What?
On June 12, 2006 at 18:07, ATANA_HS said...
In our company, the prices have been figured out
long ago. If you're talking about new construction,
we have prices for 5.1, 6.1 etc. In addition,
the prices change according to the wire gauge.
Retro installs are a whole different animal.
I understand that different wire gauges have different prices. That's the only thing about this post that I get.
Are you saying that the price per foot for wire varies based on whether the install is 5.1, 6.1, or retro? Or are you saying that you don't have a price per foot for those different things, but a fixed price, which is the same whether the components are just below the speakers, or off in a closet in another room?
All you customers reading this, please be aware that copper prices are going up and we are all having to pay more because of it.
Also, I found it interesting as an installer that tschulte talks about figuring out what is needed, then DOUBLING it. This is exactly right! When I started doing custom installs, after wiring stores for years and years on a salary, I figured out how much time I thought the installs would take, and gave those prices to the customers. I found out VERY rapidly that I should have doubled them to represent reality. This is not to make a killing; it is to make enough to survive to install another day.
And installers, remember when you discuss this sort of thing here that this is an open forum. If a client reads these posts and sees that "doubling" comment, they might come away thinking that components have the same kind of pricing (as still exists in furniture sales). That is BAD for us because there are a lot of components where we lose money if we have to drive to pick them up!