Let me give the story first then I'll ask the question.


This story is in relation the the previous thread I posted, titled
"Got a slight first flight feeling on my first kit"

The kit was a 40 size Midwest Beercat Livewire

Had an older kit handed to me as a freebie, started the construction found that it was to much for me got discouraged, stop building, time goes by and I mention my problem with the kit to a fellow member which is a veteran modelest, he said that he would be glad to build the kit free of charge with out viewing it, said that he enjoyed building more then flying, said that he would require glue covering to do the job. I take kit to him, he starts building. As he is building he starts telling me that the plane has come to be very difficult and trying he had to reform the wings out of foam, purchased some minor hardware such as wheels fuel tank etc.... What I did to aid in this problem was to bring him extra glue and covering in hopes to help ease the pain of the build. He never asked for anything just let me know what he required he also presented me with receipts in which I handled. After it was all said and done I felt as though I needed to offer him something since after all he did build it better then I could have ever done. I asked him how much would he want for his trouble his response was "how much do you think is a fair price" I had no idea and was scared that I may offend him. I wound up paying him $50 on top of the receipts. The project took him at around 3 months to complete and I never called or bugged him during this task.

Ok here comes the question, was the offering fair?

Thanks
Blackie