It's not just a Southern California thing. As a small business owner serving the E-AB community, I can tell you there are very few vendors in my boat who are doing their aviation stuff as their only "job" - and I believe only a very few are making any money beyond covering costs. The majority are operating at a loss, investing money earned from other work to keep the av activities alive. I promise you this: if customers had to pay for items with the costs of the labor of the one-person operation factored in at rate that was reasonable and accurate, they would be yelling that they couldn't afford it. If you want to save money and have your components right at hand, on your schedule, make them yourself. It's not a mystery. But figure out how much your own time is worth per hour and include that in your costs.
Chris K. On 8/10/2016 3:39 PM, Jeff Scott via KRnet wrote: > ... As Marc Baca eloquently explained, many of these small business guys are > doing what they do for practically nothing... or less, because they love > sharing the knowledge they have accumulated. It does none of us any good to > denigrate them or their work... But many of us are glad you are there. > > -Jeff Scott > > ------------------- > > It must be a southern California thing. : ) >
