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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Ho Jay,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I\u2019d be extremely careful.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>First with your pricing, don\u2019t forgive some of your legitimate costs. Add Shipping & Handling and taxes to all equipment purchases. Carefully estimate your labor costs, travel to Mexico, shipping across the border to Mexico. Are there any import costs? What will be other \u201ccosts of doing business\u201d?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Second, you know what it costs to run your business. Add the appropriate overhead and general and administrative costs. Office staff and your salary; insurance; and other indirect costs. You might tell them what your indirect cost schedule is (e.g. 15% on PV panels, inverters, batteries and any other hardware; 10% on wages and other fees), and if they don\u2019t agree, decline to do business with them.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Third, I\u2019d set up a progress payment schedule. Arrange for payment in in $US bank draft (be careful of bogus bank drafts) or other form of payment you are confortable with.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fourth, does your existing insurance policies cover equipment and auto theft (in Mexico)? Get a rider if it doesn\u2019t.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fifth, don\u2019t provide them with any design information prior to signing a contract. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Peter T. Parrish<br>SolarGnosis<br>1107 Fair Oaks Ave. Ste. 351<br>South Pasadena, CA 91030<br>(323) 839-6108<br>peter.parrish@solargnosis.com</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:jay.peltz@gmail.com">jay</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, January 23, 2018 11:44 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[RE-wrenches] has anyone ever had this happen?</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>HI All,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I\u2019ve had a large company want to do a project and they want me to invoice it as follows. They said it had to do with knowing the cost of the system, but that doesn\u2019t seem right to me. Now I don\u2019t want to get screwed here, and it sure seems that could happen.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I\u2019m pretty sure I know what you all will say, but I feel like I needed to get a bit of a reality check. </p><p class=MsoNormal>As I mostly do projects on a handshake, dealing with large companies isn\u2019t too common for me.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1. give them wholesale pricing ( line item by item)</p><p class=MsoNormal>2. add margin, but small one is all they\u2019ll accept</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Project is an off grid, no permits, in Mexico, remote site and pretty big: 16kw inverter, 9kw PV, etc.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>jay</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>peltz power</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>List sponsored by Redwood Alliance</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Change listserver email address & settings:</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>List rules & etiquette:</p><p class=MsoNormal>www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Check out or update participant bios:</p><p class=MsoNormal>www.members.re-wrenches.org</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>