[TheForge] RE: pricing

[Bob Ehrenberger]

I had a friend that had a handy-man business. He said that some of his 
customers would call him for the smallest little thing and didn't care what 
it cost. He finally quit because they kept calling on his days off, late at 
night, and holidays.  He just couldn't seem to get the point across that he 
wanted to have a life too.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net

-----Original message-------

Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:57:29 -0400
From: <Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu>
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Prices

Try to get someone to come out to your house to change a light bulb<G>.
That will tell you what it costs to do a small job<G>.  It costs the
same amount of time to change a bulb as it does to do better paying
jobs.  A real company will charge both at the same rate.  Some jobs you
just can't afford to pay someone to do, and the companies know it.