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[quote=Anonymous]Cost+ is a completely normal way of charging for high end design. Goods and services are not the same thing. When you pay an hourly rate, you are paying for the designer's time and expertise. When you pay a mark-up on materials, you are paying for the materials in the same way that you pay more for a block of cheese at Giant than Giant paid for it from their supplier. A contractor will charge mark-ups also. So will retail (it'll just be lesser materials so may cost less overall, which is fine). It's understandable that people with more modest budgets don't like this model. But crying "not fair" is...not fair. It's just maybe not a good match. For these people, try working with a contractor and picking things out yourself, or try working with a design build that charges a flat fee. Or see if you can pay a designer as a consultant for time, and take that inspiration to a contractor for them to source/purchase (at a mark-up). [/quote]
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