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<p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;">On 2/26/2021 11:57:47 AM, Ray <ray@solarray.com> wrote:</p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Ok, Nick wins. That's definitely the worst I've ever seen. That took <br>years of dedication to make that look that bad. The soot? just insuring <br>you maintain your top spot for years to come. This brings up another <br>part of this: the customer has to be willing not only to allow you to <br>completely rewire the system, they also have to be willing to possibly <br>relocate equipment, like that generator. I haven't had the soot, but I <br>have had generators in the same room as the equipment, which caused <br>batteries and electronics to over heat.<br><br>I too used to think I had to solve every problem I came upon, but you're <br>just going to wear yourself out. Both for your profit margin but also <br>your sanity, you've got to pick the jobs that are best for you.<br><br>Back to the firing clients: some of these folks seem to think there is <br>an entire phone book of off grid electricians they can call, if one <br>doesn't work out. However, savvy customers recognize how important we <br>are to their life style, and so pay promptly and treat us with respect.<br><br>Ray Walters<br>Remote Solar<br>303 505-8760<br><br>On 2/26/21 12:38 AM, Nick A Lucchese wrote:<br>> Yes, an interesting thread. Glad to hear I\u2019m not the only one seeing <br>> this more and more these days. Internet lowballers and Youtube \u201cpros\u201d <br>> aren\u2019t helping the situation either. There is always a bit of guilt <br>> not helping someone out especially after hearing that declining to <br>> help really often unfolds into more unfortunate turns for them. It\u2019s <br>> always a balance of what's best for me and my time versus the best for <br>> the safety of our community. Just have to accept that I can\u2019t save <br>> everyone and perhaps by not they\u2019ll find someone else that needs the <br>> experience.<br>><br>> As far as \u201cfiring" a customer yes that can feel really good. I did <br>> that a couple years ago with a client I had been helping for 16 years. <br>> It was the best $830 I\u2019ve ever walked away from! Brings a smile to my <br>> face to this day!<br>><br>> Just for fun, here\u2019s a sweet system I declined to work on a few years <br>> back. He didn\u2019t like the fact that I told him I was going to <br>> completely remove it before re-installing it and then charge him a <br>> $300 fee to clean all the carbon deposits off my tools and body each <br>> time I was there. Not shown 4\u2019 away is 100 gallons of diesel fuel and <br>> the generator. Yet somehow he got this permitted by parking a tractor <br>> in front of the access door (so he claimed).<br>><br>> Nick<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>_______________________________________________<br>List sponsored by Redwood Alliance<br><br>List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br><br>Change listserver email address & settings:<br>http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org<br><br>There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other:<br>https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/<br>http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org<br><br>List rules & etiquette:<br>http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm<br><br>Check out or update participant bios:<br>http://www.members.re-wrenches.org<br><br></div></blockquote>
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