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My cousin tried to pay me with homemade jam for a full respray
My cousin showed up with his sedan after a parking lot scrape. He said he heard I could do a full respray for cheap. I walked him through the process, from sanding to color matching. When I gave him the estimate, he was shocked and pulled out three jars of jam from his trunk. He insisted it was artisanal and worth a lot. I had to laugh and tell him that doesn't pay for primer or clear coat. We settled on a touch-up job, and I got some tasty jam out of it, lmao.
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the_phoenix2mo ago
Three jars of jam for a full respray... I'm stuck on the math. A single gallon of decent basecoat is what, eighty bucks? You'd need like a whole pantry of that artisanal stuff just to cover the materials. I can't even imagine his face when you explained the cost of the clear coat alone.
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parkerkim2mo ago
Reminds me of my cousin who tried to trade homemade pickles for a tattoo. The artist just stared at his mason jar like it was from another planet, lmao. Some people really have no clue what stuff costs.
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Yeah, it's that weird thing where people mix up the cost of a hobby with running a real shop. Like @parkerkim said, it happens with tattoos too, or even computer repair. They see you doing something you're good at and figure since you like it, the price should be in hugs and jam jars. They don't get the rent, the insurance, the stuff that just gets used up and you can't get back. You end up feeling bad for saying no, even though the math is just... not there.
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