HELP! PROFIT MARGIN QUESTION.

Or rather... what a fool.

natty Said: What a joke.

Or rather... what a fool.

My family fled communist Russia. There is no similarity, and it's why communism has failed everywhere it's tried. USSR, Cuba, Vietnam, China... oh yes, China may still be "communist", but not in business.

Crying foul and whining about the system doesn't make the system wrong. It just makes you a whiner.

There's a part of me that wants to apologize for being so harsh, but too many men have died to protect what you trash, and my family worked to hard to achieve what could not be done in the land from which they came, and I won't sit back and listen to such crap without an appropriate response.

Mike H Said:

In some ways, not much has changed. Find a way to compete, or go hungry. It is still the capitalist way.

Roofguy Said: .

No, we use Liquid Nails to put a shingle roof on. It is just like nails only not so pointy.

I have used roof cement to install roof shingles. They do not leak or blow off. That is what we did when we needed extra protection.

Lefty Said: The thing that is different today is you can not smell the Hot. I miss the smell of Hot. As a kid it always ushered in the Spring. When you smelled Hot you knew Spring was here.

I never did Hot work, but loved the smell.

If you do what everyone else does, you will get what everyone else does.

Everyone asks me are you busy. I always say yes. Then they will say that there are so many people laid-off. I say, yes, 10% are laid-off. I work for the 90% that are still working.

What is this freaking American Idol??????? I think that last paragraph should be carved in grantite and be at the top part of every thread.

Best line in RCS HISTORY and I didn't post it. I will get with LeakMon as history has changed, fantastic.

Everyone asks me are you busy. I always say yes. Then they will say that there are so many people laid-off. I say, "yes, 10% are laid-off. I work for the 90% that are still working.

That is just TOO FUNNY Lefty! :laugh:

Most of the people who call me stressing "free" estimate, mentioning "insurance dispute", saying its just a "small" leak. Etc. never get an estimate from me at all.

"ALL" of the rest do! ;)

The thing that is different today is you can not smell the Hot. I miss the smell of Hot. As a kid it always ushered in the Spring. When you smelled Hot you knew Spring was here.

I never did Hot work, but loved the smell.

If you do what everyone else does, you will get what everyone else does.

Everyone asks me are you busy. I always say yes. Then they will say that there are so many people laid-off. I say, "yes, 10% are laid-off. I work for the 90% that are still working.

Isn't Taxes what you use to put a shingle roof on?

Mike H Said: Its obvious from the things I heard in my youth that there was a day when instead of Mexicans, people complained about the Irish, or the Poles, or the...

The only big difference then was they had to work or starve, politicians werent pandering for their vote, there was method to the madness, and there was plenty of work to be had.

In some ways, not much has changed. Find a way to compete, or go hungry. It is still the capitalist way.

And for as much as I complain about taxes, they were higher then than they are now.

It's obvious from the things I heard in my youth that there was a day when instead of Mexicans, people complained about the Irish, or the Pole's, or the...

The only big difference then was they had to work or starve, politicians weren't pandering for their vote, there was method to the madness, and there was plenty of work to be had.

In some ways, not much has changed. Find a way to compete, or go hungry. It is still the capitalist way.

And for as much as I complain about taxes, they were higher then than they are now.

natty Said: Aw, the delusions of capitalism... There is the roofing trade and then there is the roofing business. As long as there exists 3rd world countries supplying all of the cheap ass labor, nothing will be fair. It is all exploitative and a delusion.

We had the same problem over 40 years ago. Somehow I still always made money. Could be my boyish grin?

REVIVE THE AIRPLANE THREAD!!! LOL

Aw, the delusions of capitalism... There is the roofing trade and then there is the roofing business. As long as there exists 3rd world countries supplying all of the cheap ass labor, nothing will be fair. It is all exploitative and a delusion.

My profit margin goal of 100% is unattainable but I think it is the right goal because the closer I get to it, the better I did. I spent many years making a lot of money for a lot of other people and other entities. Today I'm not interested in making anyone elses money for them. Isn't that something they should be doing for themselves? There are literally thousands and thousands of what I call "leaches" out there that make their money off of other businesses. Often selling them things they don't need to the detriment of the buyer.

So what is the right amount to charge for your services? My answer is the most you can get without just flat out ripping people off. And what's the right profit margin? My answer is the highest amount possible while maintaining a legitimate business. This usually involves keeping the "leaches" picked off.