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Post by NS'Creter on Sept 25, 2008 11:22:49 GMT -4
Hey Alex...did ya make any headway with that engrave only concept? It seems like an "easy money" idea to me. It jazzes up the 'crete for the property owner and eliminates loads of prep for you. Did you come up with a pricing scheme for it yet?
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alexwright
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Post by alexwright on Sept 27, 2008 5:58:31 GMT -4
I went around town to alot of shopping centers and got the phone numbers to the property management and called them all and left messages. No one called me back but, I talked to one gal actually and she knew what I was talking about and liked the idea and is interested but she said that right now they are not doing anything because of the economy. As for th3e price it really just depends on what your willing to profit because you are not buying any materials and the tools you already have. You would probably just need to rent a generator if you don't have one and that is it. I think $1 sq ft is sufficient probably. On that one I did at a mobile home park I charged$1.25 I think. I made about $1,000 in two days work. $500 a day. Not bad. No liability, no call backs. I know she's not going to call me and say she tripped and busted her lip open and she's not going to call and say that the lines I cut are coming up. If she does, she's had to much to drink and stop taking any drugs because she's hallucinating. One customer I engraved a flagstone pattern asked me if he would trip on this and I told him only if you have drank way too much and I would not be responsible for that. He just laughed and said that was very possible in his case. Do a mock measure at a shopping center and see how many 6'x10' rectangles you can place every 25'. Any measurement will work but kind of a guide. Adjust from there, it all depends on sq ft. Or maybe $100 per 6'x10'. How long would it take to lay that out and cut with the mongoose? 45 min ? an hour? $100 an hour sounds good to me. These would be 2' squares at a 45 degree angle. You can have two guys laying it out if it's alot and you just cutting away. Or lay out and cut with a helper as you go.
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