Marketing Issue [RE-wrenches]

[Nick Nicholas, APS]

I would agree with Todd that labor is a small part of the total system cost.
Normally, only ten percent of the system cost.  As a licensed and bonded
electrician, our overhead is high.  I have found that I always end up
quoting installation higher than my competitors, even without raising costs.
I accept that labor may only pay my employee's salaries.


            Nick Nicholas
            Chief of Engineering
            Alternative Power Systems, Inc.
            135 Colfax Ave. Grass Valley CA 959545
            530-274-0588 530-274-0589 530-913-5605
            aps at sbcglobal.net alternativepowersystems.com



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----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Cory, Mt. Shasta Energy Services" <toddcory at finestplanet.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: Marketing Issue [RE-wrenches]


> My income from material markup always significantly surpasses income from
> labor. Maybe I work faster than you guys, or maybe our labor prices are
less
> here in this part of N CA.
>
> Todd
>
> matthew tritt wrote:
>
> > Jeez-0, Bob-0, profits in the hundreds for a decent sized system?
Thousands
> > for the components? I suppose that depends on what kind of system it is
> > you're talking about. In our ground mount systems, the installation
profits
> > often equal or exceed the materials profit. I assume you must be using
> > pre-packaged
> > systems applied to a "standard" comp shingle roof to have such a dismal
> > installation margin.
>
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