Hi guys im interested to know whether you are planning on bumping up your rates in 2013. With several good plumbers I pay well when looking at the bottom line with all the licensing fee's, time for CPD etc, I almost feel I need to bump mine up. Not to mention that more and more people delay with payments and the risks are greater then ever. Until now I have not built a risk factor into my rate to accommodate the market but considering it in 2013.

Did you find it easy winning jobs last time you bumped your rates up? Appreciate any feedback.

to answer your question Plumber....yes i will continue to raise my rates. and that is a direct result of over heads that you all have mentioned.and i hate groups like L...er that continue to undercut and employ unqualified people and pgdb let them get away with it !!!

Try 245K - Toyotas - you have to love them, they just go and go and go.   We have a few in the over 200 thousand Km - regularly serviced though - and showing no signs of problems. 

460 000 and still going strong (touch wood)  the old toyota just keeps on going

Love it Peasea 

Here's a thought for you - it's getting crammed down our throats that the Board are there for the health and safety of the public when in reality it is the trades that provide the service whilst at the same time protecting ourselves from injury.

We keep getting compaired to lawyers and architects for CPD etc so perhaps it's time to put ourselves on level ground with them $300.00 per hour? It would certainly cut our work and create a huge black market but at $300.00 and hour we would only need to do a third of the work we do now and would still be better off.

As for the Government and Board, well they don't care about us so why worry about the black market, the tax they will miss out on, the greater risk to the public created by the government, the loss in ACC Levies, the loss in licensing, the loss in discipline levies, the loss of career opportunities and the loss in apprenticeships.

To me happy people are productive people doing a good job.

hmmmm  i like Wal's thinking, ...300 sound good to me PER HOUR  .....PLUS GST ! HA

We are not only fighting against bureaucracy but we are also fighting against perceptions.  We all know people won't pay $300.00 an hour because we are "only trades people".  Little do they realise that without the tradespeople their lives would be gas and shit literally.

Most trades people are responsible people with a social conscience.  They give people a fair deal but we are being forced into a position that our reputations are at risk due to the bureauractical garbage being piled on us.

Quite frankly I'm getting sick of hearing "its in the interests of public health and safety" - this seems to be the excuse for everything from creating training empires, to not adhering to statute, to imposing illegal taxes.  Create a scenario to cover the incompetence.

At the moment we are having to be the public conscience, their protector, their insurance, their bank and we have to be the governments provider of funding by way of tax, paye, employment, ACC etc.  If it wasn't for the trades people, this country and all in it would be screwed but does anyone have any respect for us or want to help us - no they don't it is simply left up to us to fend for our selves.

You mark my words that with the direction we are being taken trades and good tradespeople will become a thing of the past.

I feel the industry needs to take a stance.  We have been too nice to everyone and they are trampling all over us. If they want to impose extra restriction on us at our cost then we must hand on the costs by way of hourly rate increases or consider this a Government/Board Levy on each invoice to cover the regulation costs. And if people ask what the levy is direct them to the Minister or the Board.



 

hi guys/watchdog, find some previous posts by "Thunderhead' if you want to see what `fired up` means, (not a criticism of thunder) cheers