New - The things that really annoy you

[EpsomWolf]

I can just about understand it when it’s something very highly skilled and/or has very high overheads. Dentistry probably ticks all the boxes.

I nearly fell off my chair when opening a quote last week for the pollarding of 3 trees - £2184.

I mean ok, it’s skilled and dangerous work. There’ll be two people, a fee to offload the waste and a small fee for the application to the council. But in reality what’s that, a 2 grand profit for a days work? Really??. And all with minimal overheads.

Crazy.

 

[Keef]

Minimal overheads? Wages, public liability insurance which I’d guess Is quite high, you know chainsaws, working at height, trees falling down that sort of thing, equipment, fuel, van servicing, mot, insurance, fuel.
It was £600 a year liability insurance for me with a £5 million limit when I was fixing bikes regularly

 

[EpsomWolf]

Tbh those are minimal overheads. Completely incomparable to a business requiring premises with all the associated costs.

I’d be interested to know of professions or tradespersons with lower costs clearing that kind of money.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

The insurance for a tree surgeon is pretty massive.

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