Erik, you should know my pricing policies, they are posted on this forum.
Sometimes you can mark-up materials by 100%, and sometimes you can only get 10%. I shoot for annual mark-up on materials of 30-35%. there is nothing wrong with this at all.
We as contractors sell materials, it is what we do.
The problem I have, is someone trying to convince everyone, that EVERYONE should do it HIS way. This bugs me, as you know. You constantly preach this, and them blame everyone else for you not being able to make money. Why?
I have no idea who Rich R is. Or what he does. Or what market he is in.