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Rudy,
I would never get into selling chemicals for many reasons. I guess the largest reason this would be just another tax I would have to collect. I would need to charge every customer different rates depending on what city I was selling in. to myself this seem not be worth all the hassle.
Of course I don’t have any one customer that might using 150 gallon of chemicals.
I might consider if I had customers using this quantity.
Second point; now you have assumed liability for that chemical you sold. Also you have made record of using that chemical. Lets face it we all think and are told chemicals are safe. Then years later we are told they kill or cause cancer. Know the company wants you to compensate their employees for medical conditions. Maybe this is a little extreme. I think you know and I know we can pass the chemical cost on to our customers with out complicated paper work.
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Ron Marshal Phoenix AZ
1-888-fleetwash
I would never get into selling chemicals for many reasons. I guess the largest reason this would be just another tax I would have to collect. I would need to charge every customer different rates depending on what city I was selling in. to myself this seem not be worth all the hassle.
Of course I don’t have any one customer that might using 150 gallon of chemicals.
I might consider if I had customers using this quantity.
Second point; now you have assumed liability for that chemical you sold. Also you have made record of using that chemical. Lets face it we all think and are told chemicals are safe. Then years later we are told they kill or cause cancer. Know the company wants you to compensate their employees for medical conditions. Maybe this is a little extreme. I think you know and I know we can pass the chemical cost on to our customers with out complicated paper work.
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Ron Marshal Phoenix AZ
1-888-fleetwash
Mike Hughes
New Member
An interesting thought, but, like Ron hinted, I like to keep my chemical usage anonymous. I don't like to tell customers exactly what I'm using, and I usually refer to them as "cleaners" rather than chemicals.
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Mike Hughes
Everclear
Souderton, PA
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Mike Hughes
Everclear
Souderton, PA
mike,
i to refer to them by name and not the actual make up.
great point!!!!!!!
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Ron Marshal Phoenix AZ
1-888-fleetwash
i to refer to them by name and not the actual make up.
great point!!!!!!!
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Ron Marshal Phoenix AZ
1-888-fleetwash
Jon
New Member
With Ron and Mike here, I don't charge for what I need to do the job.
I also never call them chemicals but like Mike I use the word cleaners.
Yes I do carry my MSDS sheets as we are required to do.
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Jon Fleischer
Oasis Pressure Cleaning
(909) 792-2247
Fax (909) 792-5633
I also never call them chemicals but like Mike I use the word cleaners.
Yes I do carry my MSDS sheets as we are required to do.
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Jon Fleischer
Oasis Pressure Cleaning
(909) 792-2247
Fax (909) 792-5633
<FONT COLOR="orange">The only time I charge addtional is for sealing this is a no-brainer though,, I don't charge them for the sealant, just a flat charge for doing it all (unless you have an excellent rapport with the customer then you could give them a price pre gallon for materials and labor,, as for chemicals that you use you on each job, well you really don't need to get into that as far as your bid, when you bid the job you should simply add in the fact that you'll need x amount of chemicals,, When my customers ask what I use, I tell em it's my "Secret Sause" </FONT c>
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Larry L.
PWN TEAM - Moderator Emeritus
I do not charge extra:
I call them chemicals cuz I think its in line with our trade.My wife can find her own cleaners but it takes someone in our trade to know what kind of chemical she's looking for on a ????????/.All my accounts know I use chemicals cuz thats what I tell them and I warn on how dangous some of them are,hey they my bread and butter and its up to me to make sure they understand my risk
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If someone told me they where a snake(cleaner)in a barrel and it wasn't a bad snake that I could get it out without getting snake bite,I any take the job BUT if they told me it was a rattlesnake(chemical)I'd tell them to to to to get someone that takes that kind of risk.....hey thats me ant it and i done warned ya on how dangous so stand back it mite bite ya when I get it out of the barrel cuz I know he's got more then just cleaners in them there teeth,,,,so 10 years on down the road don't come hollowing I throwed that rattlesnake on ya cuz I told ya that stuff in them barrels on my rig will kill ya cuz its chemicals............C-ya
thats my pea brains worth:
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When In Doubt,,,,Think It Out.
I call them chemicals cuz I think its in line with our trade.My wife can find her own cleaners but it takes someone in our trade to know what kind of chemical she's looking for on a ????????/.All my accounts know I use chemicals cuz thats what I tell them and I warn on how dangous some of them are,hey they my bread and butter and its up to me to make sure they understand my risk
If someone told me they where a snake(cleaner)in a barrel and it wasn't a bad snake that I could get it out without getting snake bite,I any take the job BUT if they told me it was a rattlesnake(chemical)I'd tell them to to to to get someone that takes that kind of risk.....hey thats me ant it and i done warned ya on how dangous so stand back it mite bite ya when I get it out of the barrel cuz I know he's got more then just cleaners in them there teeth,,,,so 10 years on down the road don't come hollowing I throwed that rattlesnake on ya cuz I told ya that stuff in them barrels on my rig will kill ya cuz its chemicals............C-ya
thats my pea brains worth:
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When In Doubt,,,,Think It Out.
Rudy, if we read your question properly I beleive the proper response would be yes. We do charge for time & materials. That is why it is called time & MATERIALS. We charge our hourly rate - based on the type of job than we figure at least $10.00 / gallon for chemical, cleaning solution or whatever you fell comfortable calling said supplies. Yes, we do tell the customer that our rate is time & MATERIALS. Hope that helps, have a great day.
Rock On
John & Pat Maxey's Mobile Wash
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Rock On
John & Pat Maxey's Mobile Wash
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Dave Olson
New Member
Hi Rudy,
Some our accounts that we charge time & material rates we call "Chemicals" Degreaser! Some jobs we bid T&M not to exceed a certain amount. When we bill we seldom are asked to itemize. Of course if we exceed the NTE amount the customer has a right to see where the overage occured.
Good Luck on your big job!
Dave Olson
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Tidy Powerwash Service, Inc. P.O. Box 781, Catlin, Illinois 61817 Phone 217-427-5557, Fax 217-427-2632 We are a commercial cleaning contractor serving East-Central Illinois and West Central Indiana since 1984. http://www.tps-inc.com/preswash.htm
Some our accounts that we charge time & material rates we call "Chemicals" Degreaser! Some jobs we bid T&M not to exceed a certain amount. When we bill we seldom are asked to itemize. Of course if we exceed the NTE amount the customer has a right to see where the overage occured.
Good Luck on your big job!
Dave Olson
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Tidy Powerwash Service, Inc. P.O. Box 781, Catlin, Illinois 61817 Phone 217-427-5557, Fax 217-427-2632 We are a commercial cleaning contractor serving East-Central Illinois and West Central Indiana since 1984. http://www.tps-inc.com/preswash.htm