Maybe so John. Here, time is money. Yes again, it's about money. What's it worth to spend a Thursday afternoon with the family/grand baby or plate-in' a pony? Rhodes/Havard/Oxford fund?
We live on a densely populated island and there are plenty of farriers around and more getting qualified all the time. If I told someone I wanted to charge them mileage, they would just pick up the phone and find someone who wouldn't. The only time someone would swallow a mileage charge is if they couldn't find anyone they were happy with in their area and wanted someone to travel from outside their area to shoe their horses. Frankly, I'm not that good.
Some here don't like "the extras" either. So I have them accomodate "their needs". My customers have 2 choices
i agree with what you are pointing out Jaye , I know Gary , the area he operates in and would like to point out that in a 50 mile radius of his base he has to compete against almost 200 qualified farriers based locally and coming into the area , some charging up to 50% less than his rate , he is holding his own by offering a quality service at a good price , hats off to him
Agreed totally. Just curious, I have a client that is 3 hours, round trip, away. I have to charge an hourly to make up for the time I miss under a horse 10 miles from me. Small areas and numerous farriers w/creds, sounds like New Jersey......
30, % of income is based abroad , basically a 2 1/2 flight , the rest is 10% darn sarf ( windsor ) the rest local , 50 miles , every client pays the bill they are given , i dont charge for milage , but i dont shoe for free
Agreed again. I charge an hourly rate for driving or flying. Just looking at mileage as a rate; doesn't add up if one does the math. Avgerage cost around here is $150-$180 U.S. for a set of 4.
