# Making a Quote, Need Advice

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-quote-need-advice/235618>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 13, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-quote-need-advice/235618 "2007-08-13T14:26:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![alanmace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@alanmace](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alanmace)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-quote-need-advice/235618/1 "2007-08-13T14:26:05Z")

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I have a project manager who wants me to quote on a project doing something I’ve never done, but which I know is doable. Basically, it involves creating an application to determine the kind of printer cartridge that a printer needs. Here are the particulars:

1. The user selects a printer company
2. Based on selection 1, the user then is given a series of models to choose from
3. Based on selections 1 and 2, the application displays a compatible generic cartridge
4. The whole thing is linked to a database of several hundred categories. The database will be on the user’s computer, the type of which is up to us.

I just need a rough idea of about how many hours to quote for. It doesn’t need to be perfect, but I don’t want to be way off as far as too high or too low. Can anyone give me a ballpark figure?