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Originally Posted by jIM_Ohio
You expect to get FREE advice?
I think you have high expectations.
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He meant NOT free advice, but not being informed in advance that he'll be charged for talking.
In general, I think it's great to be an enterpreneur in the US. Rates are set subjectively, then small businesses do not report all their income. I mean, it's quite good to work for yourself vs. working for a company. ...but it's not easy either.
MM says we bill what's fair. Huh?? What's fair?
E.g. I know a painter (works for himself). He told me a short story. A rich client asked him to perform some work on his house. The painter didn't like the detail of the involved work, so he said to him he'll do for $xx rate (= double his usual rate). The rich guy agreed.
Now when I think about MM's statement, everything sounds fair in business: you don't like a client, charge more; you don't like work involved charge more (nobody watches you every minute to determine how long takes to research an issue or fix a car). I guess, that's what 'free market' means
. Oh, well......