Hey guys I do some work for people on the side and was asked to install sub frame connectors from the torque box to the front spring. I quoted him $200 and he thinks I’m crazy but I think it’s more than fair. What have you guys paid in the past?
You should talk nicer to the guy who does your welding. Your wife might call the padded wagon if you talk to yourself too much that way.Do what i’d do ( it always works).
Tell him to go fck his cheap assed self.
i do my own welding . I talk nice to myself right up the point where until sht doesn’t work, or i did something wrong….Then i dog cuss the dumb bastard that welded the piss outta the thing that don’t work.You should talk nicer to the guy who does your welding. Your wife might call the padded wagon if you talk to yourself too much that way.
Right. If you start discussing and cussing prices out loud for your own labor with yourself, that could be weird.i do my own welding . I talk nice to myself right up the point where until sht doesn’t work, or i did something wrong….Then i dog cuss the dumb bastard that welded the piss outta the thing that don’t work.
me.
Ask Kate….She finds it out of the ordinary when she doesn’t hear screaming coming from the garage.Right. If you start discussing and cussing prices out loud for your own labor with yourself, that could be weird.
x2That price seems more than reasonable for a quality installation. I think I might turn it down though. He sounds like a problem customer already before the job starts.
Prices are no cheaper here in Chicago! I have told the guy to go elsewhere. He also couldn’t comprehend why I had to grind away some of his powder coating to weld them to the vehicle . People are really shot these days.$200 seems cheap. I inquired at a few local shops that deal with Mustangs and was quoted $300-500 to weld in my MM subframes
Absolutely perfect advice!!!I am a licensed electrical contractor in NJ.
And over the years if there is one thing i have learned is that if a customer is more worried about the money than they are the quality of work, it's best for both of you not to work together.
They are never going to think they got their money's worth and you will always feel like you are ripping them off (even if you are not).
You also cannot waiver on pricing, when you first talk money you can't say things like "let me see" or "i'll check". All solid finite answers. It has to be like buying a gallon of milk at the convenience store. it's $5 (or whatever it costs), that's the price, it's cool if they want it, it's just as fine if they don't. You have to be very sure of yourself or people will eat you alive.
For the record, i think $200 is very reasonable if you know what you are doing.
But at this point, it's already too late for this guy, if he really said you are "crazy", you should absolutely not do this work.
And if you do, come back and let us know how wrong it went.
I don't have to pay people often to do things. But when i do, my #1 concern is if I think they will do a good job (my roof comes to mind), rather than the bottom line.