Hey, I totally get that time is money.
My time is worth money too.  And I believe that you get what you pay for, so I didn't go with the lowest bidder.  Lowballballers tend to be skeevy characters, I find.

I spent an hour with the guy who we hired so he could see the exact work that needed to be done, figure out how long it would take him AND tell me what he thought was a fair price for his work.  It's not like I was trying to screw him over.  Like he was doing to me until I caught him literally watching paint dry.

So I fired him.  The owner of the company came over to apologize and ask for another chance (HA!) but I still had to find someone else at the last minute.  GRRR.  I have no patience for disrespectful business practices.  None.

At least my office is a nice shade of limesickle instead of zombie purple, so life goes on!

(Can I email you for help if we ever need to go through this again?  Please?)
