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Post subject: Re: Piper Annuel  Posted: 21 Aug 2018, 10:44 |
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Jeff, that is worth the $75
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Post subject: Re: Piper Annuel Posted: 21 Aug 2018, 12:59 |
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The flip side is the fussy customer who drops off an airplane, expecting everything to get fixed, and gets irate when they notice a gripe on the airplane a few days after picking it up.
$75/hr seems on the cheap end of reasonable. Shop labor rates also have to keep the lights on, pay for specialized equipment like the spark plug cleaner, aircraft jacks, parts cleaner tank, resurface the shop floor when the epoxy paint has finally had enough, the tracks in the hangar door or the heaters in the ceiling, pay the hangar lease whether business is slow this month or next...
That's not meant to be a sob story, not at all. It's just the facts of life of overhead when running a business. I don't run my own business or shop, I never have, but I get it.
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Post subject: Re: Piper Annuel Posted: 22 Aug 2018, 07:14 |
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Jim, That isn't even the point!
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Post subject: Re: Piper Annuel Posted: 22 Aug 2018, 08:07 |
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Username Protected wrote: I see, and hear of, many people that drop their airplane off at a shop and say complete an annual inspection, never really understanding what's they are asking for, or what's involved. Sounds to me like it is the shop that doesn't understand. Inspection is not repair. Say I drop a car off at a shop and say "please inspect the car". Let's say when I get back I hear that they found a problem with the engine and replaced the engine for $4k. I'm not going to be happy, and the shop is to blame.
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Post subject: Re: Piper Annuel Posted: 23 Aug 2018, 15:49 |
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I agree Eric. PS like your cover Pic!
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Post subject: Re: Piper Annuel Posted: 24 Aug 2018, 22:48 |
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Hay guys, I got a new invoice for $1100 off the original. Had it made up for me without any exclamation. :shttps://www.beechtalk.com/forums/posting.php?mode=reply&f=49&t=156636#cratch:
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