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Pro tip: I stopped handing out my rate sheet at the first meeting after a guy in Boise ran the numbers on me
I sat down with a shop owner in Boise last spring and slid my printed rate sheet across the table before we even talked about the scope, figuring it saved time. He read it for two minutes, then said "so your minimum is $450, what if I told you the last person did it for $300," and we haggled over a number that never should have been on the table that early. Now I talk scope and timeline first and only put a figure in writing after they tell me their deadline, and has anyone else found a better way to stall that first number without looking like you're dodging the question?
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davidshah4h ago
$300" guy probably lowballed and did trash work anyway. Scope first is the only move, numbers before that just give them ammo.
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