I don't lie either. You're the only one who suggests plumbers lie. You haven't explained why you introduced all the other accusations!
The part price is the RRP, determined by the manufacturer, and it's nobody's business what I paid for it. I don't think the £40 diaphragm was me - I'd charge a tenner for one because I wouldn't check every price, and every part takes managing and organising so takes time/money to hold. The refurb kit for one of those is about £40 rrp, so If I used more than the diaphragm from a kit, £40 it would be though.
I don't see any justification for charging any less for bits than the big companies - I bet I've got more stock per employee than they have. I use premises, have to do the books and everything else thay do. Not charging for it is amateur.
Many repairers don't hold any stock so they're always off to the shop at whatever the hourly rate is, £65 per half hour in some cases. I often repair things which people have been told needs replacing, and quite often that's BG. In one case of theirs it was because the HT lead was shorting to earth, and they quoted £4000 to replace the old woman's 40,000Btu/hr Glowworm.
I charge parts plus time. If it takes a long time because it's the first time I've done a job then I charge for how long I think it would take to do it next time.
I've worked in several industries because British Industry has changed radically through the past few decades and thrown a lot of people out, so I've had to retrain, though I learned the theory for NVQ2 and 3 in about a weekend. I came to plumbing because there's no technology to change, and there's no need for a long apprenticeship. Half the competition is school drop-outs with chips on their shoulder - anyone honest who does a good job has work for life. The overheads are minimal - the fuss about Corgi is a nonsense, it's almost trivial.
I don't care what you charge for your bits but I object strongly to being told what I "should" do or that I rip people off, especially when it comes with all the groundless accusations in your previous post.
The part price is the RRP, determined by the manufacturer, and it's nobody's business what I paid for it. I don't think the £40 diaphragm was me - I'd charge a tenner for one because I wouldn't check every price, and every part takes managing and organising so takes time/money to hold. The refurb kit for one of those is about £40 rrp, so If I used more than the diaphragm from a kit, £40 it would be though.
I don't see any justification for charging any less for bits than the big companies - I bet I've got more stock per employee than they have. I use premises, have to do the books and everything else thay do. Not charging for it is amateur.
Many repairers don't hold any stock so they're always off to the shop at whatever the hourly rate is, £65 per half hour in some cases. I often repair things which people have been told needs replacing, and quite often that's BG. In one case of theirs it was because the HT lead was shorting to earth, and they quoted £4000 to replace the old woman's 40,000Btu/hr Glowworm.
I charge parts plus time. If it takes a long time because it's the first time I've done a job then I charge for how long I think it would take to do it next time.
I've worked in several industries because British Industry has changed radically through the past few decades and thrown a lot of people out, so I've had to retrain, though I learned the theory for NVQ2 and 3 in about a weekend. I came to plumbing because there's no technology to change, and there's no need for a long apprenticeship. Half the competition is school drop-outs with chips on their shoulder - anyone honest who does a good job has work for life. The overheads are minimal - the fuss about Corgi is a nonsense, it's almost trivial.
I don't care what you charge for your bits but I object strongly to being told what I "should" do or that I rip people off, especially when it comes with all the groundless accusations in your previous post.
