Chip Peterson
10-20-2008, 4:08 PM
I came across a new job last week in a market in which I haven't been before, and I'd like to double check the logic of my pricing against some of you with more experience.
Details:
- Industrial part where I marked through their oxide coating in two seperate and discrete areas. This meant that I made a jig, engraved one area (lets call it the "face"), flipped the part and put it in another area of the jig so that I could mark the "side". Only 1 jig was required since all the parts were all the same geometry (except the side/face as mentioned).
- Engraving area was roughly .25" x .5" each
- Laser time took about 20 seconds for each (total of 40 seconds laser time per part).
- there were 8 parts in total and the corel set up involved involved changing one letter on each set of two parts ( 2 pieces with Rev. A, 2 pieces with Rev. B, etc.).
- This customer needs a local resource (me!) and they say other business will be coming my way.
They paid what I charged them, and did not seem surprised. If I follow the $100/hr laser time suggestion, I would have billed $8.88 plus a set up fee. Obviously, I didn't, but I don't know if I left money on the table.
How would you have priced this?
Details:
- Industrial part where I marked through their oxide coating in two seperate and discrete areas. This meant that I made a jig, engraved one area (lets call it the "face"), flipped the part and put it in another area of the jig so that I could mark the "side". Only 1 jig was required since all the parts were all the same geometry (except the side/face as mentioned).
- Engraving area was roughly .25" x .5" each
- Laser time took about 20 seconds for each (total of 40 seconds laser time per part).
- there were 8 parts in total and the corel set up involved involved changing one letter on each set of two parts ( 2 pieces with Rev. A, 2 pieces with Rev. B, etc.).
- This customer needs a local resource (me!) and they say other business will be coming my way.
They paid what I charged them, and did not seem surprised. If I follow the $100/hr laser time suggestion, I would have billed $8.88 plus a set up fee. Obviously, I didn't, but I don't know if I left money on the table.
How would you have priced this?