New to the board guys and new to the business as well (as you'll probably be able to tell). Retired, want to stay busy (and have a little side spending money to play golf on the other 6 days of my week) with just a few fairly upscale yards which I thought was just gonna be mowing, trimming, edging and blowing. Well my first customer I guess likes me and wanted to know if I would do his mulch and maybe some Weed and Feed in his yard, so I reconsidered just doing mowing. I know for a fact these guys around here are asking anywhere from $50.00 to $70.00 a cu. yd. (+ material) for mulch. Anyway, the customer had me measure his mulched area. It's easy to get to a it is just on the front of his house, no more than 80 ft. from my truck to the furthest point. We measured 1000 sq. ft. which translates to a little under 6 cu. yds at 2" depth. He has a lot of plants and I guesstemate anywhere from 66 to 75% of that total needs to be mulched at 2" depth. So that cuts it back to 4 cu. yds. and I MIGHT even be able to do 3 if stretched. So at 4 cu. yd. I will spend $120.00 for the bulk mulch and am quoting him at $260.00 which puts me at $35.00 per yard. The mulch is about 4-5 miles away to pick up which will require 2 trips in an F-150 loaded to the gills. Now on top of that, I'm gonna spread 15K Weed and Feed into his yard at $65.00. I told him I would combine both jobs and just charge him $300.00 for the whole 9 yards. My quest for you guys, and don't be too hard on me, tear this scenario apart. Is it waaaayyy off. Do the numbers not add up? Too much, too little, not considering some stuff like flower bed prep (which looks to be minimal. Part of me wants to stay low where I can secure the jobs. Get my name out and maybe secure 3 or 4 more good jobs in my neighborhood, but I still don't want to underprice myself too much if there is more money out there to be had. By comparison to what I hear around here, I don't think I am. Anyway, be gentle. I'm new to the game. Thanks and happy to be aboard.