what would 207 bricks for fireplace,6 bags mortor,flashing,and labor to repair this chiminey it goes thru the eve so it is outside of house,2 story.
got (2) bids 2100.00& 2500.00,materials less then 300.00 my cost,thank,s whisky

I assume your asking for our opinion whether or not $2500 is to much for a chimney extension.
I find many customers of ours go to the big box stores and do the material cost part and then wonder why we charge what we do for their project as well.

Good for them. I still mark up my material almost 100% anyway. If they want to save the dollars they can spend all the time they want standing in line. Tear up their car or truck delivering the stuff. Spend the time carrying the stuff to the job and unloading it on site. They can also go back to the store if something is wrong with what they bought while they pay us to stand around waiting for them to come back. They can also go back to the supplier and fight for the warranty on the product they bought when it breaks.

Get the picture on why the contractor told you the materials are more then what the supply company told you.

Being a contractor is more then just doing the job. We have insurance to pay. Equipment to purchase or rent when ours breaks. Trucks to fuel up and maintain. Our help gets paid standing in the store just as much as doing the job. We pay taxes, workmans comp, legal fees, accounting fees. Advertizment costs, phone costs the list goes on. We are allowed a profit on our work. This all adds up to what you end up paying. Sure you can haggle about a hundred bucks or so. But try to get the person to come to the house if you chew them down when something breaks. They will be out of business by then.

You say this job is only going to take one day? What about the time they took coming to the house to measure the job. That is not free. What about the time to set up and break down the scaffold to work on the chimney. That is going to take at least two hours up and down.
Permits? They take time to pull and apply for.

Paying $2500 to raise a chimney is a very good price. Where were from up north we would pay almost twice that.

Buying your own material won't always lower the price. We usually add the difference from what we would pay and sell it at onto the bill if someone buys their own items. We can't afford not to. Like HC said, most people don't realize how many bills need to be paid.