[TheForge] Landscaper's fee

[Bruce .]

The flip side of that argument is why should TEN salesmen who each
sell $100k each get $10k in commission, yet the ONE salesman who can
bring in ten times the sales get less than ten time the commission?

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:
> Not sure I would go with fixed percentages - not sure I would not.
>
> Would you really pay someone $100K if they brought you a million dollar job?
> These sorts of scales usually slide with volume, which makes sense from one
> perspective and sucks from another.  OTOH, insurance and other sorts of
> salvage seem to work on fixed scales.
>
> Jeez... now I'm so confused my head hurts.
>
>
> On 3/17/2013 4:47 PM, Vincent Nakovics wrote:
>>
>>
>> Mark - Sylvia
>> My dealings with designers, landscapers and architects in VA was 10
>> percent. It's called a finders fee and has been pretty standard forever.
>> Unless the guy or gal is going to bring you tons of business I wouldn't give
>> a penny more. How much is your work worth and what is your profit line.
>>
>> Vince Nakovics
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>> That sounds like the clay soil we have here. I have seen a tractor stuck
>> whilst trying to pull out a 4WD that was being pulled out by a back
>> actor that was being pulled out by a front end loader. The last one only
>> managed as it was on a paved road. Clay and lots of rain = avoid it at
>> all costs. Until I moved here I did not believe that it was possible to
>> get that stuck. You live and learn.
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>> Andrew Vida wrote:
>>>
>>> This road was cut from the mountainside.  It is 2 years old + and
>>> stable.  Been using it when reasonably dry, so it is pretty well
>>> walked-in.
>>>
>>> This clay may not be anything you've encountered before - it is like
>>> concrete when dry and like ice when it gets too wet. Murderously so
>>> and ANY vehicle including tracked can get completely hosed in it,
>>> especially if there is more than about a 2* grade.  If you have not
>>> seen it first hand you would have a hard time believing it.  When this
>>> shit is REALLY wet, a D6 would have a very difficult time getting out
>>> of this driveway.  Twenty feet east and it would bury itself in no
>>> time and would have to sit until things dried out before it could
>>> climb out of the bowl.
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>> From: mondloch at silvercreekpottery.com
>> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 09:51:31 -0500
>> Subject: [TheForge] sales question
>>
>> We sell from our Home Gallery and do some "garden art". WE have had a
>> landscaper inquire about bringing his client to look and pick out some
>> things for his yard.The landscaper is doing the yard. My question is what
>> kind of a "commission" is proper for the landscaper? Mark
>>
>> Mark and Sylvia Mondloch
>> Silver Creek Pottery&  Forge
>>
>> mondloch at silvercreekpottery.com
>> www.silvercreekpottery.com
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Bruce
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