Called a guy to remove a tree from my yard He charged $750 Asked how many he does per week “Oh God, are you one of those morons who post about how easy it is to make six figures in the trades by assuming I’m fully booked and have zero costs? You know what, I’m actually going to charge you $1,750 for this job or I'll just let the tree fall into your roof.” Incredible. $1,750 for just a few minutes of work. Imagine if he does just 10 other jobs aweek. That’s $70k+ per month. Almost amillion a year. I need to get into tree trimming!
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[–] 7 points 1 month ago* (6 children)

I like the little detail that they can't do math.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    $1,750 per job assuming ten jobs per week is $17,500 per week of working. Assuming 4 weeks per month, that's $70,000 per month. Assuming 12 months of working per year, that's $840,000 per year. I'd be calling it "almost a million" at that point. I think the math works out, but the business prospects don't.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    He says 10 other jobs per week. So that’s $1750x11x52 which is over a million.

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