Price per car for contractors

Hi peeps, Ive been a contracting for a couple of years now, based "in house" at dealerships mainly tinting new cars. I really want to put my prices up per car (currently charging $80 - $90+gst (AU) and working for a prestige dealership. I want to charge $100 -110+. I know this is a fair price for the quality of work we are putting out, BTW the dealer supplies the tint these prices are for labour only. Heres the thing most contractors I know doing similar are getting between $50 and $70 which in my opinion was good money 10 years ago! When the dealer is charging $500 - 800 per car for my work I think the price raise is justified......
What are you charging per car??

not in AU, but I get 120 per car, with them providing film

If it wasnt for the green card thing and George Bush I would defo be in the states tinting!

jj, have you been at the same price per install since you've been at this dealership.

If so I think you probably deserve a raise. Have you talked to the person you made the agreement with per car about increasing the price a little

good luck

GO FOR IT! Sounds like you know what your work is worth. Life is too short to be working for chump change. Every tinter should be paid for what they are worth

Amen bro

WTF does George Bush have to do with tinting

do you really think tinters get paid what they are worth??

Thanks Willie, hope your well by the way. (Having good sucess with the glue Im using for matrix...its not elmers but it works.....)

As for the rise thing got a meeting next week, will let you know!

Thankfully nothing Im sure if he did he would cock it up big time, like the tint terrorist only much much worse......

Good for you Hope everything works out and Im glad the glue is working for you
Keep pluggin

Good luck getting more than 80-90 a car. That is already at the upper end of the scale over here. If your tinting new cars all day and have no overheads in terms of film and rent, then I don't see the issue. Let me know if your sick of taking home 2G a week and we'll swap.

Not going back to retail, NO WAY!

Your right though my furry friend no overheads and 2k p/w is good.

Got the increase, not as much as I hoped but im happy with the result (for now)

Be careful of the "just another installer" syndrome.
Exploitation is the word digger.
Devil

Exactly what I was getting at. Don't give them a reason to look elsewhere because there are hundreds of guys waiting to take your seat. Good job on the raise

Good for you, you got your raise and you will make moor.

damb thats good money
i make 35% of a job
but split it with 4 other tinters then theres 2 preppers that take 4% so 31% split 5 ways of a average 225.00x16-25 cars a day
not bad money when its busy but when its slow you can go broke in a couple weeks
no big deal if id save some cash for the slower days but hey im a window tinter spending it faster than i make it