[TheForge] Prices

[GRAF]

It is such under capitalization the kills them too.
If you don't have much to start with bid picnic tables not bridges.
OR
Find someone with deep pockets to fund the cranes and manpower.

You mentioned bidding an entire TIG setup into one job.
That is how I bought my last truck..
I couldn't do the mileage on the old one so I figured  I either got the 
new  truck or didn't get the job.
I wasn't going to do payments on a truck I didn't need for in town work.
So I do understand what you are saying from that perspective.
On the other hand, I wouldn't have tagged it all onto one in town job.
It wouldn't be fair to the customer and would place me out of line price 
wise.

The same goes with education. I have no issue with charging like I know 
what I am doing, when I do.
But there is no reason any one customer should pay for me learning a new 
skill.
There are also others out there who have the skill and can whip 
something out in two-three hours that might take me eight the first time 
through. I just do not see the justification in charging 4 times as much 
as the guy who already knows.

I suppose that is easy enough to say because often enough I am the guy 
who knows.<G>

Mike Graf

Andrew Vida wrote:
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>
> GRAF wrote:
>> A case in point is Frosty's inability to get PI as a trial without 
>> building a full order.
>> I still think it would be a smart ploy to put 2 inches of 1X1 bar 
>> into the hands of every smith in America.
>
>     Agreed, but if your business is under-capitalized, as most 
> startups are, such a marketing strategy is not feasible.
>