Looking very good from the pic's my friend, for the amount you spent I would say you got your money's worth plus the added benefit of some knowledge which is priceless.
Guy's the concept behind billable or non-billable hours is pretty simple.
In Autobody/Collision work and even with Auto Repair there is a standardize estimating table which lists how long a certain repair procedure should take a qualified technician to do. Multiply that by the price per hour for labor, add the cost of materials and sales tax and you have your final bill.
The Insurance Companies started this as it determines how much they are going to pay for a these certain procedure's to be done and again most all AutoBody/Collision work is Insurance generated (you've had a accident or something).
Remember Insurance Companies like to take money in but hate to have to spend it so they are only going to spend the minimum required to produce results.
This also protects the Customer in a way so it's not like it was years ago when every shop could set their own rates and jack up the price.
So if if takes the technician longer to do the procedure because of their skill level, problems they are having with effecting the repair to a certain quality standard or what have you, that difference it time between what was allotted and what it took is non-billable.
In the end it's certain that there is a (hard) limit of time for which anyone can reasonably charge for a particular service to be performed. If your detailing someone's car and working by the hour and for some reason it takes you all day or 24 hours you can't possibly charge them for that because it shouldn't have taken that long.
Once you understand this concept you'll see why shops won't take on certain types of work (it will take them longer to do than they can charge you for so there's a lot of hours that aren't billable).
Guy's the concept behind billable or non-billable hours is pretty simple.
In Autobody/Collision work and even with Auto Repair there is a standardize estimating table which lists how long a certain repair procedure should take a qualified technician to do. Multiply that by the price per hour for labor, add the cost of materials and sales tax and you have your final bill.
The Insurance Companies started this as it determines how much they are going to pay for a these certain procedure's to be done and again most all AutoBody/Collision work is Insurance generated (you've had a accident or something).
Remember Insurance Companies like to take money in but hate to have to spend it so they are only going to spend the minimum required to produce results.
This also protects the Customer in a way so it's not like it was years ago when every shop could set their own rates and jack up the price.
So if if takes the technician longer to do the procedure because of their skill level, problems they are having with effecting the repair to a certain quality standard or what have you, that difference it time between what was allotted and what it took is non-billable.
In the end it's certain that there is a (hard) limit of time for which anyone can reasonably charge for a particular service to be performed. If your detailing someone's car and working by the hour and for some reason it takes you all day or 24 hours you can't possibly charge them for that because it shouldn't have taken that long.
Once you understand this concept you'll see why shops won't take on certain types of work (it will take them longer to do than they can charge you for so there's a lot of hours that aren't billable).
