Would be interested to know how "the cost of the operation continues to increase" since that is the reason given for raising prices. Are rent and power prices really increasing that much in the Detroit area? I can't imagine too many other factors that would affect looking up stuff on microfiche and sending it out to people. It's not like the cost for this service is tightly bound to oil/gas prices or pork belly futures.
I can understand and appreciate "I want to make more $$" or "I got used to high revenue during the 2000's muscle car boom and am raising prices in the downturn to maintain those levels" as reasons, but this one puzzles me a bit.
Don't get me wrong - as far as I'm concerned, he owns the company and doesn't need to make ANY excuses for price increases. But since he feels the need to voluntarily give a generic, semi-dubious reason for the price increase, it kinda rubs me the wrong way.
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