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    Default today i made $855 an hour

    best job ive ever had i'd reckon

    quoted a gutter cleaning job for $285

    took me 20 minutes

    thats $855 an hour, or $71 for 5 minutes.


    would have been finished in 15 mins but there was a blocked downpipe i fixed up (which would have been $1140 an hour)


    wish i had one of these per day

    it also illustrates why i NEVER quote hourly figures to anyone for anything

    fixed price for a fixed job.


    cheers

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    Default Re: today i made $855 an hour

    Too much Happy in ya mowing......
    Everything looks good with a haircut.... ɐuıɥɔ ɯoɹɟ pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ɐ ʎnq ı ǝɯıʇ ʇsɐl ǝɥʇ sʇɐɥʇ

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    Default Re: today i made $855 an hour

    still not enough money to get me doing gutters again
    Anything Ian says may or may not be garbage, it may also be his own opinion or it may not be his opinion at all, it may just be something he felt like stating anyone following his advice does so at their own risk and may be doing something Ian would actually advise against.
    And if you don't like what Ian has to say use the ignore function if you don't know how ask i will gladly tell you

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    Default Re: today i made $855 an hour

    yeah, ive prolly only got another 8 to 10 yrs left in me for roofs, (im 44 this yr)

    the say when men get to about 52, they have a change in the middle ear which effects fine balance,

    it makes previously rough tough roofers into pussy cats


    older folks never want to get on the roof, or hardly even up a ladder, whether its this fact or just wise self preservation, who knows, but more work for me i reckon, lol

    cheers

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    Default Re: today i made $855 an hour

    Quote Originally Posted by happymowin View Post
    best job ive ever had i'd reckon

    quoted a gutter cleaning job for $285

    took me 20 minutes

    thats $855 an hour, or $71 for 5 minutes.


    would have been finished in 15 mins but there was a blocked downpipe i fixed up (which would have been $1140 an hour)


    wish i had one of these per day

    it also illustrates why i NEVER quote hourly figures to anyone for anything

    fixed price for a fixed job.


    cheers
    Love it!!! makes you feel kind of good inside when you look at it like that.

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    Default Re: today i made $855 an hour

    Sure beats the $1 per minute that everyone aims for in mowing. You got over $14 a minute!

    So happy, what your saying is target the elderly to do gutter cleaning.

    Just be careful that ACA or today tonight doesn't grab this one...




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    Default Re: today i made $855 an hour

    or maybe the GST will grab him

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    Default Re: today i made $855 an hour

    yeh just under 88 hours of that a year and you will have to register for GST

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    Default Re: today i made $855 an hour

    Doesnt top mine..
    The one thousand dollar prize Dean did over Xmas took me about 30 minutes as I already had the videos..
    $2,000.00 per hour
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    Default Re: today i made $855 an hour

    looks like someone got ripped off. hope it wasnt a little old lady. totally unethical!

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    Default Re: today i made $855 an hour

    Deans not a little old lady .......Ahhhh your talking about the gutter cleaning
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    Quote Originally Posted by burkys View Post
    looks like someone got ripped off. hope it wasnt a little old lady. totally unethical!
    how is it unethical you quote someone a price to climb up a ladder or onto their roof risking your health if not your life to do a job they don't have to accept that price and they may have even had more expensive quotes as i said earlier $285 would not get me climbing on a roof to do gutters . i fell off a roof a couple of years ago and luckily we were in a drought so i could postpone work but it still cost me a few of grand in lost earnings
    Anything Ian says may or may not be garbage, it may also be his own opinion or it may not be his opinion at all, it may just be something he felt like stating anyone following his advice does so at their own risk and may be doing something Ian would actually advise against.
    And if you don't like what Ian has to say use the ignore function if you don't know how ask i will gladly tell you

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    Default Re: today i made $855 an hour

    That day i remember it well lost a thousand bucks at the click of a mouse lol

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    Default Re: today i made $855 an hour

    at 1/10 of a second for a click that means you spent $36 million p/hour
    Anything Ian says may or may not be garbage, it may also be his own opinion or it may not be his opinion at all, it may just be something he felt like stating anyone following his advice does so at their own risk and may be doing something Ian would actually advise against.
    And if you don't like what Ian has to say use the ignore function if you don't know how ask i will gladly tell you

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    Quote Originally Posted by ian View Post
    at 1/10 of a second for a click that means you spent $36 million p/hour


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