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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>No one has yet to match the quality service David
Katz and his crew gave customers when David owned AEE Solar, or Mark
Weidhaas gave when he owned Alternative Solar Products. Automation and
order processing are important, but what really counts
is knowledge, experience, responsiveness, and a sincere interest
in helping wrenches provide the right products to our
customers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I sympathize with the wholesale distributors. When
Wm. Lamb Company was the only wholesale distributor, there were fewer products
to inventory. Today, there are thousands of products that
are constantly changing. Prices change as if products are
perishable. Profit margins are shrinking. Job-hopping sales reps seem to
have replaced career sales engineers. Manufacturers are finding it
difficult to serve two masters, the multi-megawatt integrators and the
smaller stocking distributors. Dealers want to offer their customers the newest
gadgets and then complain about availability, vaporware, products not ready for
prime time, etc.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Surprisingly, the maturing RE distribution chain of
manufacturer-to-wholesaler-to-dealer-to-end-user is working well in the U.S. and
worldwide. This week the solar and RE industry will meet in Anaheim as they
did in 1984 for RETSIE. Back then, over 370 companies displayed their goods and
services. That show was open to the public and over 10,000 people paid $5 to see
equipment most of them could only dream of owning. Things are
different now, but we are still not out of the woods. This time the public gets
to see the show for free. In addition, there are hundreds of highly
visible urban PV systems in the Los Angeles region and PV owners are
telling their neighbors that PV is a better investment that a
CD.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Joel Davidson</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<A title=dkatz@aeesolar.com href="mailto:dkatz@aeesolar.com">David Katz</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 25, 2009 12:08
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches] Great service
at the wholesale level?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I am certainly interested in which wholesale distributors offer
good service, if any.<BR>David<BR><BR>
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