I just got two "bids" for aeration of a lawn that is ~ 5k square feet. $85? Crazy town these days.

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Apr 23, 2024
3:09:44pm

CSoul Hardcore Democrat

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I just got two "bids" for aeration of a lawn that is ~ 5k square feet. $85? Crazy town these days.

CSoul Hardcore Democrat

Apr 23, 3:09pm

I paid $300 for aeration for a much smaller yard. I got home from work and

boorad

Apr 23, 3:11pm

You should check to see if your socks and shoes are still there. You got robbed.

CSoul

Apr 23, 3:12pm

Aside from being expensive, could have been a spike aerator. Depending on where

Malathion

Apr 23, 3:17pm

Maybe they cleaned up the pellets?

cougarstrong

Apr 23, 3:47pm

You can rent one for the day for $50.

Longseason

Apr 23, 3:13pm

No, $100 now and it's the small one that takes forever to do a yard.

CSoul

Apr 23, 3:14pm

Now I understand the $85 bid.

The Y's Insider

Apr 23, 3:17pm

Sounds like $85 is a steal.

Ragnar Danneskjold

Apr 23, 3:17pm

It's actually a great way for a college kid to earn a LOT of money. Rent a big aerator and then just do house to

CSoul

Apr 23, 3:19pm

This is what I did. Hired a kid on Marketplace - $25 for 2500 sqf

Longseason

Apr 23, 3:22pm

They have to drive there, get it out, load it up, and drive to their next job.

cougaman

Apr 23, 3:15pm

Usually they just do a bunch of people in the same neighborhood so it's not that big of an issue.

CSoul

Apr 23, 3:16pm

They probably don’t have multiple jobs in the neighborhood to do

cougaman

Apr 23, 3:19pm

Used to be the YM fund raiser. One day and they made some money.

O Gaucho

Apr 23, 3:30pm

Neighbor kid did mine this year for $40

ElkhunterUT

Apr 23, 3:30pm

I couldn’t get anybody to sneeze on my lawn for less than $100

cheezedawg

Apr 23, 3:33pm

aeration = gimmick

BYURider

Apr 23, 3:50pm

We did aeration for YM fundraising. We’d routinely pull in $3-4k over two

Blue Ridge

Apr 23, 3:52pm

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