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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 7807671, member: 24754&quot;]I do not think that making $100 on a $1000 coin is unreasonable. However, based on the &quot;Service provided is the effort in selling&quot; argument, where $50 worth of effort was expended, then it would be. If the service charges are based on a percentage, then that is a different business model and therefore, different argument. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I see what you are getting at here, and I agree with the general sentiment that &quot;We all have to make money, right?&quot;. But, depending on how you evaluate things, all methods of making money are not the same. Consider these 2 examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>- You want your lawn mown, I agree to mow it for $50. I mow it, you pay.</p><p><br /></p><p>- You are standing on one side of me, I offer to buy your belt for $5 and you agree. I then immediately sell it to the guy on the other side of me, who is in desperate need of a belt, for $55.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would you feel the same after both of these transactions? I made $50 off of you either way, so what&#039;s the difference?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I actually worked my way through college doing this kind of work and have the skills, so no, but that is beside the point that you were actually making.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addressing the actual point, I have a strong tendency to not pay other people to do things that I can possibly do myself. I&#039;ve never developed any real mechanic skills, but when my vehicles needed head gaskets, a rebuilt carburetor (I&#039;m dating myself with that one <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />), master cylinder, and even once a rebuilt transmission, I gathered the learning resources and tools needed to get the job done and did it.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s not to say that mechanics do not provide valid services, but maybe my instinctive &quot;do it yourself&quot; attitude, in part, explains my perspective on these things. I know people that are quite the opposite, they pay people to mow their grass, clean their house, walk their dogs, moving services, etc, etc and seem perfectly happy with it. That&#039;s just not me.</p><p><br /></p><p>But yes, if it is not something that I feel capable of doing myself, then I pay others (if I were in need of legal representation for instance).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I actually would balk at this. I&#039;m paying them for the work, not to serve as a profit shaving middle man for the materials.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All of that said, I&#039;m not saying that my perspective on the business is correct, and my intention wasn&#039;t to belittle anybody. The topic of conversation came up and I expressed my opinions on the matter. That&#039;s all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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