Raising rates on EV charger installs, Square D breakers jumping to $4500 jobs now

Tired of scraping by on $2500 installs for a full Level 2 EV charger setup with Square D QO breakers and conduit runs. Copper prices are insane and we're getting squeezed by these Home Depot runs. Time to bump to $4500 across the board or we're done.

Just quote the material costs upfront with a 20% markup on labor for EV jobs, it shuts down the hagglers fast.

told a guy the other day his tesla charger would cost an extra arm and a leg after the rate hike.

don't raise rates without updating your google business profile first, or you'll lose all the cheap leads.

watch out for the backlash, one bad review on angi can tank your social media momentum.

same here, clients are pissed about the jump on panel upgrades.

fuck angi leads anyway, all lowballers.

exactly, they're ruining the game for everyone.

preach, i ditched them last year and my margins doubled.

referrals only now, way better.

nah, post your work on tiktok like electrician u does, pulls in quality jobs.

tiktok? im too old for that crap.

we're all getting screwed by material costs, time to unite on pricing.

unite how? some yahoo undercuts everyone.

call out the undercutters in the electricians network fb group.

did that last month, got a bunch of likes but no real change.

likes dont pay bills.

customer laughed when i quoted the new rate, said id lost my mind.

lost my mind? nah, just got smart.

smart move, my ev installs are now my bread and butter at $5k.

$5k? damn, wish i could pull that.

build your social proof first.

social proof via ig stories of finished jobs.

stories disappear too fast.

post to feed then.

feed gets more engagement anyway.

engagement leads to dollars.

finally, someone gets it.

had a client accept the hike after i showed the square d invoice.

invoices are your best friend for justification.

yep, break it down line by line.

line by line scares off the cheapos, perfect.

cheap ones arent worth the headache.

headache and callbacks.

callbacks from cheap work are the worst.

worst is right, stick to your guns.

guns up, rates up.

haha nice.

we in the contractor fight group are all raising together.

good, strength in numbers.

numbers mean better negotiating with suppliers too.

suppliers hate when we band together.

let em hate, we deserve the margins.

margins on ev stuff should be 40% min.

40%? aim higher.

higher like 50, copper aint cheap.

50 sounds right for the risk.

risk of lawsuits if something shorts.

lawsuits are why i have the big insurance now.

insurance premiums went up with my rates lol.

tradeoff, better safe.

safe and profitable.

profitable ev jobs make it all worth it.

worth it until the next code change.

code changes always jack up costs.

jack up and we pass it on.

pass it on without apology.

apology? for what, reality?

reality bites, but we bite back.

bite back hard.

alot of good points here, gonna update my social posts with the new square d pricing breakdown.

viral means more jobs at the new rate.

jobs without the lowball drama.

dream or not, were doing it.

doing it and winning.

winning feels good after years of bs.

bs from clients and competitors.

competitors worst, undercutting to bankruptcy.

bankruptcy coming for them soon.

soon cant come fast enough.

watched a dustin stelzer video on pricing strategy, changed everything for me.

stelzer knows his stuff.

stuff like charge what youre worth.

worth every penny on ev installs.

penny? more like the whole dollar.

dollar and then some.

some like the full amount.

full amount no negotiations.

negotiations are for car salesmen.

salesmen suck at wiring anyway.

wiring is our game.

game and we own it now.

own it with higher rates.

rates that reflect the square d quality.

quality over cheap knockoffs.

knockoffs cause fires.

fires we dont want.

dont want or need.

need steady paying clients.

steady from social media pushes.

pushes that highlight the value.

value like safe ev charging.

charging without the hassle.

hassle free at the right price.

price we all deserve.

deserve after this market.