dmassott

ok so my company has a dodge sprinter that had decals all over it with the company name. the owner got them taken off and new ones put on with his other company's name but you can still see the shadowing of the old words.

so i brought some polish in with me today to try it out and it came off with some hand polishing and told the owner that i could do the whole thing.

He said to give him a price to do the wholehing inside and out, and said remember that he is cheap lol. (coming from a guy with a shore house, mercedes, and a porsche). and that i could just take it for the weekend and do it at home.


so what should i charge? i want the job, but its gotta be worth my time and low enough for him to go for it.
Im thinking about calling local shops and seeing what they would charge and then charging less than that ?

Denzil

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What's it worth to you?

While he may say he's cheap, I still wouldn't lower my standard. If he doesn't want to pay what I charge, then so be it. That's how I see it.

Jesstzn

Same as ^^^^^ if your just waxing it by hand with a cleaner wax then a wash/wax is prolly $100 to $125.

If the interior isn't too bad then an hour should do it .. add $25



I have a few guys like that around here ... money up the hoo hoo and want to con you down. I just refer them to the other crap detailers in town.

dmassott

just called a place right around here and they said starting at like 300 and up, im going to tell him 200 and see what he says.

dmassott

^ lol we negotiated to $175, cheap ass, but i'll do a good job so he can refer me to other people and possibly do our other work trucks

exceldetail

Good thing he lives by you and not me.......I would have charged $400.00 for a complete ext. detail for something that size.....

dmassott

haha, it shouldnt be too bad, since its white and already caked with dirt, it'll look great when im done with little effort

Denzil

iTrader: (1)

Good luck with this one buddy! Let us know how it goes.

conan777

$175 haha... hey if you are ok with that then so be it. I'm with Excel on this one. If you are using a machine to polish the paint or doing anything other than a 1 step AIO you majorly sold yourself short. Oh well some times you have to do some freebies in order to get your work out there and gain referrals. Good luck.

exceldetail

Then again, I know detailers that wouldnt touch for $400.00.

csmeance

I think 50 dollars an hour should be good if you are good at what you do.

exceldetail

Thats what I aim for............($50.00 PH)

PortlandRL

Wow...what a cheap mo-fo.

I charged $275 for a black Range Rover Sport and got $300. for tips.