What would be a fair price to pay a kid to mow?

cmd

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Sat May-01-10 12:06 PM
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What would be a fair price to pay a kid to mow?

Our lot is 50 x150, but the lawn area is about a fourth of that. He/she can use our mower and gas.
Mr. cmd and I have to start acting our age.

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MiddleFingerMom

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Sat May-01-10 01:35 PM
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1. This question was EXHAUSTIVELY covered...

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...about a week or so ago here (maybe someone could link you
to it -- I'm ignant of that process).
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The OP suggested $20, but I forget what size lot they had. I
would have done it for $20 -- but others said up to $40. One
said something along the lines of it being entirely dependent
on how much YOU made in income -- made me think if you
pulled in $800k a year, you should probably pay someone
$1500 to mow it).
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Um... if you are in that bracket and feel the same... I'd like
to be the first to apply for the job. I'll even pay travel expenses.
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Can someone link that thread to here, please?
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cmd

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Sat May-01-10 05:08 PM
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5. I apologize for missing the thread

I doubt you would want to make the trip to mow our lawn. We just scrape by on our pensions.

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hippywife

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Sat May-01-10 01:55 PM
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2. Other thread here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=9337003

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cmd

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Sat May-01-10 05:08 PM
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6. Thank you for the link. nt

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Blue Diadem

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Sat May-01-10 02:07 PM
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3. I'd think $10 should be sufficient. If it's just mowing and they are using your gas and equipment,

Edited on Sat May-01-10 02:18 PM by Blue Diadem

and with the smaller size of your lot, I'd think they'd be done in less than an hour.

edited to add: My son used to mow a lot of grass when he was 13-16. He used our lawn tractor, mower, trailer and trimmer to do the work which really makes a difference in cost/pay factor.

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Captain Hilts

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Sat May-01-10 02:52 PM
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4. $20. Mowing has a certain danger factor even with a small lawn. Also get a push mower

Edited on Sat May-01-10 02:52 PM by Captain Hilts

so you don't have to have stinky gasoline cans around.

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