Electrical Estimating.

Wise words Sparkingchip. I`m in agreement with you there.


Jaymack, good question about how you compare.

However, that reminded of our local council a few months back.

They were deciding how much to charge to let out their rooms to various orginisations.

Getting the whole of them to agree would be troublesome because they all had differing agendas.

Some might want to do it at cost price, some might think of making a little profit for the town.

From that some might want to deter certain groups or activities annd conversely they might want to actively attract others by reducing fees e.g charities for a start.

So, they all had different ideas and causes.

They hammered it out and came to conclusions the majority accepted.

Fair enough.

But one councilor remarked they must have got their prices right because two other neighbouring councils prices were quite simimlar.

What a stupid remark that was. We might all have our reasons to arrive at the fees for our town but the others, different sizes, different costs and probably different agendas might produce different results.

In fact the results might just prove that all three councils got their prices wrong. Just because you do something and others do similar does not prove you right.

It ranks about on a parr with "It`s a welkl known fact" terminology.

Wise words Sparkingchip. I`m in agreement with you there.


Jaymack, good question about how you compare.

However, that reminded of our local council a few months back.

They were deciding how much to charge to let out their rooms to various orginisations.

Getting the whole of them to agree would be troublesome because they all had differing agendas.

Some might want to do it at cost price, some might think of making a little profit for the town.

From that some might want to deter certain groups or activities annd conversely they might want to actively attract others by reducing fees e.g charities for a start.

So, they all had different ideas and causes.

They hammered it out and came to conclusions the majority accepted.

Fair enough.

But one councilor remarked they must have got their prices right because two other neighbouring councils prices were quite simimlar.

What a stupid remark that was. We might all have our reasons to arrive at the fees for our town but the others, different sizes, different costs and probably different agendas might produce different results.

In fact the results might just prove that all three councils got their prices wrong. Just because you do something and others do similar does not prove you right.

It ranks about on a parr with "It`s a welkl known fact" terminology.