[TenTec] Service Rates

[Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP]

YES JIM IS THE BAD GUY THIS TIME.

I was just about to write a similar email since I run a ham radio business
today and incur all of those costs.   I'm glad Jim played the Bad-A this
time.  Usually it's me!  ;-)

73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)


-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kim Elmore
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 10:40 PM
To: k9yc at arrl.net; Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Service Rates

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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