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Once there was talk of a floating shop that would do refinishing. Take the
barge to the county had the least expensive labor force. That would be like a long range cruise ship Exotic destinatios. Hula dancers. |
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Tom,
Canada's Standard of living is high and we have similar market conditions. No third world Country here. XU Aviation which advertise every month in soaring http://www.xu-aviation.com/ Also Ed Hollestelle Jr. may do refinishing, I am not 100% sure on that, but I know he does fibreglass repair Udo It is possibal to safe about 10% -15% outright if everything is said and done "Tom Seim" wrote in message om... "tango4" wrote in message ... Tom! Are you suggesting hiring labour overseas just so that you can pay them below the regular rate? I'm sure your local labour market would just love you to import some Eastern Europeans for 2 months to refinish your capitalist, elitist toy at a quarter the price of a locally quoted job. On that basis I'm sure there are several million people worldwide prepared to pack their bags and leave for Ellis Island tomorrow. Hell, I might even be one of them! I can just see it now, factory workers all over the USA down tools and riot in the streets just because of a bit of Gelcoat! The U.S. has a long history of bringing in foreign "guest" workers, a good number of them undocumented (i.e. illegal). The documentation headaches to do this is probably not worth the resultant savings. Does anybody know what they charge for refinishing in Canada, or if there is anyone doing it? Tom |
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In article , JJ Sinclair
writes How to Refinish a sailplane for $8500 (US) 1. Hire high school kids (part time) 2. Pay them $10 per hour. 3. provide them with: A. Walk-Man, CD player (large headset) B. Dust mask. C. Gloves. D. Air-board or DA with ample 36 paper. E. Give them 10 min break every hour. F. Free lunch. 4. Supervise your employees. 5. Charge customer $20 per hour. 6. Average refinish should be around 350 hours: A. 350 x $20 = $7000 B. Materials, sandpaper, fillers, paint, etc = $1500 7. Total (out the door) = $8500 8. Profit 350 x $10 = $3500 JJ Sinclair The words 'Peanuts' and 'Monkeys' come to mind. -- Mike Lindsay |
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