If the painter bought a bunch of "vomit green" paint and it turns out no one wants it, offering $100 to get your house painted is a perfectly fair deal since th

If the painter bought a bunch of "vomit green" paint and it turns out no one wants it, offering $100 to get your house painted is a perfectly fair deal since the other option for the painter is to not sell it at all, which costs the full $105 as a writeoff.