Posted by M Nut on August 13, 2011 at 15:50:28 from (50.107.38.18):
In Reply to: Re: The hay crew posted by Jason, NW Ontario on August 13, 2011 at 13:45:26:
I see no reason why he shouldn't set his price where he wants it. If he's worth it, he'll get what he's asking. I doubt he'll be lowering his prices. All through high school and college I worked for extra money either helping other farmers or working for a landscaping company. I set my hourly price for helping other farmers, and I never had a shortage of work. I did turn several people away who thought that $5/hr was good enough pay. Why would I work for that when I had all the work I wanted at $10/hr? Only time I compromised was when an elderly farmer, 84 I believe, had a heart attack in the middle of haying season. He asked me what my hourly rate was to work for him cutting and raking hay with his equipment, and he'd hire a custom baler to come in and bale it. I told him I got $10/hr, and you could see the disappointment on his face. I asked what he was thinking, and he said he could only really afford $7. I told him no problem, I'd do it for that. I worked from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. quite a few days, but I got all his haying done in about 3 weeks. And talk about meals. His wife would bring lunch out to the field where ever I was working at 1 p.m., and then again about 6 p.m., then it was a sit down dinner with a minimum of 4 courses when I quite for the day. I figured the cooking more than made up for the $3 less in wages! Ended up being a good experience for both him and I.
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