<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I have to chime in here in support with Bill and especially Joel.<div>I refuse to buy or install Chinese modules. Yes, the price is low, but as pointed out by Bill, will they be there in 5,10,15 years to back a warranty?</div><div>There is something else. This country is in serious financial trouble. We've brought it on ourselves with unregulated greed and outright foolishness, but it needs to stop. Now.</div><div>I, for one, buy American when I can. Doesn't always work out and it isn't hard and fast rule, but it's what I CAN do. I don't buy Chinese stuff regardless of quality. We, as a country, just can't afford to do that anymore. When I point that out to my potential clients, most agree and will part with a few extra bucks to do what THEY can do. Those that don't/won't/can't, I wish them well and good luck. Seek life elsewhere.</div><div>Bob-O</div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 7, 2009, at 6:05 PM, Joel Davidson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div bgcolor="#ffffff"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" face="Arial">Chinese quality will improve and price is important, but I think that doing business with people who you trust and respect comes first. Some of you remember Bill Lamb. The Wm. Lamb Company was the world's first PV distributorship. Bill helped a lot of us get started in the business. I learned a lot about PV and business in general working for Bill. Here's a Bill Lamb true story. Before moving to Camarillo, Arco Solar was in Chatsworth about 16 miles from the Wm. Lamb Company so Arco referred a lot of customers to us. In 1983 or 1984, Arco sent three Arab gentlemen to us. They selected about $50,000 in solar modules and other equipment which was a big sale in those days. One of the men pulled out cash and told Bill that they plan to buy a lot more solar equipment and will buy it all from him if he did not sell to Israel. Bill's reaction was immediate. It was the only time I ever saw him get angry. He told the men to go to hell and that he would never sell anything to them. Then he walked out the building, got in his car, and drove away leaving me with the three shocked men. They asked me what to do. I told them that Bill was the boss and had the final word so they left without buying anything. A few hours later, Bill returned and I asked him if he refused to sell to the Arabs because they were boycotting Israel. Bill said, "It's not just about Israel. I refuse to do business with dictators."</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" face="Arial">Joel Davidson</font></div><blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, 'new york', times, -webkit-fantasy" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></span></font></div></blockquote></div></span></div></div></body></html>