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Originally posted by cadman
I usually do not have much of a problem once I get my foot in the door UNTIL the client finds out that I don't do installations and then it's downhill from there = " adios, I'll find someone who does." How can I answer this. And since I don't do it, how do I conduct business with a contractor to sub out to??? Contracts? percentage? etc? See, questions to the homeowner is the least of my concern. I suppose I should have opened a diff. forum on this topic. but if anyone can help then it worked. Thanks =AK
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I've run into that. The reply following yours too sounds familiar too.
For me, that's more of an issue for people who are not just looking for the design.
(I install, but don't always like to)
The main thing that irritates me is when someone says that a landscaper will provide a "free plan" for the installation, because it shows how absolutely "brain-dead" they must be about how business functions...
Who is the designer?
A free design offer without knowing a budget?
Will the design cause a $200,000 install?
A lot of homeowners get sucked-in with that bribe.
What's the saying "a bribe blindeth the eyes"
The reply after your last, fit how I deal with this stuff too.