"Can you send me a quote before?", a perfectly reasonable request, an idea of how much a job is going to cost and possibly some ideas from different professionals with different methods to accomplish a task. One of the most difficult jobs is writing quotes, they require time & concentration, unless the person quoting is very familiar with the boat they are quoting for, such as maybe having done some previous jobs on it, a visit and inspection of the proposed works is usually in order. Paid for quotes I know quite a lot of tradespeople and have been told that it is common practice now to get paid for making quotes, although I have never charged for quoting I do understand why this happens, in between travel time, expert advice, measurements, photos and then drawing up the final quote or proposal, it can start to take up a lot of time, the other practice is to visit potential jobs outside of normal working hours, evenings or early mornings, these hours may or may not be ch...
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