I think the big mistake people make when criticizing this $1 contract is imagining the logical conclusion if everyone worked for $1 instead of realizing that this is a one-off giveaway and it has zero impact on actual rates for this type of work.  This guy is not going to continue doing $1 contracts, and nobody is going to respond by reducing their prices to below what they deserve.  People can give things away.  The reason plumbers aren&#x27;t concerned about neighbors helping each other with their water heaters is that nobody is going to make a career out of competing with them by doing full-time gratis plumbing jobs.<p>Complaining about this is like saying the apocryphal jilted wife who sold her husband&#x27;s prized Porsche for $1 has affected the price of Porsches.