On 2007-06-29 21:52:34 +0100, "rrh" said:

I charge according to the perceived depth of the punter's pocket, amongst
other factors.

Remind me never to employ you for any job on my house. Ever. What happened
to a fair rate for the job done?


Huh?


The fair rate is the one that pays the supplier of the goods and
services the price that he wishes to charge, consistent with the volume
of business that he expects to get and the price that the customer is
willing to pay. It's called business.

The supplier may wish to offer a lower price in order to win specific
business or because he would like the repeat business from the
customer. To that end, the supplier should consider that it is
generally less expensive to get repeat business than to prospect for
new.

He may also wish to win a greater volume of business. Sometimes
reducing the price achieves that. More commonly it doesn't because
there are usually other reasons not to buy.

If the customer wants to buy on price then he must also expect to
receive goods and services produced to meet that price.

"Fair rate" does not equate to low price for customer.