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The general rule is this. If giving someone money makes them happy, don’t give them anything, and if the service or product is necessary, reduce the intended payment amount. It is human nature, for a person who has a regular customer will keep on increasing the prices to that customer until a 100% transfer of wealth occurs, which is really just another way of killing yourself. Of course, this isn’t the only warning sign. The other is if the employee you are dealing with starts wearing expensive clothes, or changes prices beyond inflation requirements. Competition is necessary. Not just that, but knowledge too, for two competitors will work to swindle you anyway if you are not savvy or aware about their industry, and it’s better to establish relationships with competitors early so that price hikes don’t end up becoming an industry standard before you can do anything about it. A service provider is always a beggar, and when he starts developing thoughts of world domination, just shop somewhere else until he realizes that the primary purpose of his business is basic food and shelter.