Flash Wrote:
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> While I would not condemn you personally for
> taking the jobs, it is precisely that kind of
> thinking that is why the shops CAN be priced that
> way. And obviously there are many shoppers in my
> area desperate enough to do them at that price or
> who are thinking that way because the bulk of them
> have been taken.
>
> As long as some MSP is willing to underbid the
> current company when contracts are up, the jobs
> will go to the cheaper MSP. It is only when MSPs
> are forced to lose money on the contract that they
> won't squeeze the shopper for the discount they
> offer the client on the contract.
At the end of the day, it is always simple supply and demand principle. If someone wants to do it at $3, then maybe the next one will be $2 and so on. If noone take it at $3, then it goes to $4, etc, until someone did the shops.
For me personally, I have to account for cost of gas driving there, my computer, etc, plus my time, which is not free, even right now while I am unemployed, my time is still not free
I rather be doing something else. This one is just does not pay enough for me, even if I happen to be in that area. I cant justify a shop when I am actually losing money at the end. Maybe this shop works for others, and thats more power to them. Just not for me.
Last I checked, in my area, it was raised to $3.75 Woohoo! LOL...