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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IBetASilverDollar, post: 2693931, member: 85251&quot;]I wonder about this in all sorts of different businesses as I run a small business myself and know how tough it is.&nbsp; Our town is expensive to rent in, yet coffee shops that never seem busy stay open somehow. </p><p><br /></p><p>And you are correct about the price some companies need to charge to break even - the average homeowner doesn&#039;t have a clue.&nbsp; My company is a service contractor.&nbsp; We are very fairly priced but I still get the occasional call that goes like: &quot;I FOUND THAT PART ONLINE FOR $125 HOW CAN YOU CHARGE ME $300!?!?!?!&quot;.&nbsp; Could be the $30,000 truck we pulled up in, the gas we put in the tank, the employee who makes a wage and benefits, the phones you&#039;re talking to me on, my employee who answers the phone and gets paid, the time it took to install the part, the knowledge to diagnose the faulty part and how to replace it, the warranty we have to provide on the part, the office I&#039;m sitting in.&nbsp; By all means next time take a crack at doing all that yourself to save the cash.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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