what should i do about the price if the job takes less time than i thought

[Joe Cogan]

Ive got my first professional job coming up soon and ive quoted them £200, but what if it takes less time to do the job than anticipated? should i lower the price or keep it the same ad tell them i quoted for the amount of work done not the amount of time it took?

 

[Spacey]

Yes

 

[Joe Cogan]

Yes

yes what?

 

[Spacey]

Yes you've priced for the work not for your time

 

[Spacey]

How long are you anticipating the work will take ? 1 day ?

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Depends how you wrote it down and what they accepted.

 

[CJ]

Price is the price they accepted........weather it takes 1 day.....or 1 week

 

[One Day]

If you've delivered a great job, done properly and the customer is happy with it, then don't reduce your final price. Be happy that you've made a decent profit.
Believe me, in this game there are plenty of long, drawn out, painful jobs where you'll deserve much more than you've quoted for or indeed you'll get!
Swings and roundabouts...

 

[Spacey]

When I give a price they normally faint

 

[Andy Allen]

Why..?
To cheap or to dear..?
Or no deodorant..

 

[Joe Cogan]

Yes you've priced for the work not for your time

ok thank you, i thought that was the case

 

[Martyn Leeds]

and what if it takes more time than anticipated?

its all part of gaining the experience..

 

[Ajax123]

Price for the job not for the time it takes. Some jobs will be quicker some will be slower and all are subject to the unexpected. Dot sell yourself short you are providing he client with a service and it's easy to be too cheap.

 

[WetSaw]

Small jobs tend to be disproportionately expensive as your "standing" expenses are the same ( traveling, van, tools etc ) so form a larger percentage of the overall cost. Plus the fact that the "2 hour job" has actually cost you at least half a day by the time you've loaded your van, travelled to and from, collected materials, etc,etc.

 

[Dumbo]

I do agree with most comments on here . But if the job takes significantly less time than you allowed for and you have something else to go to ie half a day instead of a whole day and you have another job you can go to and still earn the rest of your days money . I would not have a problem charging them half a day particularly when trying to develop your business . They are then going to tell their friends how reasonable you were and you actually charged less than you quoted.

 

[Fingers]

I'm still pretty new to this but if you're anything like me youll probably find that you will under quote your your first few jobs and they'll take longer than expected- It must have taken me a good 5 or 6 before I got my quotes about right (maybe I'm a slow learner).
I always keep to my quotes - sometimes they take less or more time but if the jobs good and the price doesn't go up then I can't see you getting any complaints - Good luck

 

[donald F]

Best to change less great advertising nobody likes people who are greedy and always recommended you when they think they have got a bargain .