A price you are offering to hold, which becomes binding when the customer accepts it. The difference between a quote and an estimate is the whole argument in most price disputes, and the two words are not interchangeable. How firmly the number binds you, and what the customer has to be told before it does, differs by province and state, so the word on the document is worth choosing on purpose. If the scope changes after acceptance, the price changes by agreement and in writing, not by assumption.
This one depends on where you work
The rule behind quote is set by the province or state the work is in, and the versions do not agree with one another. We have described the shape of it and deliberately not named a deadline, a cap or a percentage — check the rule where you work, or ask someone who practises there.
In FieldQuo — Quotes
Quotes in FieldQuo are built from your own rates and grouped by room or by scope, so the customer reads the job the way you walked it.
Related terms
- EstimateA price you expect the work to come to, given before anyone has committed to anything.
- Scope of workThe written description of exactly what you are going to do, in enough detail that you and the customer are picturing the same job.
- ExclusionsThe list of things your price does not cover, written down on the same document as the price.
- Change orderA written record that the job has changed, what the change is, and what it costs — agreed before the extra work starts.
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