[TenTec] Service Rates

[Kim Elmore]

Man, do you know how to ruin a pity party/botch session!

Kudos!

Kim Elmore N5OP

"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith

> On Jul 14, 2015, at 15:35, Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon,7/13/2015 12:52 PM, Steve Berg wrote:
>> Back in 1979 Motorola was billing $65.00 an hour for my efforts. So, what Ten Tec is charging is not really out of line.
> 
> In the 70s, I had jobs doing both field and bench service, as well as managing the service department of a sound and video contractor. We were charging $60 then, and that rate was needed to cover our costs. In addition to the hourly wages of the service tech, there are taxes and various benefits like health insurance. Then there's the real estate needed for the service shop and to hold spare parts -- at least a couple of rooms -- test equipment, the stock of parts itself, utilities (electricity, heat, telephone), an accounting person to do billing, and so on. For field service, there were the added costs associated with travel, including a vehicle equipped with test equipment and spare parts.
> 
> At a 3% average rate of inflation, $65 in 1979 translates to $188 in 2015. For 2% average, it's $132.60.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
> 
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