I have used this method as well.cgruning Wrote:
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> I have only "made an offer" one time. It was
> three shops in a rural location that weren't too
> terribly far from each other. It went like this:
>
> These shops are XX miles from my home and a round
> trip will cost me about $XX in gas. I anticipate
> travel time to be XX and my time reporting and
> shopping to be XX. If you are willing to pay me
> $XX per hour for my travel, reporting, and
> shopping time, as well as the cost of the gas, I
> will give up my day to do these.
>
> I figured if I told them how I got that figure
> that maybe they'd decide it was reasonable... and
> they did