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if you cant work off a ladder or staging than you can not do carpenrty either
Did they get  the right trees?.  $300 seems about fair.

pat wrote:

> v <velnon@banet.net> wrote in message
> news:3a946093.28945850@news1.banet.net...
> > On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 19:12:28 GMT, "pat" <bahn@tgv-rockets.com> wrote:
> >
> > >I had a guy quote me $300 to climb two trees in my front yard, and cut
> out
> > >some busted/dead limbs and
> > >cut up the wood and take it away. Now granted, I won't climb that for ten
> > >times the amount, but is this a fair price?
> > >It can't be that tough of a job. He also wants $200 to trim some 18 foot
> > >tall barrier trees (Evergreens) and
> > >make them look better.
> > >
> > 1) Can't tell from here about the price.  You need to get a few more
> > estimates locally to see how they compare.  Now, if the bid was
> > $298,000 than I COULD say it's too much, and if it was $1.98 too
> > little.  But a few hundred?  Can't tell.
> >
> > 2)  So "it  can't be that tough a job" to justify $300, but it IS so
> > tough a job that you wouldn't do it for $3,000?  WHO THE HELL DO YOU
> > THINK YOU ARE PRINCESS????  Why is it that people who can't or won't
> > do some physical work look down upon those who can?  I have 4 (count
> > 'em, four) university degrees and never had that attitude.  The work
> > is worth what people will do it for, and if you think that's too much,
> > learn to DIY, smarty.
>
> No, I think that I have a damaged Middle Ear, which affects my
> balance. Carpentry, plumbing, electrical wiring, I can do.
> The ladder thing, I just don't do.
>
> My Grandmother won't do this work either, that doesn't make her a
> princess.