http://www.yankton.net/articles/2012/10/17/community/doc507e29acb8f94327526097.txt
+/- 1/2 the others
It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay to little.
When you pay too much, you lose a little money....that is all.
When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.
The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot---it can't be done.
If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run.
And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.
John Ruskin
Very Interesting
"The commission hired Arens Engineering of Yankton to do a boundary/property size survey at a cost of $1,630.
It was the lowest bidder among three firms.
Also in the running was the Johnson Engineering Company with a bid of $3,100, as well as Eisenbraun & Associates with a bid of $3,800.
Commissioner Mark Johnson abstained from the survey discussion and the vote to hire Arens Engineering, because he is an employee of Eisenbraun & Associates."
Could come up with reasons for why the low bidder was so low and why the high bidder was so high. At least they had a commissioner who understood the appropriateness of having a survey completed prior to the sale. It would be wonderful to know the thinking behind each bid.
Very Interesting
Should never have to bid professional services....