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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd find out what a cheap landscaping company would do it for (call around and get 3 bids) and charge that or maybe $5 less. In my area, lawn mowing/edging/etc is VERY competitively priced and the teens can't really compete because the crews have fast guys, professional equipment that is well setup to get it done fast, and charge really cheap prices. $30 for an 8000 sq ft lawn, mowed, edged/trimmed, and clippings blown off all pavement. [/quote]

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For $5 less, why would I use a teen rather than a professional company who will stand behind their work (with backup if a crew member is ill, has liability insurance, experience, etc.?)  It needs to be significantly less than a professional company, even a cheap landscaping company.[/quote]

Sorry but you suck!  Those cheap lanscaping crews are illegal immigrants.  They may be cheaper on the front end but your taxes are going to ESOL, FARMS, welfare, subsidized housing, food stamps, ICE, etc...  It looks like little Havana around here so the rich can have cheap maids and landscapers.

OP, good for your son trying to do honest work. I once remember a time high schoolers worked at the mall, fast food, department stores, landscaping and food courts. Now illegal immigrants have taken those jobs and now demanding higher minimum wage because what was once part time jobs for high schoolers and college kids are now somehow "careers" for these lazy federal law breakers. And we enable them and our kids can not find any employment. Pathetic! [/quote]

High schoolers generally will not work at those jobs, nor will most Americans.  We are trying to remodel our house and cannot find a contractor.  They are either lazy or busy.  If legals would take the jobs, most companies would hire.  But they don't and have a business to run.  And, almost everyone was an immigrant once.  They are just trying to make a good life for their family, just like you.  They pay taxes on all goods they buy, property taxes if they own a house, and many other things.  Some pay federal and state taxes through a tax id number.  I'd far rather my kid go with a FARMS/ESOL kid than yours.[/quote]

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