[RE-wrenches] Mexico

Tue Jan 23 16:27:24 EST 2018

Hey Jay,

Ditto on the input so far.

How did they find & select you? 

Why did they select you?

Who are they? [if they are lawyers or investment bankers run].

Do you know them?

Cost plus works if there is trust. 

What have they done to provide trust for you?

Nothing out of country happens today, it always turns into tomorrow.

My 0.2 - Shipments get dived into at customs, stuff has disappeared, payola happens.

Finding materials can literally take days of running around & items that we take for granted here in the USA, they will not have ever heard of at the wholesale houses south of the border.

Personally, I would only do work in Mexico if I knew the people very well and there was great trust.

Costa Rico was an enjoyable experience for me, but I knew the family I was working for & had set them up during Y2K.

I urge caution you are the one who could get hurt, can you afford this adventure financially?

At this time of year working where its sunny & warm is very appealing……

CYA Bro!

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From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Peter Parrish
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 1:07 PM
To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] has anyone ever had this happen?

Ho Jay,

I’d be extremely careful.

First with your pricing, don’t 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 “costs of doing business”?

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’t agree, decline to do business with them.

Third, I’d 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.

Fourth, does your existing insurance policies cover equipment and auto theft (in Mexico)? Get a rider if it doesn’t.

Fifth, don’t provide them with any design information prior to signing a contract. 

Peter T. Parrish
SolarGnosis
1107 Fair Oaks Ave. Ste. 351
South Pasadena, CA 91030
(323) 839-6108
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From: jay <mailto:jay.peltz at gmail.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 11:44 AM
To: RE-wrenches <mailto:re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> 
Subject: [RE-wrenches] has anyone ever had this happen?

HI All,

I’ve 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’t seem right to me. Now I don’t want to get screwed here, and it sure seems that could happen.

I’m pretty sure I know what you all will say, but I feel like I needed to get a bit of a reality check.  

As I mostly do projects on a handshake, dealing with large companies isn’t too common for me.

1. give them wholesale pricing ( line item by item)

2. add margin, but small one is all they’ll accept

Project is an off grid, no permits, in Mexico, remote site and pretty big:  16kw inverter, 9kw PV, etc.

Thanks

jay

peltz power

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