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Title: What does your company charge to calibrate weights accredited?
Post by: USMCPMEL on 03-25-2015 -- 16:03:29
Is there a discount for a big set or are prices all the same?
Title: Re: What does your company charge to calibrate weights accredited?
Post by: jimmyc on 03-27-2015 -- 08:19:07
wouldn't the price be set more by the class of weight rather than the number of weights? 
Title: Re: What does your company charge to calibrate weights accredited?
Post by: USMCPMEL on 03-30-2015 -- 11:23:49
My company charges $25 per weight pretty much as long as we can calibrate them. We generally do F class we do not get into the more accurate weights. I was just wondering what other companies charge.
Title: Re: What does your company charge to calibrate weights accredited?
Post by: metrologygeek on 03-30-2015 -- 12:13:10
Cool! What's the address? I have five 1000 pounds weights that are coming due and $25 bucks a weight sounds like a lot less than what I have been paying.
Title: Re: What does your company charge to calibrate weights accredited?
Post by: USMCPMEL on 03-30-2015 -- 14:44:12
I sent you a private message geek.
Title: Re: What does your company charge to calibrate weights accredited?
Post by: winstongood1 on 04-02-2015 -- 10:38:58
We do the lower accuracy weights (F,4, etc) and charge around $19.50 per weight, but larger weights like yard weights 1000+ lbs $97.50 per weight
Title: Re: What does your company charge to calibrate weights accredited?
Post by: griff61 on 04-03-2015 -- 17:18:13
When I worked for Goodrich in Phoenix, I discovered that the Arizona State weights & measures folks were much more affordable than most other places. I can't exactly recall now, but I know they cost less for a set of weights than what it would have cost for shipping. Including all the lovely data.
Might want to check into that. Surprised the heck out of me.
Title: Re: What does your company charge to calibrate weights accredited?
Post by: jimmyc on 04-06-2015 -- 07:35:14
it's hard to believe there is any money to be made at 20 dollars per weight.  just verifying serial numbers, data, sticker...
Title: Re: What does your company charge to calibrate weights accredited?
Post by: USMCPMEL on 04-13-2015 -- 15:15:04
Jimmy I agree and depending on what method your company uses I think there would be borderline losing money. Unless you literally are just putting the weight on a scale and giving the customer the data.
Title: Re: What does your company charge to calibrate weights accredited?
Post by: cpgrules on 04-15-2015 -- 18:02:44
by the time you pay the bills and employees that 20 dollars is gone with no profit. May as well just drive to their facility, roll the window down and throw the stickers out the window.
Title: Re: What does your company charge to calibrate weights accredited?
Post by: USMCPMEL on 06-10-2015 -- 11:01:46
CPRULES I get that point but sometimes as a full service cal lab you lose a little money to keep a customer. Some items just are not very profitable. Some customers want all their items calibrated by the same lab so you take a loss to keep the bigger chunk of business.
Title: Re: What does your company charge to calibrate weights accredited?
Post by: Hawaii596 on 06-10-2015 -- 11:10:36
We do that sometimes.  Depends on the customer and how much other stuff we cal for that customer, and how much we lose calibrating some of those no profit items (like Grade 3 Gauge Blocks as an example).
Title: Re: What does your company charge to calibrate weights accredited?
Post by: CalLabSolutions on 06-11-2015 -- 19:52:39
A MASSIVE AMOUNT...
Sorry.. Just had to say it..
Title: Re: What does your company charge to calibrate weights accredited?
Post by: USMCPMEL on 06-11-2015 -- 20:06:33
A heavy price... would have sounded better