One thing I learned working sales at an auto shop was to never use your own financial sense to dictate what a fair price is. When you do that you assume that your customers have the same financial sense that you do. But often they do not. There are times when I thought I was going to bring a quote to a customer that was too much and I would preemptively try to lower the quote by questioning the mechanics and not charging for certain work. But that is stupid. Mainly because for all I knew the customer would have been perfectly fine to pay the original quote. A lot of them were. The best way to determine what a fair price is is to raise the price until your business starts to stall. That's when you know you are charging too much. Either way another thing you need to keep in mind is that doing business is expensive and often doesn't pay well. Even if $7 is a bit outrageous to you it may be what is necessary to maintain/obtain the lifestyle your wife wants.
One thing I learned working sales at an auto shop was to never use your own financial sense to dictate what a fair price is. When you do that you assume that your customers have the same financial sense that you do. But often they do not. There are times when I thought I was going to bring a quote to a customer that was too much and I would preemptively try to lower the quote by questioning the mechanics and not charging for certain work. But that is stupid. Mainly because for all I knew the customer would have been perfectly fine to pay the original quote. A lot of them were. The best way to determine what a fair price is is to raise the price until your business starts to stall. That's when you know you are charging too much. Either way another thing you need to keep in mind is that doing business is expensive and often doesn't pay well. Even if $7 is a bit outrageous to you it may be what is necessary to maintain/obtain the lifestyle your wife wants.