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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1496584" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>No doubt, and I agree, that a lot happens behind the scenes for fencing (and all other endeavors) to be successful. </p><p>However, the consumer isn't aware of all that and only sees and only expects to pay for a finished product. </p><p>He probably already knows how much he can buy a load of posts and all the wire for and have it delivered and offloaded at his place, and he's going by that to get an idea of approx material cost, and he's probably figuring his (and his kids) being free labor) . No insurance, no motel, no fuel and no cost of equipment payment---he already has a tractor and a posthole digger he's paying/paid for whether he builds a new fence or not.. That's why so many have 'sticker shock' when you quote a price.</p><p></p><p>TG, when I worked for a Kubota dealership, we had way more work during spring and summer than we could handle, and the owner decided to raise the labor rate he charged to keep from having people drop off their machines and us having a big backlog of jobs stretching into fall. It didn't work. People paid the higher rate anyway. Owner said "If I'd known people would pay that high of a labor rate I'd have raised it 5 years ago".</p><p>(no, he didn't raise our (mechanics) own pay a commensurate amount)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1496584, member: 18945"] No doubt, and I agree, that a lot happens behind the scenes for fencing (and all other endeavors) to be successful. However, the consumer isn't aware of all that and only sees and only expects to pay for a finished product. He probably already knows how much he can buy a load of posts and all the wire for and have it delivered and offloaded at his place, and he's going by that to get an idea of approx material cost, and he's probably figuring his (and his kids) being free labor) . No insurance, no motel, no fuel and no cost of equipment payment---he already has a tractor and a posthole digger he's paying/paid for whether he builds a new fence or not.. That's why so many have 'sticker shock' when you quote a price. TG, when I worked for a Kubota dealership, we had way more work during spring and summer than we could handle, and the owner decided to raise the labor rate he charged to keep from having people drop off their machines and us having a big backlog of jobs stretching into fall. It didn't work. People paid the higher rate anyway. Owner said "If I'd known people would pay that high of a labor rate I'd have raised it 5 years ago". (no, he didn't raise our (mechanics) own pay a commensurate amount) [/QUOTE]
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