My mechanic charges 75.00 $ per flat-rate hour.
2006-06-16 11:37:21 · 7 answers · asked by Ed C 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
a flat rate hour is rated out of a shop repair manual. The average mechanic can do the job right in the amount of time listed. to do a job, it might say 1.2 shop rate hours. the shop will then charge his shop rate x 1.2 hours. you said your shop charges 75.00. he would charge you if the job was 1.2 hours, 90.00.
2006-06-16 11:42:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
This means that no matter what he is doing it is the same rate per hour. Or for example, if he steam cleans out the engine compartment, - rebuilds the transmission, or is changing the oil, it is the same rate. Most garages charge 1 hour flat rate minimum, -- even if they just change a light bulb in tail light!
Now there is a second version of "flat rate" - which pertains to the mechanics. Flat rate for them means that they get paid the same for a particlulr job,-- wether it takes them 10 min.,- or 2 hours. For comparison, the flat rate for removing engine, and changing the clutch and pressure-plate ( and re-install)on an "old time" Volkswagon beetle was around 2 1/2 hour flat rate. However I did the job in a little less than an hour (after doing 25-30 of them).
So I would have been getting paid more than "double time wages",- if I worked on flat-rate. That was 30 years ago, and I got paid $3.50 an hour -- no flat rate!
2006-06-16 11:59:43 · answer #2 · answered by guess78624 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a book, called a Flat Rate Manual, that specifies the amount of time it should take for a skilled mechanic to perform any given task. Shops that bill by the Flat Rate hour will charge you the stated rate for the number of hours listed in the manual. If they take longer, they lose. If they get it done faster, they win.
It allows the shop to accurately quote the cost of a job in advance, but there is an incentive to cut corners to get the job done faster to boost profits.
2006-06-16 11:42:56 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a flat rate means you're not paid by the hour. you get that flat rate no matter how long the modeling job takes
2016-05-19 21:48:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means for every hour of time he spends working on your car/truck you have to pay him $75.
So if it takes longer, he gets paid more
2006-06-16 11:40:45 · answer #5 · answered by uofgleam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it means for the first hour its 75 even if he finishes early.
2006-06-16 11:41:45 · answer #6 · answered by a_wuchang 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He doesn't charge different labor prices for different types of labor.
2006-06-16 11:40:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋