I Guess I've Lost Touch

g_man · November 22, 2010, 07:58:30 PM

Quote from: Black_Bear on November 20, 2010, 02:31:49 PM
I'm guessing it's either the shop in Charleston or Orleans. Back when I was cutting we used to buy a lot of saw parts from Charleston - that was when Wayne had the shop - but we did our own repairs.

Orleans has always been expensive - for everything!

Nope - Littleton, NH. P&S Equipment

Cut4fun · November 22, 2010, 08:30:28 PM

Had a guy give me a $10 tip over my small fee for muffler modding, sharpening chain and rebuilding his carb (no kit needed brand new saw) strato poulan yesterday. I must be to cheap.

Cut4fun · November 22, 2010, 08:32:41 PM

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celliott · November 22, 2010, 08:36:34 PM

Quote from: g_man on November 22, 2010, 07:58:30 PM
Quote from: Black_Bear on November 20, 2010, 02:31:49 PM
I'm guessing it's either the shop in Charleston or Orleans. Back when I was cutting we used to buy a lot of saw parts from Charleston - that was when Wayne had the shop - but we did our own repairs.

Orleans has always been expensive - for everything!

Nope - Littleton, NH. P&S Equipment

Hey, at least you don't gotta pay sales tax when they tell you your saw is too expensive to fix, but how does this new husky look? :

wannabeonetoo · November 22, 2010, 11:27:11 PM

I think some people are just a bit "out of touch" with the working folk when it comes to hourly rates. What comes to mind is a conversation I had with a good friend who is a Specialist at our hospitial (a Dr. who specializes in stroke treatment).
We were dicussing her recent renovation/addition to her farmhouse when she asked me if I thought the price she was paying was out of line, it was 80 grand or there abouts. I asked her how many men were employed by the contractor and to factor in all the costs associated with each employee + the business owners wage, overhead,insurance....yada...yada...yada...then figure the hours they're putting in and it in all probability works out to an hourly wage of ~ $20.00/worker & $35.00 contractor. These guys don't have any pension plans or dental etc. either. Now I say to her....the next time you have your SUV (Mercedes) in the shop to change the oil & summer to winter tires have a look at the posted shop rate ($125.00)
So she nods & says yeah thats a good way of looking at things to try to get perspective.I don't think she was really complaining,just trying to understand.
I guess she thought maybe her price was a bit high,also she'd get sticker shock if she had to purchase the materials herself.

Steve