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And let's not forget the pressure from the SO to get it done fast! What is left? Pleasure to learn new things, do something with own hands and see the accompli
by minipci1321 8y ago
And let's not forget the pressure from the SO to get it done fast!
What is left? Pleasure to learn new things, do something with own hands and see the accomplished quickly, same day or week. Not like those Agile coding periods...
I don't mind trading dollars for someone else's experience -- unless that "experience" consists in knowing a parts supplier, ordering, and adding 30% margin when billing me.
Guess what, more and more of these parts suppliers sell to end users just as well, and some even give a very good advise on compatibility etc.
- sokoloff 8y agoA 30% markup on parts may not even be enough to make it make sense to the vendor. It costs a fair amount of non-billable time to order and manage parts and you end up paying for that time in the markup. I’m semi-notoriously frugal, but don’t have a problem paying parts markup of even 50% on the rare occasion that I have someone perform work for me. Their office staff has to eat, too.
- minipci1321 8y agoOh no, mind you, the work time is billed separately. I have no issues with that, obviously.
- sokoloff 8y agoThe work time for the tech, of course. The markup (IMO) covers the risk (wrong part, bad part causing warranty work that they have to comp, stock shrinkage/obsolescence, cash cost of holding stock items [rather than charging you two truck rolls], etc.), the time/effort to find, order, receive, inspect, pay the invoice, etc. most of which is not done by the tech or is not billed by the tech as wrenching time.