reasonable pricing

[VashTSPD]

where did you get Schlage deadbolts for $6?

[I Pik U]

where did you get Schlage deadbolts for $6?

That's what I'd like to know.

The Ingersol price book I have lists the B160 605 at $68.00 here in Canada, suggested retail price.

When I see the costs/prices some of you are charging in the USA, I wonder how you stay in business. Costs are sure different in CDN$ and US$.

[ldnlksmth]

I use a standard formula:

trip charge: $69.00 (just to ring the door bell)
Labour: $50/hr, minimum 1/2hr
hardware: cost +60%, 3 keys/keying to existing included.

swapping is a 1/2hr job, installing (drilling holes) is a 1 1/2 hr job
then there are taxes.

that's competitive in my area.

[Romstar]

Standard daytime trip cost $45.00

Rate - $45.00 per hour.

Materials - Cost +50% unless dealing with "hardware store" items, and then I try to be competitive.

Re-Key jobs are $9.00 per cylinder. I will re-key or replace cylinders at my descretion depending on availablity and time constraints. 1 key per cylinder, extra keys at $2.50 per key except for high security keys.

My work is quality, clean and tidy and after some of he hack jobs I have been called in to finish, I think its a great deal.

Romstar

[ldnlksmth]

that's a good point about the re-key price. I charge $10/cyl regular, $20/cyl high security, add $5 to each for master keying (creating a system is a different charge altogether).


And always, always always clean up after yourself. Any doorway you worked on should be cleaner than when you started (vacuum/sweep the floor, clean the door and any lites around). Make the customer want to call you back.

[New-York-Locksmith]

And always, always always clean up after yourself. Any doorway you worked on should be cleaner than when you started (vacuum/sweep the floor, clean the door and any lites around). Make the customer want to call you back.

So true! People tend to be forgetful when it comes to cleaning after themselves...

[ldnlksmth]

I finally broke down a couple weeks ago and bought a small shop-vac to put in my truck... I figured it was worth the investment so that I didn't have to spend as much time cleaning, while still doing a good job of it. (time versus cost, the vac saves me enough time to make the cost worthwile). I also bought some disposable booties to put over my workboots, keep me safe and keep the mud/dirt/snow etc outside.

[Romstar]

That bloody swiffer vac has pretty much paid for itself a thousand times over. Small, easy to use, picks up stuff you can't even see.

There are also some mini shop vacs with enough power to suck a golf ball through a garden hose. Now, I could get my ex to do it for me, but then I would have an annoying wine all the time, and not only when I plugged in the vac.

At any rate, a good small vac is an escential tool. Also, always have a small broom and pan along for the ride.

Romstar