[wchambosse]

Just a thought, charge a labor rate and parts
margins that meet your profit goals and bill true “supplies like partial
cans of fluids and fasteners on invoices as they exist. This can be done by
kitting things such as brake jobs with a can of cleaner, and engine job with a
parts kit containing cleaners, sealers, and fasteners. Rags, the electric bill
and uniforms are not supplies, they are expenses. I know I am getting older,
and old fashion in ways, and my opinion takes a position that is a losing battle.
That does not make supply charges good business, just lazy business. Think
about dropping the supply charge and use that as a differentiator with your competition.