In my opinion, you offered them a bargain at $300.Here is what I would have asked for:
600 miles @ $0.575 = $345
7 hours driving @ $20 per hour = $140
$12 tolls (assume that is inclusive for both directions)
Total = $497
The $20 per hour represents a lost opportunity cost since you could have been doing other shops, instead you were driving. This quote assumes that you could not do other shops along the way. Given that it is already probably an 8 hour day, I doubt that you would or even could do much else.
@candiwv wrote:
Ha! I have had Maritz call me about two shops...300 miles away (one way). I told them I would do it for $250 the first time. They came back with $130. I told them that was not worth my time and gas and offered $200 but they decided to hold onto my name. If they call back again, it will go up to $250 again for wasting my time on phone calls. lol. That 3 and 1/2 hour drive is boring and has about $12 in tolls too.
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/04/2015 02:33PM by myst4au.