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<P><FONT face=Arial>Friends:<BR><BR>I am a bit surprised at the responses I have
gotten on this thread. I appreciate the technical advice and I don't mind
the polite philosophical discussion like the one below. However, I
received one reply, fortunately off-line, that was not very polite, to
say the least.<BR><BR>I have been advised to abandon the clients that don't fit
someone's criteria of green living. I don't think this is appropriate
advice, especially if the adviser does not know what the whole story
is. <BR><BR>For example, one of the aforementioned clients was sold a bill
of goods by a now defunct local installer. He retired, bought the property,
moved in with a generator and then waited way too long for the scam artist to
build a system that would "power everything with the rays of the
sun."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Tens of thousands of dollars later the client fired the
scammer and asked me to help as best I could. He is on a fixed income, he
lives with extended family, the daughter has severe health problems, the son in
law is out of work, etc.. My client is in a tight situation, with no
good choices. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Yes, I could tell the guy f*** you, you don't meet my
standards. But I am not that kind of person. I am trying to help
the customer get by as best he can by working as a team. This, my
friends, is the professional and humane thing to do, and I make no
apologies.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Have a nice weekend everyone.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT size=3 face=Arial>William Miller</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT size=3 face=Arial>PS: the "good" customers are not
necessarily the greenest people, they are the ones that reduce consumption as
best they can, do their homework, trust me and pay on time.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Wm</FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3 face=Arial>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org [</FONT><A
href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org"><FONT size=3
face=Arial>mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</FONT></A><FONT
size=3 face=Arial>] On Behalf Of penobscotsolar@midmaine.com<BR>Sent: Friday,
August 16, 2013 3:22 PM<BR>To: RE-wrenches<BR>Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] PV
Assist<BR><BR>Honestly, William, in these type of cases I usually walk away from
the job if the customer isn't willing to reduce where possible. There is no such
thing as a completely fool proof off grid PV system. Like a good lawyer, the
best way to have a stellar record is to know which cases to take....just one
man's opinion of course, but we get approached for many systems like this,
particularly in the Caribbean and I have learned that there is such a thing as a
good solar customer and also a bad solar
customer.<BR><BR>Daryl<BR><BR></FONT><BR></P></FONT></BODY></HTML>