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Punchy Dan:
I will not tell customers anything other than the rate for the job on the day,infact mostly I just send the invoice without talking money ,however I do know that one company who are in a pallet network system thing charge 8% fuel surcharge currently .That’s my usual way of working as well.
This job I
m putting the escalator on, is a seasonal job for 2 vehicles daily for about 20 weeks, pervious years Ive stood any fuel price changes, within my initial price. This time the`s not much scope for an increase in the rate enough to cover potential fuel rises, especially the way the price has gone the last couple of months, hence the escalator.
Few ways of doing this, weekly price adjustment depending on fuel. Or put 10ppl on the price of fuel and bang your quote in with that in mind.