installer's list [RE-wrenches]

[Don Wallingford, Quicksilver Electrical]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Loweburg, Offline" <i2p at aol.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: installer's list [RE-wrenches]


> In a message dated 09/22/2000 10:11:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> wrmiller at slonet.org writes:
>
> <<
>  If you editorialize in either direction, your going to offend someone, so
>  I'd suggest dropping that approach.  I'd suggest instead presenting a
list
>  of dealers and/or installers and let the consumer decide after contacting
>  "listees" whether they'd prefer one stop shopping or picking the best
from
>  both trades.
>   >>
> William I think you should be included and we don't want to exclude
qualified
> installers who don't sell hardware.  My question to you is how do you
> maintain the integrety of the system. Do you do design and then send the
> customer out to shop? or just deal with what a customer serves you?
>
> I don't think the wrenches list is for dealers only, however. Can we all
get
> along with this?
>
> Best, Don


> Hello Don and all,
    I agree that your referral list should be for installers, whether they
sell equipment or not.  But, no dealers only.  My personal preference is to
do the whole job, including design, equipment specification, site analysis,
installation, testing, and long-term hand-holding.  The markup on equipment
is what pays for all those other things beyond the wire twisting of the
installation.
    As far as working both (all) ends of a contracting business, sales as
well as installations, that's just part of the life of a contractor.  A sole
proprietor wears many hats in any given day:  marketing, sales,
design/engineering, worker (the easiest part), accounting, collections, etc.
It's a pain in the butt sometimes, and usually takes alot more than 40 hours
a week, but beats punching a time clock and 10 days vacation a year.
Doesn't it?  Maybe I shoulda gotten into real estate instead?
    -Don Wallingford, Quicksilver Electrical Service
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