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originally posted by: Sremmos80
Seems more like a rant, but ok.
It seems that most your examples are over head, well outside of the employee asking for a raise.
Is it the consumers job to pay the over head?? Isn't that part of owning the business? Paying taxes and so forth?
Isn't owning a business about providing a good service to people and if you make some money off of that then cool?
So force the customer to pay for everything so you can make money?
That is why everyone is made a corporations these days IMO
There is a lot of record keeping and estimating and billing to do. Supplies need to be ordered.
originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
Thank you for this insider's pov.
It does help.
I can appreciate the dilemma, and the responsibilities that come with owning and operating business(es). The only sticking point is that as a consumer (not a businessperson), the cost of taxes, insurance, utilities, fuel, food, transportation, etc. go up for us, too...
but we can't just 'raise our prices' by insisting on a raise to make up for it.
You are a reasonable person, and you worked hard, and put a lot of effort into your success. Not all of us want to take on that level of responsibility/risk - nor can all of us afford to.
I'm all for cottage industry - and have earned a few $$$$ myself working as a bespoke seamstress. So, what are we to do when the market dries up, our wages/salaries stay stagnant, yet the prices soar??
So force the customer to pay for everything so you can make money? That is why everyone is made a corporations these days IMO - See more at: www.abovetopsecret.com...
originally posted by: rickymouse
All costs get passed on to the customer, making sure you can give your customers reasonably priced service will help your success.
Taxing a small business should be done on the money that is taken out of the business by the owner for personal use. Taxing businesses is just taxing the customers of the business.
originally posted by: Sremmos80
I said this should be a rant because you are clearly targeting those that want to raise taxes on businesses.
You are ranting about what that means for a owner. Not that you didn't enjoy it.
It should read "that is why every one hates corp these days.
Privatize the profits, socialize the loses
originally posted by: Phoenix
If its an expense then its a "pass through" the only reason for a business not to pass through any cost of doing business is competition and what the market will bear.
I get dumbfounded by those who think this works any other way.
originally posted by: Sremmos80
You are saying that the customer should keep the doors open by paying for every increase in cost it takes to run your business while you rack in the profit.
I am not sure why you keep bringing up bail outs....Are you implying that those companies continued to eat the cost of additional charges by not passing on the cost to the customer??
originally posted by: olaru12
I was able to keep some businesses afloat by the profits I made from other projects and didn't have to raise prices to my retail customers.
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: AugustusMasonicus
I learned that most go into business to provide a service that you love, and the money is a bonus.
But I guess those days are gone, screw everyone else, I need to make MY money !!!!
originally posted by: Sremmos80
I learned that most go into business to provide a service that you love, and the money is a bonus.
But I guess those days are gone, screw everyone else, I need to make MY money !!!!
Especially in the restaurant biz. Spent my high school years working in our towns main place to eat.
The guy was not in it for the money, he was in it for the love of running a restaurant and providing food and a great service to the customers.
Oh so the bailouts are irrelevant, since this about passing the cost to the customer, not circumventing the risk/reward process right?
IMO passing the cost on to the customer is a bail out.. a small one, but still a bail out
They are now bailing you out of losing any profit.
Why would I run a business as a charity?