Another Dealer or Stealer Whinge

Ever thought about the unversal method of payment - beer

i recon this would work on a Satuday morning, especially as its a "labour only charge"

go into the service dept and get the guy on his own and say " i have a carton of beer ( pref premium brand) and i need my alarm fob recoded - is there anyone here that would like a carton of beer..... or words similar - you would be surprised....

while i dont recommend telling anyone of a forum site like this if you did do this, as most companies would treat this as stealing - i do know FOR A FACT that it IS AN ACCEPTED PRACTICE IN MANY WORKSHOPS.

though i have never done it -
mick

l disagree about charging the recoup cost of equipment in the labour charge

equipment is capital expense and depreciation is offset against taxes as against sales

if your unit is $40,000 how many units of charge you going to make until you break even on cost expended and once cost recouped do you stop charging for it - answer is no you charge for it until the crows fly home.

be more honest to charge lower labour and equipment as a service charge

Valid point by cartm58. I can't charge for my registers, fax machine or even socket set used to instal car seats for our business. (Which by the way we offer as a free service)

(Obviously this is done through the profit margain and as cartm58 said, depreciation which helps off set earnings for tax purposes.)

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Originally Posted by landrovermick

Ever thought about the unversal method of payment - beer

i recon this would work on a Satuday morning, especially as its a "labour only charge"

go into the service dept and get the guy on his own and say " i have a carton of beer ( pref premium brand) and i need my alarm fob recoded - is there anyone here that would like a carton of beer..... or words similar - you would be surprised....

while i dont recommend telling anyone of a forum site like this if you did do this, as most companies would treat this as stealing - i do know FOR A FACT that it IS AN ACCEPTED PRACTICE IN MANY WORKSHOPS.

though i have never done it -
mick

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Did that with the dealer that this topic is about. They sujested it as they had stuffed up. Dropped the fee and said buy as a case of ... beer. Mechanic also drove out to my place for free to check the ECU to finnish sorting out his mistake.

Motor Trades Assn. used to recommend a labour charge out rate of 210% of hourly wageas being adequate to cover overheads and consumables. Most tradesmen around Brisbane are currently on $25 to $30 per hour. Most places are now charging well over this 210% figure.