kiwi pom
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- canterbury NZ
Builders can set the price, but they lose work all the time to others who undercut, the same in any industry. Supermarkets are a few bad decisions and a month away from going under. They spend a fortune on compliance every year, some they can get back, some they can't.Yawn yawn yawn
Builders are not price takers.
They quote for a job including profit, on a take it or leave it basis.
Supermatkets set their prices and collect cash at the till then wait months to pay farmer.
Lots of farmers operate on short term leases on scattered blocks which makes investment in good facilities impossible.
I rented a rundown farm thirty yr ago and invested in good fixed equipment to do the work safely and healthily.
Then the arse govt handed the landlord the subsidy directly and i got evicted.
Now back to working with gates and string and other old shyte
You just don't see these companies when they are gone.
You don't see many land-owning farmers (or tenants) selling everything to get into the building trade or setting up a retail chain, do you? Why not, they can charge what they want surely?