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I completely agree with this approach, and it has worked for me in bench projects, contract projects to supply finished goods on demand and projects within people’s homes. You’re correct to say there are many reasons you might be asked for a breakdown, but I have generally found a customer that reacts badly to a “No, here’s why….” answer was never going to be your ideal customer. I make only one exception, which is that I will break out the cost of carrying waste in quotes where it is only possible to ‘estimate’ the volume of material to be taken away. This will be very clear to the customer when we’re discussing their requirements and obvious to them on-site. In my experience it is the quality of the statement of work you provide in response to the customer’s requirements which is often the deciding point for the customer.
Mark, this was a very great article. I greatly appreciate you making this. This is one of the most recommended articles I will probably share with as many people as I can that come to me with these types of questions. There is a lot of underlying doubts amongst a lot of tradesmen, and we all struggle with this. So I absolutely love that you have spelled this out in a very clear, but direct and respectable fashion. I greatly greatly greatly appreciate you taking the time to make this article.