Most nurseries charge 50%. If they overcharge for installation, they likely overcharged you for the palm as well.
More importantly:
Don't forget to plant the palm the right depth.
Don't forget to dig the hole a lot bigger than the root ball.
When you put the palm in the hole, if the tree sits crooked, don't straighten the tree by holding it straight and putting the soil in the hole and tamping it, this almost guarantees a sickly or dying tree. Take the tree out and make the bottom of the hole match the bottom of the root ball.
I have planted 10s of thousands of trees and plants in the Villages and surrounding area, yes there is no telling if you have sandy or clayey soil. Your actual proper planting method (and how you water it) for sand is completely different for clay.
Just because there are a bunch of so-called landscapers running around, pretending they know all about landscaping, don't forget horticulture is a SCIENCE. It's biology and planting that tree is plant surgery.
Gimme a call in a year or 2 and I will replace that dying palm with a healthy one.
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