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Poll: Over the years, my overhead costs have... Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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telefpro
Local time: 21:52
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Over the years overhead costs have increased but the rates have lowered
[Edited at 2013-01-02 09:37 GMT]
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Michael Harris 
Germany
Local time: 18:22
Member (2006)
German to English
Stayed the same, how do you manage that? Especially with electric being raised by 15% every year, property prices, etc...
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Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 18:22
Member (2009)
English to German
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| Increased and.. rising | Jan 2, 2013 |
Michael Harris wrote:
Stayed the same, how do you manage that? Especially with electric being raised by 15% every year, property prices, etc...
Exactly. And our politicians are also considering a V. A. T. raise this year.
Unless you're completely autarchic, there's no way to keep the costs at the same level, let alone decrease them.
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Susanna Martoni
Italy
Local time: 18:22
Member (2009)
Spanish to Italian
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yes, a lot.
Gas, electricity, railroads, highways, insurance. And other extra costs!
My God. A disaster...
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Allison Wright (X)
Portugal
Local time: 17:22
Please tell me where in the world overheads have ever decreased. I would be interested to study the reasons behind such a phenomenon.
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OG Pete
United States
Russian to English
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Please tell me where in the world overheads have ever decreased. I would be interested to study the reasons behind such a phenomenon.
In my experience, the cost of Internet access (per mB) is going down worldwide. So is the cost of hardware. I keep reading on other forum postings about "barriers to entry" crumbling.
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The main reason behind such a phenomenon: I moved my office to my home... No more double bills!
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| Much, much lower! | Jan 2, 2013 |
Broadband prices are coming down all the time and are a fraction of what it used to cost to send files abroad by modem
Email means no phone bill
Electricity - we use less and less due to more energy-efficient hardware and lighting (plus we have solar panels)
Heating - we grow our own wood (admittedly not an option for all translators!)
Accountancy - the same (partly because everything is computerised instead of on paper)
Paper - bi... See more Broadband prices are coming down all the time and are a fraction of what it used to cost to send files abroad by modem
Email means no phone bill
Electricity - we use less and less due to more energy-efficient hardware and lighting (plus we have solar panels)
Heating - we grow our own wood (admittedly not an option for all translators!)
Accountancy - the same (partly because everything is computerised instead of on paper)
Paper - big screens mean we print a lot less
Stamps - forgotten what they are
Fax paper - so 20th century
What else is there? ▲ Collapse
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DianeGM
Local time: 19:22
Member (2006)
Dutch to English
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| increased over all | Jan 2, 2013 |
My post, phone and internet costs have decreased, all other overheads have increased, so increased over all
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| Definitely decreased! | Jan 2, 2013 |
So much so that I find it hard to justify the most modest of expenses.
'Phone and Broadband charges very low, loads of dictionaries online for free, no postage, no faxes, no paper and very little printing!
I'm seriously thinking of offering the Inland Revenue a rebate. Just joking...
Steve K.
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Although some expenses like broadband/telephone bills/mobile and so on have remained steady, other costs as rent, electricity, gas, water have increased a lot.
Also I have to take into account that every year taxes are higher than the year before, so what actually remains in my pocket is less than the year before.
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Rebecca Garber
Local time: 12:22
Member (2005)
German to English
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| increased a bit | Jan 2, 2013 |
But then, I upgraded to a smart phone.
Otherwise, professional memberships remain stable.
Gas and electricity remain stable or only fractionally higher.
Internet access/email costs have decreased slightly.
It helps to live in a fly-over state.
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Heinrich Pesch
Finland
Local time: 19:22
Member (2003)
Finnish to German
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I do my bookkeeping myself, hardware is so much cheaper every year, no land-line phone anymore, no fax anymore.
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 18:22
Spanish to English
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I don't really know. Gas and electricity etc have gone up, but they always do...
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