Re: Re: Re: FLAT RATE - is it fair ?

Posted by Eric Rylander on October 24, 2003 at 17:48:28 from (68.85.13.253):

In Reply to: Re: Re: FLAT RATE - is it fair ? posted by RayP(MI) on October 24, 2003 at 17:14:17:

I worked BRIEFLY in a flat rate outfit. I worked on MerCruiser marine I/o's for a guy who told me how I'd make all this money on this stuff.

It was a rinky dink marina, had a Handi-House for a shop, if it rained, you were rigging a poncho over your head to work in it.

I'd get paid 30 minutes to R&R an outdrive unit, but the old nasty stuff we got in always had seized bolts, etc. on it so I never made it. Also, we had NO WORK so after taking home a whopping 18 hour paycheck one week (no benefits, either) I quit.

I later learned that the manual he based his rates he paid me on was the WARRANTY guide which very specifically states the rates are based on new equipment in a organized shop. And it says to add "X" amount of time if excessive corrision was present.

I think it's a good deal customer wise to pay flat rate- and really, if you think you are getting hosed because you paid 12 hours of labor and the tech finished it in ten, go to place that charges time and material- believe me- you'll come out ahead to go to the flat rate outfit, it's really the only way you'll know how much it will cost ya.

Eric

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