Quote Originally Posted by t00nces2 View Post


I am a capitalist. Supply, demand... I would not go and demand a price, I would let them offer, I doubt it could be called gouging if they have the option of paying a price they are willing to pay. It goes to the three kinds of jobs offered: Good, cheap, and fast.... You can have any two.



By the same token, I am being called to put up storm shutters now, like right now. I have work scheduled and have regular customers to help. I tell people I will hang the shutters for $200 and people tell me that is a lot of money to hang the shutters. I tell them I will hang them next Thursday for $80. Hanging shutters sucks and I am busy and I would just a soon not have to bust my a$$ hanging shutters for people who call, one and done, two days before a hurricane is due to come through. Is that also gouging?
The price to hang shutters sounds resonance when you take everything into account. You have reschedule other jobs and probably have overtime costs to deal with.