First off as for the other thread where I say my price is my price, you missed the whole point of what I was trying to say.
It doesnt matter what your point is or was.
Yes I do have to make something or what’s the point. But my price is set by the cost of operation and an hourly rate I need to survive. Say (hypothetically) after my operating cost I make 10 dollars an hour, if my operating costs go up just a little bit and I end up making 9 dollars an hour, I can swallow that hit for a short time and I won’t raise my price. If it’s a cost that never goes away then I will eventually have to raise my price. Not because I won’t to but because I can’t survive on less then the 10 dollars I was making.
Everybody has operational cost and they must do as you do or shut their doors. It only seems its alright if you cover your cost, but nobody else is allowed to. There is no way you know the operational cost of other businesses, but if they are selling for less than your prices, maybe you should be studying their operations to see how you can lower your cost. You might consider taking some basic business courses to help you see if/where you are losing money or Making money. Just because a lot of money is exchanging hands, doesnt mean you are keeping your fair share.
Then sometimes I get lucky and production cost goes down and I may make 11 dollars an hour. So as the operating cost fluctuates, on average it will work out to 10 dollars an hour. Back to the rate I need to survive.
Welcome to the world of being a business owner. A wise business owner will set something back for the lean times so they dont have to reduce their lifestyle strugging thru the lean times.
Donating wood or sometimes giving someone a break on the price is all I can afford to give with such a small profit margin on firewood. Even though I make very little I still try to give a little back, even if its not very much. At least it’s something.
Good for you, but who are you to judge how much anybody or any business should donate. Judge not less thy be judged also.
As for asking how many cubic feet is in a cord. That doesn’t mean I didn’t know the answer. Maybe I was fishing for other interpatations of what others were doing or using.
Really?
Just because I sometimes look for other work doesn’t mean selling firewood is successful or not. It just means I may want to do something else instead. Nothing wrong with wanting to make a little more when you make so little to begin with, but like I’ve been saying all along there comes a point when your filthy rich that one can afford to do more instead of continuing down the road of just making more money for themselves alone.
I never questioned whether or not your business is successful. What you consider success is only determined by the goals you set for yourself. What I think doesnt matter. The only thing I question is your judgemental attitude of other business people and how they operate their business and the goals they set for themselfs. .
