Should there be a "degree of difficulty" factor in billing repair jobs?

[Vetech63]

For example........Should we get paid the same to gorilla undercarriage components versus technical troubleshooting? One is brawn, the other is brain power with tech tools. Should those be charged differently now days?

 

[BigWrench55]

I would take more money for having to work harder.

 

[skata]

I would take more money for having to work harder.

Physically or mentally?

 

[BigWrench55]

Both
I would be the one who determines the degree of difficulty.

 

[BigWrench55]

Some days just getting out of bed and showing up would be the most difficult thing I did that day. That alone should be worth a grand right?

 

[John C.]

You have to meet the competition. If someone else does it you can to. I just take the good with the bad. In this case I don’t do grunt work anymore.

 

[Birken Vogt]

I am getting older and my tolerance for gorillaing anything has gone close to zero. Therefore it will need a crane or fork lift. Customer must pay.

If it requires technical t/s, it needs a laptop and cables and software that cost thousands of dollars. Plus untold time, training and experience. The hourly rate had better reflect that.

 

[funwithfuel]

I get paid the same either way. I just adjust my pace to not kill myself. With troubleshooting, you can always drag out another meter or scope or something. Put on a good show and then, change the sensor or fix whatever. Just don't tip your hand. For bull work, i just plug away slow n steady. I'm not getting my feelings hurt if they give undercarriage work away. That's why they keep making young men, to do the work old farts don't want.

 

[63 caveman]

Sometimes my brain hurts so an undercarriage is good, then other times my back is killing me so an intermittent electrical problem is good. I wouldn't like to do either every day so like mixing it up. I guess it would be safe to say I would never make it on the assembly line. My rate only goes up when I realize I agreed to do work for a A HOLE (sometimes they slip through my screening prosses).

 

[mg2361]

Some days just getting out of bed and showing up would be the most difficult thing I did that day. That alone should be worth a grand right?

Amen brother!

I would double "like" this one but I can't do that.

 

[Bluox]

Do you charge for the time you spend on watching U-tube to see how to fix something?
Bob

 

[funwithfuel]

 

[Vetech63]

Do you charge for the time you spend on watching U-tube to see how to fix something?
Bob

Of course I do. Ide be dumber than a box of rocks without it

 

[Bluox]

Of course I do. Ide be dumber than a box of rocks without it

I guess if the shoe fits?
Bob

 

[Vetech63]

I guess if the shoe fits?
Bob

You got it!

 

[Truck Shop]

Depends on what it is and who owns it. But I have a strict policy-No Volvos and no
Thermo King.

 

[BigWrench55]

How about charging more when they are clearly the cause of the problem? But insist that the machine is junk.

 

[63 caveman]

Do you charge for the time you spend on watching U-tube to see how to fix something?
Bob

I have had potential customers look it up on u-tube and say "it should not take long or be hard". I tell them to call U-tube.

 

[BigWrench55]

I have had potential customers look it up on u-tube and say "it should not take long or be hard". I tell them to call U-tube.

That is a personal pet peeve of mind when someone tells me how long it should take and how easy it should be. I always ask them. Then why am I here? With the most condescending tone I can muster up.

 

[Mike L]

That is a personal pet peeve of mind when someone tells me how long it should take and how easy it should be. I always ask them. Then why am I here? With the most condescending tone I can muster up.

They just want you to know that they know how long it takes so you don’t try and rip them off.