But if you do work for someone who approaches you your concern should be cost/skill rather than cost/profit.
If someone comes up to me and asks me to paint their mirrors, the immediate thought is cost of materials + labour I think it would take and how much I think my labour is worth hourly. Hypothetically $50 paint + $12 bucks an hour and it would take maybe 20 hours to get it sanded, primed, sealed, paint, clear cause I am a noob (for the sake of this thread). Round it off, "ill do them for $290"
"But this shop is charging me $200"
"Then do it at the shop, My price is based on how long I think it would take me."
So yeah charging hourly makes no sense, market price is completely relevant to be fair to both consumer and producer. If you feel that you need to
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figure out a way to make sure that we actually just doesnt volunteer our time for complete strangers.
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And that price ends up being higher or similar to what a body shop would charge; guess what? Yeah send them to a body shop, your time isnt worth shit if you have no experience, its about the job. Did you do the job well? No? Then do it again. Did you fuck it up so bad that the entire unit needs to be replaced? Too bad eat that cost, you took the job.
It isnt that rare to find in real body shops them having to lose money on a job because their technician fucked up. So why cant you as an amateur accidentally volunteer your time due to a few fuck ups on a job that you accepted money for.
Just to clarify, I am completely fine with people doing work unprofessionally. And I am even more fine with fuck ups due to this, or delays, or unexpected things happening, or unhappy "customers". Its how people decide to price things, what people feel their time is worth, and how it apparently isnt market price related, is what I have an issue with.