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Looking through my old work logs from 2008 and the part prices blew my mind
I was cleaning out my garage and found a binder with my service invoices from when I first started. A common fridge control board I replaced back then cost $47, and the same exact part is now $189 from my supplier. I found this out just yesterday when I quoted a repair and had to double check the price. Has anyone else noticed a specific part that's tripled in cost over the last ten years?
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norag386mo ago
Remember what you charged for labor back then?
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ben4026mo ago
Man, what did your labor rate look like?
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davidwright6mo ago
Notice how everyone's always asking what things cost now, like @norag38 did, but never what they're worth. The labor rate is just a number. The real question is whether the work solved the problem for good. People fixate on the hourly price but ignore the total cost of a job done wrong the first time. That pattern drives me nuts.
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