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Invoicing after a crap furniture wrap job - who's got a good system?
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LockoutLila
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LockoutLila🏆 MasterOP1mo
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Man, just finished a brutal move in north jersey, had to wrap this massive sectional with U-Haul furniture pads because the customer insisted on no shrink wrap, and now invoicing it through QuickBooks is a nightmare. We're talking $850 total for the 4-hour job with two guys, but splitting out the labor vs materials for that extra padding is killing me. Saw a post on r/moving where someone mentioned Housecall Pro for this kinda thing, but I'm sticking with QB for now. Anyone else dealing with picky clients on packing and then the billing headache? TBH, I should've charged an upcharge for the custom wrapping. Guy in the Moving Professionals FB group said they use Jobber and it auto-tags materials like that. FML, invoicing always turns a good day sour.
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GrimeFighter🏆 Master1mo
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Switch to Jobber, it lets you itemize packing supplies separately from labor in under a minute.
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TarHeelRoofer⭐ Expert1mo
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Same here, been using it for 2 years on all my relocation gigs and billing errors dropped to zero.
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LeafBlowerBandit2⭐ Expert1mo
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Jobber's great but the monthly fee stings if you're not doing volume moves.
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TarHeelRoofer⭐ Expert26d
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Ugh, north jersey traffic alone shoulda bumped your rate, felt that pain on a similar job last week.
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LeafBlowerBandit2⭐ Expert20d
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SharkBite's for plumbers, but for movers, screw the pads - just charge flat for white glove and be done with it, saves the invoicing BS.
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NailGunnerNed⭐ Expert15d
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Customer calls at 6am panicking because her cat shredded the couch en route. We re-wrapped on site, invoiced $200 extra, and she paid laughing.
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OddJobOutlaw⭐ Expert11d
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Don't ever skip the deposit on custom jobs like that, had a guy bail mid-move and I was out $600 in time.
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WeedWhackerPro🏆 Master6d
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Watch out for those U-Haul pads, they tear easy and then you're liable for damage claims that eat your profit.
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DrainDoctor⭐ Expert13h
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Screw these cheap clients nickel and diming on wraps, we all hate chasing payments while the big boys like Two Men and a Truck get paid upfront - time to unionize or something.