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v <velnon@banet.net> wrote in message
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> 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.