seems sketchy

My friend got quoted $150.00 for his whole car to be tinted. He has a 95' bmw 525i. Hes going to have 7 windows tinted total. The rear window, 4 rolldowns, and 2 half windows (hopefully you know what I'm talking about.) But it seems for all that, a price of $300+ sounds more correct?

Here is a link to the same car. (again quoted $150 for every window but windshield)


http://www.kenbakeroriginals.com/95525.jpg



Thanks in advance for your input.

some azzclowns will tint 'em for whatever the temperature is outside


there will always be lowballin hackks

take the high road

that sounds fair....150....

if you wanna pay 300 pay 300...

or come to me and I'll get him for 525.....

Price all depends on where you live. It is all relative!

seems like he wants to pay more......you get what you pay for right .

You too?? I thought I was the only one with enough balls to charge that much..

everyone in the area seems to be 300+. wheather your a mobile tinter or have a shop.

gotta be real good to charge HEAVY....

Or you guys are just blowing smoke out your azz

Relative... as in aunt, uncle, bro, cousin giving a relative a break on price.

Tell me this doesn't happen?

Kidding aside... it does vary widely from region to region.

Then stay away from the lowballer.

One rule of thumb in setting price when going into business... be at or above the market you are setting up in.

Yeah, region plays a decent roll in what a shop should be charging, but in all reality if everyone was charging market price in each region, everyone across the country should be within a 60-70 range of eachother. Not one guy charging 89 fukin dollars and another slammin down 400+ installs. Not that there is anything wrong with charging top dollar, but my god there are some good tinters out there cutting themselves WAY short just because they think they have to compete on price just to stay in business when they could literally double what they charge and business would go on as usual...only with a little more money for their efforts.

True, so true...

One thing I learned in a sales seminar years ago was, "All things being equal people will shop price". Capitalize on one thing (or more) that differs you from the rest and charge for it.

Example of how to make one thing work to your advantage drawing them in without regard to price: A local gas station/store is known to have Pepsi 12 packs on sale 2 for $5. Their gas price is a couple cents higher than the comp... They sell Pepsi 12-packs all year round at that price... it draws 'em in.

Got find something that will do the same for a tint shop. You know, like a Jessica type roadside with more than an invite on display.