[Bill Schwab]

Simple answer here...Less for less. you get what you pay for. I sympathise with the added expenses for thier deck, and can undertand that perhaps that contractor found some bad joists that were unforeseen, however, this has nothing to do with your equation.

Remember one thing and one thing only. Along with quality, along with service, and along with paying your employees a decent living wage for thier trade (which by the way helps make your company what it is) YOUR company is entitled to a profit. That is a given. Your profit should be calculated first, never negotiated, and always protected. The price is the price. You have to eat. There is a name that they call businesses who discount customers. It is bancrupt. Is this where you want to be?