So I am Thinking......

A few desk jockeys, some college kids and roofing failures get together to decide the "Cost of a Roof".

Yes I am talking buttwads, Exactimate and the Insurance Industry. They don't all pay the same do they?

If they have decided amongst themselves what they will pay non-employees to do their bidding (reverse auction) then how in the heck can 2 different insurance companies come up with different prices for same items ?

So true TomB.

They have us so worried about whether a pipe boot should $25.78 or $26.95 or $29.03 that we have lost sight of the fact that we've given the trade over to Shoe Salesmen and Untrained Monkeys.

The new paradigm will be $11 an hr. skilled labor soon, if not already. But we'll know how many stink stacks there are!

I don't think it is too complex on their part. The Insurance they sell will probably cover a $400 per sq roof. They know that there is a path beaten to their door willing to it for $275. "What, me Worry?" B)

What was so wrong with the-Minimum three bids-lowest responsible gets?

Don't they realize by all this complexity of meddling by ins. co., legislators, etc...only exponentially opens the window(s) for more & more unscrupulous behaviors?

We're "thinking" ourselves into histerical complexities, that are completely unnecessary.

Richard Kaller somewhat famously stated that the Residential Roofing Industry is 30% underpriced. When he was alive. What? 10 yrs. ago. (before the Almighty Ins. Cos. fully took advantage of illegal immigration, 1099 cheats and basic dumbass situation)

His present day observations might be more like 50%

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That is funny. They have to add some money for oats though.

:laugh:

They ask the Amish and add a few dollars for gas?