Opinions on Photographer Price

Hi all,

My fiance and I are having a little disagreement on photographer/videographer prices. The place I like is $6200 for 2 photographers, bridal album, 2 parent albums, digital files, printed proofs and 3 enlargements, website with photos, engagement shoot, thank you cards, 1 videographer, edited/chapters/special effects and 3 DVDs. I think that price is worth it, he doesn't. He wants to see if we can cut things out of the package to make the price lower, but I feel like we'll end up getting them anyway at a higher price (ie: Thank You cards) Is this price high? Anybody with similar packages, is that around what you paid?

I asked the photographer if we paid in cash, can we avoid tax and the photographer said yes. I think his issue is not wanting to tie up all that cash. But my feeling is we're going to need to pay it anyway, regardless if we pay it before the wedding or after.

Thanks!