Teaser of the Year! - Page 10

Jakerooni · 03-08-09, 06:19

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Originally Posted by P1et

That cannot be right, where does it mention that? Perhaps the $4000 included the trim replacement???

Nope $4000 was the price of the detail alone it was another $6000+ for the trim replacement bringing the total to over $10,000 for the detail and cost to fix it.

rydawg · 03-08-09, 06:59

$4000 was the price of the job. The trim I believe was $6000 because it was all piece of the window and installation.

He was charging what a real experienced pro charges to do true actual correction which he thought he knew a lot about and thought was easy. I know he spent a lot of time on the job, but I think it was to fix his mistakes.

I am sure he was a great detailer with a lot of passion and took pride in what he did when detailing, but when it comes to true actual 100% paint correction and taking the gloss to the max level, while insuring that nothing will return, this is where you REALLY need to know what you are doing and must have a LOT of experience.

TH0001 · 03-08-09, 07:19

Ryan has it nailed. I think 4k for a 3 step paint correction is ridiculously crazy. I think that this work could be mimicked anywhere from 800-1200. When I inspected it the amount of compound residue left on the paint was crazy!

rydawg · 03-08-09, 08:18

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Originally Posted by TH0001

Ryan has it nailed. I think 4k for a 3 step paint correction is ridiculously crazy. I think that this work could be mimicked anywhere from 800-1200. When I inspected it the amount of compound residue left on the paint was crazy!

I am sure if he only charged that little then the owner would not have cared as much about the price for the job that was done to it, minus all the damage. Your right, $4000 for only a 3 step is crazy.

I think some guys just see, WOW if I polish expensive cars like that I can charge that much. In reality, we charge an hourly rate so for $4000 that means we put over 70 long hard hours into it.

Richie Carbone · 03-08-09, 08:45

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Originally Posted by rydawg

I am sure if he only charged that little then the owner would not have cared as much about the price for the job that was done to it, minus all the damage. Your right, $4000 for only a 3 step is crazy.

I think some guys just see, WOW if I polish expensive cars like that I can charge that much. In reality, we charge an hourly rate so for $4000 that means we put over 70 long hard hours into it.

I couldn't have said it better.

d00t · 03-08-09, 09:10

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Originally Posted by rydawg

I am sure if he only charged that little then the owner would not have cared as much about the price for the job that was done to it, minus all the damage. Your right, $4000 for only a 3 step is crazy.

I think some guys just see, WOW if I polish expensive cars like that I can charge that much. In reality, we charge an hourly rate so for $4000 that means we put over 70 long hard hours into it.

I agree.. even though I can't command $75/hr (yet), you have to BUILD to that point. You can't go out and expect to be perfect, and bill that much unless you have YEARS of experience.

lecchilo · 03-09-09, 03:27

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Originally Posted by d00t

I agree.. even though I can't command $75/hr (yet), you have to BUILD to that point. You can't go out and expect to be perfect, and bill that much unless you have YEARS of experience.

I think you missed the point... it's not about being able to charge a certain amount for your services, rather charging that amount simply based on what car you're detailing... like charging $70/hr for a lambo and $40 for a Honda... either way the guy screwed up big time and it's unfortunate some of his clients will never, or not for a long time, hear of this and keep giving the ******* business.