I have two good friends who also do trees and they are 25 & 35 yr. vets of the industry. They say the prices have not gone up in 10-15 yrs. Give or take on average a $150.00 job is still the same. I basicly will throw out the price and give my pitch and ask for the job. If they try to talk me down I warn them about an unreasonably low price, and the end result. I do not under any circumstances throw another company under the bus.