate, that’s entirely up to him
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