[RE-wrenches] Retail price lists

[Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar]

NAZ is an extremely well run company !  Love those guys!

On 2023-05-18 8:42 am, Michael Morningstar via RE-wrenches wrote:

> My question is: how/why is it that NAZ and the likes sell equipment for 
> less than what I pay wholesale?
> 
> On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 4:15 AM Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches 
> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> 
> Here is how I explain it to customers. Straight out of college, I was a 
> financial analyst for an aerospace company working on government 
> contracts. We did "cost-plus" contracts, which is what the client is 
> essentially looking for. The government ended up paying too much for 
> things this way. A fixed-price competitive contract is all the 
> transparency a client needs.
> 
> Another way I put it is that we charge what the market allows, and if 
> that is not enough for us to provide an excellent customer experience, 
> we simply pass on the job.
> 
> No line item prices. The only things we might line item are permit 
> costs and engineering fees for non-standard projects.
> 
> Jason Szumlanski
> Principal Solar Designer | Florida Solar Design Group
> NABCEP Certified Solar Professional (PVIP)
> Florida State Certified Solar Contractor CVC56956
> 
> On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 6:56 PM Jerry Shafer via RE-wrenches 
> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> Wrenches
> Bottom line package price, all inclusive one number, I list all the 
> major components inverter, modules ect. and all of what is included 
> permits engineering thats it system cost, tax incentive, rebate (if 
> any) no a la carte here sorry.
> But thats just me!
> 
> On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 8:11 AM Jay via RE-wrenches 
> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: Hi All
> 
> I have a question about how wrenches are dealing with charging for 
> equipment as most prices of most equipment on line at or below 
> wholesale.
> 
> If people are marking it up, how much? what metric are people using?  I 
> think victron might be the only company I've actually seen a retail 
> price list for in years.
> Maybe it's just marking up labor costs a lot?
> 
> I'm not doing all that much work these days but enough that I'm trying 
> to figure this out.
> 
> Thanks
> Jay
> 
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