Is it wrong to keep my eyes open for the cheaper competition?
No it's not wrong you can look for anyone but I guess no one is offering this kind of service other than LoyceV, but I deem LoyceV have the necessary knowledge to claim something in fork one by one, if I have a fork coins and knowing that I don't have the time to claim those I would really use LoyceV service in this sort of thing.
He didn't even gave a price for his service but there's a condition so give him a decent offer.
My fee is negotiable: make me an offer! Each address requires quite some work per fork, it won't be worth my time and the Bitcoin fees doing this for very small amounts.
And it seems that you have a lot of coins to claim as Cobalt said, there's no other person that is offering the same service but only LoyceV. And as it is requiring some amount of time and effort, why not increase the rate of $1, 1% commission per claim isn't bad but of course try to consider the effort. It's worth paying right? and you are dealing with a trusted one. For now, wait for his reply and negotiate with him so good luck.