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Old 10-04-13 | 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by surreal
I was talking about an hourly labor rate-- $100/hour seems steep to me, but good for you if you're getting it. I suspect my shop prolly charges differently for any unconventional wheel that takes longer to build. If they don't they should. But I think that Justin can build me a f/r set in a little over an hour, and he prolly spends more time going over them excessively if it's a slow day at the shop.... so, $40/wheel comes out to about $75/hour....a heckuva lot more than the owner is paying him per hour....
Surreal, do you know ANYONE making a killing running an LBS?
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